The Government is consulting on proposed new and amended national direction to improve operation of the resource management system under the Resource Management Act 1991. The consultation is grouped into four packages.
· Package 1: Infrastructure and development
· Package 2: Primary sector
· Package 4: Going for Housing Growth
This discussion document explains the suite of national direction proposed in Package 2: Primary sector. It includes material on the proposals to create or amend national policy statements, national environmental standards and the Stock Exclusion Regulations.
Consultation for the first three packages will run from Thursday 29 May 2025 until 11.59pm on Sunday 27 July 2025. Consultation on package 4 is expected to start in early June.
The Government is consulting on proposed new and amended national direction to improve operation of the resource management system under the Resource Management Act 1991. The consultation is grouped into four packages.
· Package 1: Infrastructure and development
· Package 2: Primary sector
· Package 4: Going for Housing Growth
This discussion document explains the suite of national direction proposed in Package 2: Primary sector. It includes material on the proposals to create or amend national policy statements, national environmental standards and the Stock Exclusion Regulations.
Consultation for the first three packages will run from Thursday 29 May 2025 until 11.59pm on Sunday 27 July 2025. Consultation on package 4 is expected to start in early June.
The attachments contain the proposed provisions for each instrument and form part of the discussion document.
- Attachment 2.1: Proposed provisions – Amendments to the Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Marine Aquaculture) Regulations 2020
- Attachment 2.2: Proposed provisions – Amendments to the Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Commercial Forestry) Regulations 2017
- Attachment 2.3: Proposed provisions – Amendments to the New Zealand Coastal Policy Statement 2010
- Attachment 2.4: Proposed provisions – Amendments to the National Policy Statement for Highly Productive Land 2022
- Attachment 2.5: Proposed provisions – Amendments to the National Policy Statement for Indigenous Biodiversity 2023
- Attachment 2.6: Proposed provisions – Amendments to the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management 2020 and the Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Freshwater) Regulations 2020
- Attachment 2.7: Proposed provisions – Amendments to the Resource Management (Stock Exclusion) Regulations 2020