Below you will find a list of LGNZ submissions.
LGNZ welcomes the review of New Zealand’s waste and recycling systems. Standardising recycling and improving collection systems across the motu will respond to a number of concerns and opportunities that have been raised in the Local Government Waste Manifesto and by communities.
13 April 2022
Local Government New Zealand’s submission on proposals to change forestry settings in the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme
Managing carbon farming incentivesThe Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) is proposing changes to better manage carbon farming that could see future permanent plantings of exotic forests like radiata pine excluded from the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).
6 April 2022
LGNZ submission on the Ministry for the Environment’s proposals for transforming recycling systems in Aotearoa
Local Government New Zealand’s submission on the Ministry for the Environment’s
proposals for transforming recycling systems in Aotearoa.
The Government is consulting on their proposals to Transform Recycling in Aotearoa New Zealand.
8 March 2022
LGNZ submission on Taumata Arowai’s proposed Drinking Water Standards and Network Environmental Performance Measures
LGNZ and Taituarā submission on Taumata Arowai’s proposed Drinking Water Standards and Network Environmental Performance Measures.
Local Government New Zealand’s submission on the Ministry for the Environment’s
2021 discussion paper Transforming Aotearoa New Zealand’s resource management
system: Our future resource management system.
11 February 2022
LGNZ Submission on NEMA Emergency Management Trifecta Programme
Local Government New Zealand’s submission on NEMA’s targeted engagement with regional and local authorities about modernising the Emergency Management Framework.
7 December 2021
Local Government New Zealand’s submission on the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Bill 2021
The Future of the Health System: Local Government New Zealand’s submission on the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Bill 2021
24 November 2021
LGNZ submission on Emissions Reduction Plan consultation document
Local Government New Zealand’s submission on Te hau mārohi ki anamata – Transitioning to a low-emissions and climate-resilient future.
18 November 2021
LGNZ's submission on the RM (Enabling Housing Supply and Other Matters) Amendments Bill
Local Government New Zealand’s submission on the Government’s Bill proposing to amend the Resource Management Act 1991 to rapidly accelerate the supply of housing where the demand for housing is high.
4 August 2021
LGNZ’s submission to the Inquiry on the Natural and Built Environments Bill: Parliamentary Paper
Local Government New Zealand’s submission to the Inquiry on the Natural and Built Environments Bill: Parliamentary Paper.