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August 2017This document provides guidance for planners and engineers on managing risks from liquefaction. It covers how to determine if liquefaction is an issue that needs to be managed, and appropriate land-use planning and building controls. Read more
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August 2017The Ministry commissioned this report to analyse how regional, unitary and district councils are managing biodiversity through planning documents under the Resource Management Act. Read more
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July 2017This document provides an overview of the full funding process, and guidance to help you complete your application to the Community Environment Fund. Read more
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July 2017The 2017 review of the effectiveness of the waste disposal levy reports on the success of the waste levy for the period of July 2013 to June 2016. Read more
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July 2017The Ministry for the Environment commissioned MWH, now part of Stantec, to carry out a National Waste Disposal Survey to gather data. Read more
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July 2017This project was aimed at developing Bay of Plenty Regional Council’s (BOPRC) staff capability to apply tools and frameworks to support freshwater policy development. It introduced tools, frameworks, processes and disciplines that will strengthen the policy process. Read more
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July 2017Since 2015, Gisborne District Council (GDC) and Beef and Lamb New Zealand have been engaging with Rere farmers to try and raise water quality together to a swimmable standard. Farmer interest and participation in the project has been high and this report tells the story of the Rere Project to date, including lessons, next steps and strategic implications. Read more
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July 2017This report assesses how well we are developing and maintaining the regulatory regimes that we are responsible for, including the current state of each piece of legislation, any plans for amendments, and our view of important emerging issues. Read more
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July 2017This report is the first in a series commissioned to better understand the effect of climate change and related policies on Māori and iwi. Read more
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July 2017The expenses of the Ministry for the Environment’s Chief Executive for the period 1 July 2016 - 30 June 2017. Read more
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June 2017This map provides an indication of the potential regional impacts of climate change in New Zealand. It is not an attempt to provide a comprehensive summary of all the impacts. Read more
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June 2017This draft guidance is for councils or participants considering, or carrying out, a collaborative planning process under Part 4, Schedule 1 of the Resource Management Act 1991. Read more
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June 2017This guidance is for territorial authorities considering, or undertaking, a collaborative planning process to review, prepare or change a proposed plan, which will include addressing designations, heritage orders or notices of requirement. Read more
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June 2017This guidance supports local authorities to give effect to evidence and monitoring requirements in the National Policy Statement on Urban Development Capacity (see policies PB1 – PB7 and PD1). Read more
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June 2017This guidance is to help local authorities submit the National Monitoring System information requirements for the period 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018. Read more
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June 2017The 2017 Four Year Plan sets out the Ministry for the Environment’s strategic intentions for 2017/18 to 2020/2021. The Four Year Plan was prepared before Budget 2017 and was current at May 2017. Read more
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June 2017The Government is seeking views on a proposed National Environmental Standard (NES) for the Outdoor Storage of Tyres. The proposed NES will provide a national rule to enable local authorities to appropriately manage the risks that can arise from outdoor tyre storage. Submissions closed at 5.00pm on Friday 4 August 2017. Read more
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June 2017This technical report reviews what data is available for state of the environment reporting on coastal and estuarine waters. Read more
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June 2017This brochure provides a high level overview of the main legislative changes made by the Resource Legislation Amendment Act 2017. It provides a useful summary for councillors, executives and members of the public. Read more
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June 2017The Chief Economist Unit (CEU) at the Auckland Council commissioned this study on behalf of the Ministry for Environment to look at the feasibility of developing a Computational General Equilibrium (CGE) model to analyse the economic impacts of implementing the National Policy Statement on Freshwater Management. Read more
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June 2017GDC approached AgResearch to develop a model of the cost-effectiveness of appropriate mitigation options that could be implemented on farm to address the issue of faecal contamination (as indicated by the presence of E. coli) of the river. Read more
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June 2017Otago Regional Council (ORC) requested a programme of experimentation that would deliver quantitative measurements of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) concentrations and fluxes in leachate reported for pasture, forage crop and native bush sites in the West Matukituki Valley, located west of Lake Wanaka. Read more
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June 2017The regional/unitary councils for Waikato, Auckland, and Northland require a model to predict the annual delivery and sources of sediment across their regions for the purposes of environmental reporting and to inform strategy, policy, and sediment management operations. This study addresses this requirement in two tasks. Read more
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June 2017In 2014 Gisborne District Council received funding from the Ministry for the Environment to undertake a community-based pilot project the Lower Waipaoa and Te Arai catchment areas to identify, protect and enhance inanga spawning sites. Read more
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June 2017This briefing was provided to the Associate Minister for the Environment in May 2017. Read more
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May 2017This report examines how national policy statements on energy and electricity have been implemented and how they could be incorporated into the proposed National Planning Standards. Read more
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May 2017This report assesses metrics (ie, standards and methods of measurement) used in a selection of district and regional plans. Read more
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May 2017This report provides advice on the potential to standardise rules or exclusions for residential activities that could be included in a national planning standard or national environmental standard under the Resource Management Act. Read more
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May 2017This report identifies and analyses relevant non-urban zones and develops zoning framework options. Read more
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May 2017This report examines the use of spatial planning tools across New Zealand and identifies commonalities and differences. Read more
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May 2017This report examines urban zone provisions within district plans throughout New Zealand to better understand the most commonly used provisions and the key differences in the core urban zones. Read more
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May 2017This report reviews the suite of terms and associated definitions contained in 11 regional plans. Read more
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May 2017This report studies five districts (Kaipara, New Plymouth, Taupo, Waimakariri and Clutha) to understand why district councils use ‘effects-based’ plans, and the usability and outcomes of such plans. Read more
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May 2017This report examines differences in structure, format, mapping, and terminology between regional plans. Read more
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May 2017This report reviews the structure of regional policy statements (RPS) developed by councils. Read more
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May 2017This report researches the variation in district and regional plan definitions, and identifies ‘core’ or common terms applicable to district and regional plans to better understand the variation and complexity, and identify where greater efficiencies can be achieved. Read more
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May 2017This document is a summary of preliminary research undertaken by the Ministry over 2013-15 on a number of key planning issues relevant to the creation of national planning standards. Read more
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May 2017This 2013 report identified practice and trends in the structure, format and electronic delivery of RMA plans in New Zealand. Read more
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May 2017This report summarises research on different structure, format and high level content of Regional Policy Statements (RPS) under the Resource Management Act. Read more
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May 2017This report summarises research on the structure, format and the high level content of regional plans (including regional coastal plans) as background for a potential national planning standard on regional planning. Read more
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May 2017This research reports on the different approaches used by Territorial Authorities (Councils) in applying different activity status for resource consents and considers the various logic models used by Councils to evaluate different land uses. Read more
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May 2017This report provides an overview of the types of coastal planning provisions around the country and presents ideas for possible common content in a national planning standard. Read more
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May 2017This report identifies a small group of “atypical” effects-based district and unitary plans and assesses how different these are from other district plans. Read more
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May 2017This research reports on the structure, format and high level content of unitary plans prepared under the Resource Management Act. Read more
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May 2017This paper gives an overview of the new National Planning Standards tool. Read more
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May 2017This paper discusses how the National Planning Standards could provide a more consistent structure for district plans. Read more
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May 2017This paper discusses the inconsistent use of terminology and use of different planning tools and how this affects plan structure overall. Read more
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May 2017This paper signals a preference for a combined structure incorporating the Regional Policy Statement, regional plans and coastal plan into one document. Read more
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May 2017This paper discusses the approaches to the design and format of plans (eg, objectives and policies, rules, font, headings, tables, and colour). Read more
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May 2017This paper investigates cartographic conventions/visual display to harmonise planning maps in regional and district plans. Read more
