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Smith detects propitious environment for a new RMA promise

When Building and Housing Minister Nick Smith unveiled his Housing Accord legislation in 2013, he touted it as the answer for Auckland's housing shortage.

Chris Hutching for NBR NZ Property Investor
Mon, 26 Jan 2015

The National government has cut across RMA provisions four times already over the past few years.

The most blatant example was when it sacked elected representatives of Environment Canterbury councillors in 2012 to speed up delivery of irrigation to farmers, with mixed results so far including

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Chris Hutching for NBR NZ Property Investor
Mon, 26 Jan 2015
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