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December 2010The purpose of the Māori Values Supplement is to improve the quality of RMA decision-making and resource management practice by increasing awareness of, and better integrating, Māori values, knowledge and aspirations into resource management processes and activities. Read more -
November 2010The Ministry engaged independent consultants to develop and test a way of quantifying the benefits of resource efficiency to the New Zealand economy. Read more -
November 2010This report provides a national picture of current status (2005–2009) and trends in water quality of New Zealand lakes. It updates the 2006 report ‘A snapshot of lake water quality in New Zealand’. Read more -
November 2010This report presents a summary of the regional council consent data for water takes between 2009–10. The information in the report has been used to update the freshwater demand environmental indicator. Read more -
October 2010This information sheet provides guidance to territorial authorities preparing waste management and minimisation plans. Read more -
October 2010Information on the Resource Management (Measurement and Reporting of Water Takes) Regulations 2010 including information on the benefits of measuring your water take, who the regulations apply to, measuring and reporting requirements, and how the regulations work. Read more -
September 2010This study reports on the use, recycling and disposal to landfill in New Zealand of articles containing brominated diphenyl ether (BDE) flame retardants. Read more -
August 2010The outcome of a series of investigations over six months around major infrastructure consenting issues under the Resource Management Act and Public Works Act. Read more -
July 2010Report of the Minister for the Environment's Urban Technical Advisory Group. Read more -
June 2010This guide is to help local authorities understand and implement the Resource Management (Discount on Administrative Charges) Regulations 2010. It was updated in March 2015 for the Resource Management Amendment Act 2013. Read more -
June 2010This report is the third in a series of reports contracted by the Ministry from Boffa Miskell Ltd on resource efficiency in New Zealand. Read more -
June 2010The report assesses how well Integrated catchment management is working in New Zealand for managing freshwater quality. Read more -
June 2010This guide for householders explains the national environmental standards for telecommunication facilities: what they do, why they have been introduced, and how they affect you in your daily life. Read more -
May 2010This report is one of two prepared for the Ministry for the Environment by NIWA, which update national indicator data for river water quality in New Zealand and help provide the evidence base for policy and decision makers. Read more -
May 2010The report is a stocktake of various approaches used to manage demand for fresh water. It looks at national-level and local council initiatives and assesses how widely the initiatives are being used and their effectiveness in meeting water demand management goals. Read more -
May 2010The purpose of this report is to assist, from a science perspective, with developing knowledge about setting limits in water management. Read more -
May 2010This guide provides practical advice and guidance to waste disposal facility operators on how to calculate the tonnage of waste the waste disposal levy must be paid on, submit returns, and make payments to the levy collector. Read more -
April 2010This report informs the ‘environmental flows and water measuring’ and ‘water quality limits’ projects commissioned as part of the New Start for Fresh Water programme in 2009. Read more -
April 2010This training workbook is for waste disposal facility operators and their staff who are involved in Waste Disposal Levy activities. Read more -
March 2010This publication provides supplementary guidance for waste disposal facility operators about diverted tonnage and voluntary reporting of cover material. Read more -
February 2010This is the report and recommendations of the Board of Inquiry into the proposed National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management. The National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management 2011 came into effect on 1 July 2011. Read more -
February 2010This report outlines a process for measuring and reporting resource efficiency. Read more -
January 2010The NPS on Electricity Transmission requires local authorities to manage adverse effects caused by development near high-voltage transmission lines. This document provides information on the risks of development and activities and how these could be regulated under the RMA. Read more -
January 2010This report documents the tools being used to support Māori participation in freshwater management under the Resource Management Act 1991 and suggests areas that could be further investigated. Read more