November 15, 2022
Māori monitoring role in RMA overhaul
An independent national Māori entity will be set up to monitor resource management reforms.
The Government today confirmed it will go ahead with replacing the 1991 Resource Management Act with separate Spatial Planning, Natural and Built Environment and Climate Adaptation Acts.
Associate Environment Minister of Environment Kiritapu Allan says a minimum of 2 of the 6 members of each regional committee will be Māori.
There’s will also be a national entity, as recommended by the Independent Resource Management Review Panel chaired by retired Court of Appeal Judge Tony Randerson KC.
“In essence its role will be to proactively monitor the implantation of the treaty settlements – there’s been over 70 treaty settlements engaged locally by hapu and iwi,” Minister Allen says.
The Maori entity will also provide input into national planning frameworks.