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This survey particularly relates to the first piece of legislation - the Natural and Built Environments Act - and serves as a vehicle for members to feed in broadly to the overall reform proposals.

References to particular sections of legislation can be found in this PDF, taken from the most recently released cabinet paper on policy intentions released late February 2021. As the paper notes, it is not final drafting but is indicative of policy direction.

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* 1. In your opinion, what are the top five issues relating to the Government's proposed resource management act reform?

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* 2. How concerned are you with the Resource Management Act 1991 repeal and replacement process to date, and why?

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* 3. How concerned are you that the proposed purpose of the Natural and Built Environments Act makes no mention of development?

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* 4. Referring to your previous answer to Q3; if you are concerned, how would you prefer the Act addresses the development sector within the proposed purpose section?

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* 5. Are you comfortable with the proposed biophysical limits set out in section 7, and if not why not?

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* 6. How concerned are you about the 22 outcomes listed in section 8?

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* 7. Referring to your previous answer to Q6; If you are concerned, would you favour:

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* 8. How concerned are you with the lack of support for resourcing or funding territorial authorities and organisations to make the changes necessary under the proposed NBA?

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* 9. How concerned are you at the proposed hierarchy of legislation in section 9, and if you are concerned, how would you remedy it?

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* 10. How concerned are you with the proposed increased use of national directions (NPS/NES and national planning standards) and why?

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* 11. Are you supportive of the proposal to combine all current RMA policy statements and plans in each region into one integrated plan under the authority of a regional joint committee (thereby reducing the number of resource management plans in New Zealand from over 100 to between 14 and 16)?
If not, why not?

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* 12. If you were to rank each question based of your level of concern (from greatest concern to least concerning), what would they be?

  1. Process of reform program to date
  2. Purpose and development
  3. Biophysical limits
  4. 22 outcomes
  5. Resourcing and funding
  6. Hierarchy of legislation
  7. Increased use of national directives
  8. Rationalising the number of RMA plans
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