Under the RMA, compensation is limited to extreme scenarios where land is considered unable to be reasonably used; the new system would lower that threshold to where impacts of regulation on all ...

Under the reforms announced today, the RMA would be split into two new laws: a Planning Act focused on development and a Natural Environment Act focused on environmental matters. Forest & Bird says ...

For decades, waste programs have relied on annual audits, spot checks, and hauler reports to understand contamination. While ...

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Do you often find yourself focusing on what you perceive as flaws in your health? You might be surprised to learn that your ...

The Regional Government Partnership of 16 regional and unitary councils (Te Uru Kahika) commended the Government on its work to date and highlighted the role of local government in the reform journey ...

Bishop sided with former Wellington mayor Tory Whanau’s call to allow more housing in the capital, even though every conservative councillor was opposed. He made Christchurch zone for high-density ...

IMO, this is one of the year’s best videos. For the “Gumshoe” track off his Rarely Do I Dream album, Trevor Powers aka Youth Lagoon came up with another haunting fusion of images, sound collage and ...

Seventy years ago, a wrong number prompted the U.S. Air Force to begin issuing reports of St. Nick’s progress on Christmas ...

SDA awards $3.5B to Lockheed, L3Harris, Northrop and Rocket Lab for Tranche 3 PWSA Tracking Layer missile-warning satellites.

The government’s resource management reforms aim to make development easier. But will the new regime benefit everyone equally?

It's the 70th anniversary of tracking Santa's journey across the world for Christmas. WASHINGTON — For the last seven decades ...