The Environmental Quality Protection Board (EQPB) has updated its Environmental Assessment (EA) and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) regulations, which seek to minimize environmental impacts of development projects such as land erosion, tree removal, and generation of wastewater.
If the road to hell is paved with good intentions, so too is the road to economic recovery if we don’t get it right. The COVID-19 Recovery (Fast Track Consenting) Bill, currently rushing through the parliamentary process, certainly has noble aims.
With consents for building projects set to be fast-tracked, some are worried it will put too much power in the hands of the ministers and block the voices of iwi and environmental protesters...As a result one of Labour's governing partners, the Greens, will only commit support for the legislation