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National Policy Statement on Electricity Transmission - Evaluation under Section 32 of the Resource Management Act 1991

This document contains the evaluation of the Minister for the Environment required under section 32(2) of the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) on the National Policy Statement on Electricity Transmission. A section 32 evaluation considers the appropriateness, alternatives, costs and benefits of a national policy statement, and its objectives and policies.

This evaluation report is substantially based on an evaluation carried out by independent consultants, the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZIER) and Harrison Grierson Consultants, who were commissioned by the Ministry for the Environment.

Published in March 2008 by the
Ministry for the Environment
Manatū Mō Te Taiao
PO Box 10362, Wellington, New Zealand

ISBN: 978-0-478-30215-8 (print)
978-0-478-30216-5 (electronic)

Publication number: ME 869

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