Newsroom makes Goldsmith’s day by labelling him “Nats’ hard-ass golden boy” – will Bishop now become RMA reform bulldozer?
RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop and Parliamentary Under-Secretary Simon Court will be hoping to enhance their reputations as “getting things done” fellows just as Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith has done.
Today they have given us an idea of their plans to introduce legislation to cut through the red tape which impedes the building of houses, roads, factories and what-have-you under the Resource Management Act.
Their colleague, Paul Goldsmith, yesterday was whooping about the passage of legislation to provide police and the courts with more tools to crack down on gangs “that peddle misery and intimidation throughout New Zealand”.
From November 21, gang insignia will be banned in all public places, courts will be able to issue non-consorting orders, and police will be able to stop criminal gangs from associating and communicating.
Greater weight will be given to gang membership at sentencing, enabling courts to impose more severe punishments.
Repeat offenders continually convicted of displaying their patches in public will be subject to a new court order, prohibiting them from possessing any gang insignia either in public or private for five years.
Gang insignia being displayed from inside a private vehicle will also be covered by the patch ban.
Police will be able to issue dispersal notices to break up public gang gatherings and to place a non-association order on those involved for the week following the event.
Bishop and Court have announced their intention to develop two new laws to replace the Resource Management Act (RMA), emphasising the enjoyment of property rights as the guiding principle.
The speech and press release which set out the Government’s plans have been posted on the Beehive website along with news concerning –
Their colleague, Paul Goldsmith, yesterday was whooping about the passage of legislation to provide police and the courts with more tools to crack down on gangs “that peddle misery and intimidation throughout New Zealand”.
From November 21, gang insignia will be banned in all public places, courts will be able to issue non-consorting orders, and police will be able to stop criminal gangs from associating and communicating.
Greater weight will be given to gang membership at sentencing, enabling courts to impose more severe punishments.
Repeat offenders continually convicted of displaying their patches in public will be subject to a new court order, prohibiting them from possessing any gang insignia either in public or private for five years.
Gang insignia being displayed from inside a private vehicle will also be covered by the patch ban.
Police will be able to issue dispersal notices to break up public gang gatherings and to place a non-association order on those involved for the week following the event.
Bishop and Court have announced their intention to develop two new laws to replace the Resource Management Act (RMA), emphasising the enjoyment of property rights as the guiding principle.
The speech and press release which set out the Government’s plans have been posted on the Beehive website along with news concerning –
- Phonics and te reo Māori
But not all schools immediately. Around 45 schools are trialling the te reo Māori phonics check, known as Hihira Weteoro. It will be available for all kura and schools where students are learning in te reo Māori from Term 1, 2025.
Structured literacy classroom kits will be delivered for years 0-3 from the start of next year. Kura and schools will also receive up to $5000 annually over the next four years to buy further decodable books, games and other high-quality materials for structured approaches.
- Ōpōtiki Harbour
Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters and Regional Development Minister Shane Jones turned up for the blessing of two new breakwater walls at Pākihikura (Ōpōtiki) Harbour that will provide boats with safe harbour access to support the continued growth of aquaculture in Bay of Plenty.
As well as the two 450m breakwaters extending out to sea, the $115.3 million harbour redevelopment includes continuing dredging of a channel to enable larger vessels to use the facility in most sea and tide conditions.
The Government chipped in $95.3 million from the Provincial Growth Fund and NZ Upgrade Programme. Bay of Plenty Regional Council provided co-funding of $20m.
Details of the impacts of these project investments – Pākihikura (Ōpotiki) Harbour Redevelopment and other Ōpotiki projects including the Whakatōhea mussel-processing factory – are available in two recent impact assessment reports.
As well as the two 450m breakwaters extending out to sea, the $115.3 million harbour redevelopment includes continuing dredging of a channel to enable larger vessels to use the facility in most sea and tide conditions.
The Government chipped in $95.3 million from the Provincial Growth Fund and NZ Upgrade Programme. Bay of Plenty Regional Council provided co-funding of $20m.
Details of the impacts of these project investments – Pākihikura (Ōpotiki) Harbour Redevelopment and other Ōpotiki projects including the Whakatōhea mussel-processing factory – are available in two recent impact assessment reports.
* Kitmap and access to science infrastructure
Science, Innovation and Technology Minister Judith Collins announced an online platform named “kitmap” which has been co-developed and designed by Callaghan Innovation and MBIE.
Collins described it as a public access tool that enables anyone to locate state-of-the-art science equipment, infrastructure and resources, build new, and strengthen existing relationships, and gain insights into existing science capabilities in public research organisations.”
The database includes equipment and facilities owned by Crown Research Institutes (CRIs), the National eScience Infrastructure, and Callaghan Innovation.
It hosts more than 260 R&D infrastructure, and specialised equipment items and facilities..
More info on Kitmap can be found here.
Collins described it as a public access tool that enables anyone to locate state-of-the-art science equipment, infrastructure and resources, build new, and strengthen existing relationships, and gain insights into existing science capabilities in public research organisations.”
The database includes equipment and facilities owned by Crown Research Institutes (CRIs), the National eScience Infrastructure, and Callaghan Innovation.
It hosts more than 260 R&D infrastructure, and specialised equipment items and facilities..
More info on Kitmap can be found here.
Latest from the Beehive
20 September 2024
For the first time, schools can use a purpose-built tool to check how a child is progressing in reading through te reo Māori.
Two new breakwater walls at Pākihikura (Ōpōtiki) Harbour will provide boats with safe harbour access to support the continued growth of aquaculture in Bay of Plenty, Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters and Regional Development Minister Shane Jones say.
Science, Innovation and Technology Minister Judith Collins today announced an online platform to optimise the use of New Zealand’s science and technology research infrastructure and to link the public and private sector
Replacing the RMA
Hon Chris Bishop:
Good morning, it is great to be with you.
Two new laws will be developed to replace the Resource Management Act (RMA), with the enjoyment of property rights as their guiding principle.
19 September 2024
Legislation passed through Parliament today will provide police and the courts with additional tools to crack down on gangs that peddle misery and intimidation throughout New Zealand.
Paul (“go ahead, make my day”) Goldsmith yesterday headlined his press statement Tough laws pass to make gang life uncomfortable.
Today, the tough image he seems to be cultivating prompted Newsroom to describe him in a headline as National’s hard-ass golden boy
He’s hardening his own thinking and that of the Government on everything from gang patches to Māori customary marine rights, and smashing or blundering through official guardrails. Is Paul Goldsmith the National Party’s quiet hatchetman?
Newsroom senior political reporter Marc Daalder, Newsroom Pro managing editor Jonathan Milne and co-editor Tim Murphy discuss the minister’s harder-line push this week on laws cracking down on gangs, changing his mind to allow police to search private homes for evidence of patches.
Never mind the Police Association saying a gang patch ban in the home for repeat offenders will be “confrontational” and “intrusive” – and that police do not have the resources for routine searches.
Nor has Goldsmith been stalled by the Ministry of Justice warning that a residential ban would amount to a “disproportionate penalty
He says the Government makes no apologies for introducing “tough legislation” to combat gangs.
Chris Bishop and Simon Court announced the Government’s RMA reform intentions less aggressively, posting their news under the heading Replacement for the Resource Management Act takes shape
They said Cabinet has agreed on ten core design features for the new resource management system. The new system will:
- Narrow the scope of the resource management system to focus on managing actual effects on the environment.
- Establish two Acts with clear and distinct purposes – one to manage environmental effects arising from activities, and another to enable urban development and infrastructure.
- Strengthen and clarify the role of environmental limits and how they are to be developed.
- Provide for greater use of national standards to reduce the need for resource consents and simplify council plans. This would mean that an activity which complies with the standards cannot be subject to a consent requirement.
- Shift the focus away from consenting before activities can get underway, and towards compliance, monitoring and enforcement of activities’ compliance with national standards.
- Use spatial planning and a simplified designation process to lower the cost of future infrastructure.
- Realise efficiencies by requiring one regulatory plan per region, jointly prepared by regional and district councils.
- Provide for a rapid, low-cost resolution of disputes between neighbours and between property owners and councils, with the potential for a new Planning Tribunal (or equivalent).
- Uphold Treaty of Waitangi settlements and the Crown’s obligations.
- Provide faster and cheaper processes with less reliance on litigation, contained within shorter and simpler legislation that is more accessible.
Key aspects of the new resource management system will go to Cabinet for agreement before the end of 2024, and legislation will be introduced and passed before the next election.
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