Submission on consultation on updating RMA national direction

31 July 2025

We have submitted feedback on the Government’s proposed changes to national direction under the resource management system. Our submission supports the need for reform, both to improve how the current system operates and to progress toward a full replacement of the Resource Management Act (RMA). We highlight how decades of complexity and uncertainty have made the RMA unfit for purpose, and we back efforts to provide clearer national direction, so long as local voices are not sidelined in the process.

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