Environmental Defence Society

In a massive shakeup of our core environmental and planning laws, the Government has today introduced legislation to Parliament to…

The Environmental Defence Society have analysed this Bill and made a scathing submission, which you can read here and crib…

The Environmental Defence Society (EDS) has condemned the Fast-track Approvals Amendment Bill in its submission to the Environment Select Committee,…

The Environmental Defence Society (EDS) is warning that the Fast-Track Approvals Act 2024 (FTAA) undermines the quality of decision-making by…

The Environmental Defence Society (EDS) has today released its third and final report in a multi-year project examining the Government’s…

The Committee stages of the Resource Management (Consenting and Other System Changes) Amendment Bill, together with an Amendment Paper, is…

Last week the Minister for Resource Management Reform, Chris Bishop, announced that the government would be intervening, yet again, to…

The Government today released for consultation an unprecedented package of reforms to national direction under the Resource Management Act 1991…

The Environmental Defence Society today released a working paper on marine protected areas (MPA) setting out how progress can be…

The Government has today announced its blueprint for reform of the resource management system. It replaces the Resource Management Act…