TLDR: So what was the point of the grand repeal of the Resource Management Act again? If it was to speed up housing development and reduce the risk of legal action blocking progress, then the submissions to its first two of three replacement bills show everyone may be jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire.
Chief Justice Helen Winkelmann is the latest heavy hitter to have taken the unusual step of making a formal submission to the Environment Select Committee considering the Natural and Built Environment Bill, warning of big litigation and legal costs to resolve the bills’ lack of clarity if the reforms are passed into law.
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