Month: December 2012
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What does this Government have against trees?
By Greg Presland The Government in 2009 through changes to the Resource Management Act attempted to remove blanket tree protection rules in district plans. The language used was not clear but the intent was that any tree on an urban section with a building and reticulated water and sewerage could be felled unless it was…
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Has the Government stuffed up the Auckland Plan?
The Local Government Amendment Bill 2012 is now law. Introduction of the Bill managed to achieve something very rare in New Zealand’s history, it managed to unite all of Local Government against it. The offending provision was one that changed the purpose of local government. Previously the purpose was to enable democratic local decision-making and action by, and on…