- All-of-government submission
- A submission to a local authority (most likely on a resource consent or notice of requirement) jointly by two or more government departments that sets out the Government’s views on the matter (also known as a Crown submission).
- Call-in
- The Minister for the Environment may 'call-in' a nationally significant matter (most likely a resource consent or notice of requirement) under section 141 of the RMA, from the local authority that would normally have determined it, and instead ask a board of inquiry or the Environment Court to determine it.
- Designation
- An authorisation included in a district plan that allows a requiring authority to undertake a public work or network utility project without a land-use consent.
- District plan
- A plan prepared under Part 5 of the RMA to control the use of land within the district or unitary authority.
- Fresh water
- All water except coastal water and geothermal water.
- Hapū
- Clan; tribe; subtribe − section of a large tribe.
- Iwi
- Tribe; nation; people; race.
- Kaitiakitanga
- The exercise of guardianship by the tangata whenua of an area in accordance with tikanga Māori in relation to natural and physical resources; includes the ethic of stewardship.
- Mahinga kai
- Garden; cultivation; food source.
- Mauri
- Life force; life principle; special nature.
- Matauranga Māori
- Traditional Māori knowledge and wisdom.
- Mihi
- Speech of greeting; acknowledgement.
- Minister
- The Minister for the Environment, unless otherwise specified.
- Ministry
- The Ministry for the Environment, unless otherwise specified.
- Nationally significant
- A level of importance assessed as being significant on a national scale, having regard to the criteria listed in section 45(2) of the RMA.
- NES
- National environmental standard − a tool used to set nationwide standards for the state or use of resources. A national environmental standard is issued under section 43 of the RMA.
- Notice of requirement
- A notice given to a territorial authority by a requiring authority for its requirement for a designation to be included in the district plan.
- NPS
- National policy statement − national policy guidance for environmental matters that are considered to be of national significance (eg, the coastal environment). A national policy statement is issued under section 52 of the RMA.
- Objective
- An outcome being sought to resolve a significant resource management issue.
- Part 2
- Part 2 of the RMA sets out the purpose of the RMA (section 5) and other principles (sections 6, 7 and 8).
- Pepeha
- Tribal saying; proverb.
- Policy
- A general course of action taken to achieve an objective, identified in district and regional plans or regional policy statements.
- Rangatiratanga
- Sovereignty; chieftainship.
- Requiring authority
- A Minister of the Crown, a local authority or a network utility operator approved as a requiring authority by the Minister for the Environment under section 167 of the RMA.
- Resource consent
- An authorisation to use a natural or physical resource, issued under Part 6 of the RMA.
- RMA
- The Resource Management Act 1991 and its amendments. See: www.legislation.govt.nz
- Rule
- A regulation in a plan to prohibit, control or allow activities to manage the use, development and protection of natural and physical resources in accordance with the purpose of the RMA.
- Section 32
- The section of the RMA that requires any person developing a policy or regulatory instrument under the RMA to carry out an evaluation of the appropriateness, alternatives, costs and benefits of what is proposed.
- Submission
- The written comments, opinions, concerns in support of or in opposition to a proposed development or a proposed policy statement or plan.
- Tangata whenua
- The iwi, or hapū, that holds mana whenua over a particular area. For the purpose of this guidance document, the term tangata whenua has been used to apply to both singular tangata whenua groups and multiple tangata whenua groups.
- Taonga
- Treasure; possession; property.
- Wairua
- Spirit; soul.
- Water conservation order
- An order made under section 214 of the RMA that places restrictions and prohibitions on the exercise of a regional council’s management of the water body to which the order applies.
- Whakatauki
- Proverb; saying.
- Whanau
- Extended family; family group.
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Glossary
July 2008
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