Links to Useful Websites

Outlined below are websites that you may find useful in your day to day job. If you come across a useful website that you think would be of value to other plan practitioners then we'd like to know about it so please Contact Us.

New Zealand central government

• www.rma.govt.nz - the Ministry for the Environment website for practitioners, the public and business with information on the Resource Management Act
• Department of Building And Housing
• Department of Conservation
• Environment Court
• Ministry for the Environment
• Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management
• Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment
• Te Kahui Mangai - the Te Puni Kokiri website which contains Te Kahui Mangai, a national list of iwi and Maori organisations.

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New Zealand local government

• Local Government New Zealand
• Local Government Online
• Society of Local Government Managers

To check out a council website please go to the council contacts page.

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New Zealand organisations and professional associations

• Environmental Defence Society
• New Zealand Institute of Surveyors
• New Zealand Planning Institute
• Resource Management Law Association
• Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand
• New Zealand Association of Impact Assessment
• New Zealand Association of Resource Management
• New Zealand Institute of Architects Incorporated
• New Zealand Institute of Environmental Health
• New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects

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New Zealand university planning departments

• Auckland University - Department of Planning
• Lincoln University - Environment, Society and Design Division
• Massey University - School of Resource and Environmental Planning
• Otago University - Masters of Regional and Resource Planning Programme
• Waikato University - Resources and Environmental Planning

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Other New Zealand organisations

• New Zealand Archaeological Association
• New Zealand Historic Places Trust
• SustAin Auckland Community Law Service
• Landcare Research
• NIWA
• New Zealand Coastal Society
• RMA Link (for community groups). This site is brought to you by ECO - The Environment and Conservation Organisations of New Zealand (Inc.). 

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General New Zealand links

• ConsumerBuild website (Information for those Building, Buying or Renovating Houses)
• DSL Environmental Handbook - The DSL Environmental Handbook is a collection of practice guides written by specialists from across the environmental spectrum (this resource is available at a cost to users). 
• LEADR NZ - facilitates workshops and seminars on alternative dispute resolution, mediation and consultation.
• Natural Hazards Centre
• Planning Under a Co-operative Mandate Research Programme (Waikato University)
• RMA guide - Contains information to assist people and community groups to more effectively participate in processes under the Resource Management Act 1991.

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International websites

• American Planning Association
• Canadian Institute of Planners
• Planning Institute of Australia
• Royal Town Planning Institute (UK)
• United Kingdom Planning Portal
• United States Environmental Protection Agency 'Smart Growth' Initiative

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