This report summarises submissions received, outlines officials’ recommendations in response to those submissions, and presents the final decisions of the Minister Responsible for RMA Reform and Minister of Conservation (for matters relating to the New Zealand Coastal Policy Statement (NZCPS) on the following national direction proposals:
- proposed amendments to the National Policy Statement for Highly Productive Land 2022 (NPS-HPL)
- proposed amendments to multiple instruments for quarrying and mining provisions:
- proposed amendments to the NPS-HPL
- proposed amendments to the National Policy Statement for Indigenous Biodiversity 2023 (NPSIB)
- proposed amendments to the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management 2020 (NPS-FM)
- proposed amendments to the National Environmental Standards for Freshwater (NES-F)
- proposed amendments to the NZCPS.
The report is structured in two parts.
- Part 1 sets out officials’ final recommendations and the Ministers’ final decisions on the proposed amendments to the NZCPS, NPS-HPL, NPSIB, NPS-FM and NES-F.
- Part 2 provides the original supporting analysis and recommendations that informed those decisions, as prepared under section 46A of the RMA for the Ministers in September 2025.