Bryce Wilkinson: When a Bill's objective is vague, it's provisions are rudderless

Parliament’s Environment Committee released its reports on the Natural and Built Environment and Spatial Planning Bills this week.

The (Labour) majority recommends that modified Bills be enacted.

But the recommended NBE Bill looks as unworkable and misguided as its earlier version. It has 12 parts, 861 sections, and 15 Schedules. The problems start with the NBE Bill’s purpose statement. It does not identify any problem in the community for which the Bill is the remedy.