Govt announces 'farmer-focused' RMA reforms

Govt announces 'farmer-focused' RMA reforms
Wetland grazing for non-intensive dairy and deer farming will be enabled. (Image: NZME)
Pattrick Smellie
Sweeping changes to the management of freshwater, regulation of farming practices and the resource consent processes for new mines and quarries are key elements in a package of reforms announced for consultation on Thursday.The Government trumpeted the release of three discussion documents covering proposed amendments to 12 current sets of national directions and four new ones as “the biggest package of changes to national direction under the Resource Management Act in New Zealand history”.The RMA has been in place since 1991, under...

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