National Policy Statement for Highly Productive Land

This policy is about ensuring the availability of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most favourable soils for food and fibre production.

Under the

Resource Management Act

Lead agency

Ministry for the Environment and Ministry for Primary Industries

Last updated:

Status

The policy was gazetted on Monday 19 September 2022 and is in effect from Monday 17 October 2022.

Full text

National Policy Statement for Highly Productive Land 2022 (Amended August 2024)

Replaced

National Policy Statement for Highly Productive Land (Published September 2022)

What it does

The policy provides direction to improve the way highly productive land is managed under the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA).

This is achieved through clear and consistent guidance to councils on how to:

  • map and zone highly productive land
  • manage the subdivision, use and development of this non-renewable resource.

About the national policy statement for highly productive land [MPI].

Guidance and factsheets