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Brian Easton attempts to unravel the vexed issue of property rights as the Government has another of at tackling the Resource Management Act

Brian Easton attempts to unravel the vexed issue of property rights as the Government has another of at tackling the Resource Management Act

The National Party’s proposed housing reforms will be delayed until 2027 while it overhauls the Resource Management Act

The National Party’s proposed housing reforms will be delayed until 2027 while it overhauls the Resource Management Act

Sweeping reforms to the Resource Management Act will assume owners have the right to develop property and erase the need to consent routine construction work

Sweeping reforms to the Resource Management Act will assume owners have the right to develop property and erase the need to consent routine construction work

Government plans to block councils from notifying freshwater plans after talks seeking a delay met with only partial success

Government plans to block councils from notifying freshwater plans after talks seeking a delay met with only partial success

The Government is warning regional councils to take note of looming changes to resource management law when making 10-year plans which could be expensive to unravel later

The Government is warning regional councils to take note of looming changes to resource management law when making 10-year plans which could be expensive to unravel later

Resource management is always political – the Fast-track Approvals Bill is just honest about it, Jeffrey McNeill argues

Resource management is always political – the Fast-track Approvals Bill is just honest about it, Jeffrey McNeill argues

Solar farms can eat up farmland – but ‘agrivoltaics’ could mean the best of both worlds for NZ farmers

Solar farms can eat up farmland – but ‘agrivoltaics’ could mean the best of both worlds for NZ farmers

Brian Easton offers an economic perspective on the Fast Track Approvals Bill

Brian Easton offers an economic perspective on the Fast Track Approvals Bill

Jane Kelsey says the fast-track law could expose future NZ governments to expensive trade disputes

Jane Kelsey says the fast-track law could expose future NZ governments to expensive trade disputes

Katharine Moody argues the Fast Track Approvals Bill is a governance arrangement as bad as the partisan means through which US Supreme Court judges are selected

Katharine Moody argues the Fast Track Approvals Bill is a governance arrangement as bad as the partisan means through which US Supreme Court judges are selected

Federated Farmers cheers end to 'war on farming' as government trumpets Resource Management Act changes

Federated Farmers cheers end to 'war on farming' as government trumpets Resource Management Act changes

Gareth Vaughan on a big Beehive power grab, holding the country over a pork barrel, Angus Deaton rethinks economics, corruption on tape & RIP Rod Oram

Gareth Vaughan on a big Beehive power grab, holding the country over a pork barrel, Angus Deaton rethinks economics, corruption on tape & RIP Rod Oram

Coalition Government rounds out 100 day plan with fast-track consenting law giving Ministers the power to approve significant projects

Coalition Government rounds out 100 day plan with fast-track consenting law giving Ministers the power to approve significant projects

The new Coalition Government initiates moves to stop any new designations of private farmland as Significant Natural Areas (SNAs)

The new Coalition Government initiates moves to stop any new designations of private farmland as Significant Natural Areas (SNAs)

The National Party says the New Zealand economy is held back by bureaucratic rules and it will simplify procedures to help the economy

The National Party says the New Zealand economy is held back by bureaucratic rules and it will simplify procedures to help the economy