Anglo Saxon: New Zealand's proposed new planning laws won't support detribalisation.

Chris Bishop's new planning and environment laws sadly miss the mark and won't fix the single biggest problem facing resource management in New Zealand. What's really needed is full detribalisation.

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John MacDonald: RMA changes only part of the solution to our power puzzle

If you’ve heard all the talk over the past 24 hours about the Government making more changes to the Resource Management Act and you’ve thought ‘oh boring, nothing to do with me’, think again.

Because there’s one aspect that has potential to make a difference for anyone and everyone in the country. Which includes you.

Max Salmon: To Waste

I’ve always had a focus on New Zealand’s infrastructure issues. Like many other waste enthusiasts, I’ve been concerned about the likely impact of the incoming government’s focus on cost-efficiency on our infrastructure outcomes. However, recent headlines have given me hope that we will continue to punch above our weight regarding rail infrastructure waste.

Eric Crampton: Too early to say

The main legislation for the government’s proposed reform of the Resource Management System has over 850 sections and was released only three days ago.

Critical parts of the framework are still missing.

Former Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai reportedly claimed that it is too early to say what the influence of the French Revolution has been – though he may have been misinterpreted. But it is far too early to say whether New Zealand’s resource management reforms will improve things, make little difference, or mainly bring years of worsened uncertainty in planning and consenting.

The legislation specifies eighteen different objectives and sub-objectives.