Submission on Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Bill

A not for profit incorporated society, Water New Zealand promotes and enables the sustainable management and development of the water environment. With 1500 members Water New Zealand’s membership is large and diverse, including Territorial Local Authorities, Council Controlled Organisations, water and wastes services providers, the major consultancies involved in providing engineering, planning and research services to the industry, Crown and other research institutes involved in the water and wastes environment, academia, members of the legal fraternity and training providers.

Water New Zealand believes that water can be managed far more efficiently and economically than at present. We support the nine objectives of the Bill and welcome the amendments it proposes. We would like to offer specific comment on two of those objectives and recommend an expansion of their scope