What's New
Updated QP guidance notes – ‘Monitoring and Reporting One-Stop-Shop’
02 July 2008
New enforcement guide for the ‘Everyday Guide to the RMA Series’
02 July 2008
New QP guidance note - 'Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’s) on Iwi Management Plans'
02 July 2008
Proposed National Environmental Standard for On-Site Wastewater Systems
02 July 2008
Launch of Dairy Industry Guidelines for Developing RMA Policy
02 July 2008
Launch of Hauraki Gulf State of the Environment Report 2008
02 July 2008
New guidance material for land use and aerodromes
02 July 2008
Applications lodged for proposed North Waikato wind farm
02 July 2008
Notification of proposed Hurunui wind farm
02 July 2008
New look for What’s New email
02 July 2008
Media Statement: Guidance for second generation planning goes live
31 May 2008
Updated QP guidance note - ‘Making a decision on the application’
30 May 2008
Release of climate change guidance manual for local government
30 May 2008
Media Release: Update on proposed national grid regulations
30 May 2008
Commentary of High Court decision on matters of discretion for restricted discretionary activities
30 May 2008
Hamilton’s upcoming district plan review
30 May 2008
Public feedback sought on district plan reviews in Tauranga and Western Bay of Plenty
29 May 2008
Community provides feedback on Tasman’s Draft Mapua Structure Plan
29 May 2008
Feedback sought on Queenstown’s ‘Three Parks’ discussion document
29 May 2008
Media release: Banks Peninsula landscape provisions not to be appealed
29 May 2008
Public notification of Otago’s Proposed Flood Protection Management bylaw
29 May 2008
Public feedback sought on Proposed Tararua District Plan
28 May 2008
Environment Minister’s NZPI Speech - Sustainable development at a sustainable price
13 May 2008
Two new QP guidance notes now online: structuring, organising, and writing provisions for regional and district plans
01 May 2008
Updated QP guidance note on land transport
30 April 2008
Targeted areas proposed for infill housing in Wellington
30 April 2008
Applications invited for Aquaculture Planning Fund
30 April 2008
Release of New Plymouth’s Framework for Growth
30 April 2008
Napier’s Te Awa Structure Plan scoping study completed
30 April 2008
Public feedback sought on Draft Central Otago Strategy for Sustainability
30 April 2008
New Public Consultations website
30 April 2008
New Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability
30 April 2008
Questionnaire on the Quality Planning website (be in to win one of ten $50 book vouchers!)
28 March 2008
Release of Greater Wellington draft Regional Policy Statement
28 March 2008
New national policy statement on electricity transmission
28 March 2008
Public feedback sought on Proposed New Zealand Coastal Policy Statement 2008
28 March 2008
Proposed national environmental standard on ecological flows and water levels
28 March 2008
National environmental standards for telecommunications facilities to proceed
28 March 2008
New paper on dealing with cumulative effects under the RMA
28 March 2008
Canterbury biodiversity strategy released
28 March 2008
Launch of Te Iwi o Ngatiwai Environmental Policy Document (including upcoming implementation workshops)
28 March 2008
Further submissions sought on Queenstown community and affordable housing plan change
28 March 2008
Newly operative Central Otago District Plan
28 March 2008
Questionnaire on the Quality Planning website (be in to win one of ten $50 book vouchers!)
29 February 2008
New QP guidance note on ‘Esplanade reserves, esplanade strips and access strips under the RMA’
29 February 2008
Commissioning of new and updated QP guidance notes on rural land use, landscape, indigenous biodiversity and ecosystem services
29 February 2008
Development of a new QP guidance note on taking into account iwi management plans
29 February 2008
Public feedback sought on South Taranaki Draft Urban Growth Plan Change
29 February 2008
Release of Environment New Zealand 2007
29 February 2008
Call-in of proposed Te Waka wind farm
29 February 2008
Call-in of proposed Te Mihi geothermal power station
29 February 2008
Registrations open for re-certification under the Making Good Decisions Programme
29 February 2008
New Dataversity bio-data management website
29 February 2008
‘Protected Areas of New Zealand’ survey invitation
29 February 2008
Newly operative Gisborne Regional Air Quality Management Plan
29 February 2008
Launch of Te Tangi a Tauira - The Cry of the People - Ngāi Tahu ki Murihiku Natural Resource and Environmental Management Plan 2008
29 February 2008
Approval of national environmental standard for sources of human drinking-water
01 February 2008
New Zealand Legislation website goes live
31 January 2008
Updating QP guidance notes on plan development consultation processes, resource consent consultation and consultation with Tangata Whenua
31 January 2008
Ocean Beach plan change notified by Hastings District Council
31 January 2008
Report on Upper North Island Grid Upgrade proposal now available
31 January 2008
Release of ‘Guidelines for assessing planning policy and consent requirements for landslide prone land’
31 January 2008
Public feedback sought on Northern Pegasus Bay Coastal Management Plan
31 January 2008
Royal Commission on Auckland governance meets with councils
31 January 2008
Genetic modification (GM) and local government
31 January 2008
December Planning Quarterly released
31 January 2008
