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Making Good Decisions: A training, assessment and certification programme for RMA decision-makers

The Making Good Decisions (MGD) Programme helps councillors, community board members, and independent commissioners make better decisions under the Resource Management Act (RMA). It provides RMA decision-makers with the skills they need to run fair and effective resource consent, plan change and designation hearings, and to make informed decisions.

What would you like to know?

I want to become certified
I am certified and want to renew my certification
I want to find a certified person
- Local body elected members who are current certificate holders
- Other certificate holders, including independent commissioners, consultants, and council staff

I want to know more about the Making Good Decisions (MGD) Programme

For general enquiries about the programme or for corrections to the lists of certificate holders, please contact Felicity Boyd, Analyst at the Ministry for the Environment; phone: (04) 439 7589, email: Felicity.Boyd@mfe.govt.nz

Last updated: 11 January 2011