Risk Bearers Best Placed to Make Decisions

  • 14 April 2013

If a local community does not itself want to amend a council plan to allow a particular RMA activity to proceed then that is a good sign that it is either better sited somewhere else, and/or that alternative means [...]

TPP Negotiators on Notice to Protect the Environment—Poll

  • 6 December 2012

An opinion poll shows a clear majority of New Zealanders reject the concept of foreign investors having any ability to sue the government offshore if is sets stronger environmental standards. New Zealand is currently negotiating a free trade agreement with [...]