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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 -
December 2010This report presents the findings of engagement with Māori and regional councels to gain an understanding of Māori perspectives on water allocation. Read more -
December 2010The expenses of the Ministry for the Environment’s Chief Executive for the period 1 July 2010 – 30 December 2010. 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 2010The Ministry for the Environment’s annual report for the year ended 30 June 2010 provides an overview of the Ministry’s priorities, objectives, and financial performance indicators for the year. Read more -
October 2010This document builds on the range of problems and possible options outlined in the main discussion document, Building competitive cities: Reform of the urban and infrastructure planning system - A discussion document. 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 -
October 2010This discussion document presents options for improving New Zealand’s resource management regulations and processes. Submissions closed 17 December 2010. Read more -
September 2010The discussion document describes the proposal for a National Environmental Standard for Plantation Forestry. Submissions closed on 18 October 2010. Read more -
September 2010This report provides an assessment of the health of the Waikato River and its catchment. It recommends actions that could be undertaken to restore the river. Read more -
August 2010The report updates an analysis of trends in water quality between 1989 and 2003 which was summarised in Environment New Zealand 2007. 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 -
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June 2010The report assesses how well Integrated catchment management is working in New Zealand for managing freshwater quality. Read more -
June 2010This report applies a cost-benefit analysis framework to the proposed National Environmental Standard for Plantation Forestry to evaluate its potential net impact. 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 2010The Ministry for the Environment's Statement of Intent gives an indication of where we are now and where we are heading over the next three years and includes our forecast financial statements. This Statement of Intent covers the years 2010 – 2013. 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 -
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 -
March 2010A board of inquiry was established in August 2008 to hear public submissions and report back to the Minister for the Environment with recommendations on the proposed National Policy Statement for Renewable Electricity Generation. The NES came into effect on 13 May 2011. 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 presents the findings of a review of the performance of Environment Canterbury. Read more -
February 2010This report presents the findings of an investigation into the performance of the Far North District Council completed in 2009. 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 -
National Policy Statement on Electricity Transmission: Implementation guidance for local authoritiesJanuary 2010This guidance provides local authorities with direction on how the National Policy Statement on Electricity Transmission can best be incorporated into regional and district planning instruments. Read more -
January 2010This paper sought feedback on the need for and scope of a possible set of regulations to make the Resource Management Act Survey of Local Authorities mandatory and subject to set timeframes. Feedback closed 5 February 2010. 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