RMA reform: Why fast track is necessary for NZ infrastructure – Deborah Chambers

Lady Deborah Chambers is a New Zealand King's Counsel practising in Auckland.‌A fast-tracked 1,217-home development raised major questions about water, transport and whether Auckland ratepayers will foot the bill. Katie Bradford unpacks it on The Front Page.The rules and processes that grew up under the Resource Management Act, shaped heavily by judicial approach and practice, proved unequal to the scale of housing, roads, renewable generation and infrastructure New Zealand needs. The people who actually deliver things – entrepreneurs, engineers and project developers – have a