October 1, 2021
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West Coast Regional Council chairman Allan Birchfield has lost his bid to bar significant natural areas (SNAs) from private land. Councils and iwi working on a new combined district plan for the region have been agonising for months over the legal requirement to identify SNAs. The Tai o Poutini Plan Committee has refused to receive a report it commissioned that showed 25 percent of private land on the West Coast would qualify.
