Insights

This article looks at the National Policy Statement – Highly Productive Land 2022 (NPS-HPL) and comments on an important case in the Environment Court in the South Island. It also looks to the future for what the Government has signaled might be on the horizon for the NPS-HPL.

Beresford Law is delighted to announce that Environmental and Resource Management Law Partner, Joanna Beresford, has been appointed to the Auckland District Law Society (ADLS) Environmental & Resource Management Committee.  The appointment is for a two-year term.

The government has announced that the RMA will be repealed and replaced by the end of the current Parliamentary term.  The RMA governs how business that use or affect our land, air, water or natural or coastal resources can operate.  What emerges from the upcoming law reform process will shape how many businesses operate, and also how New Zealanders live, work, and play for many decades.  If you want to engage effectively in the upcoming process, then it is important to get ready now.

In New Zealand the concept of “tikanga” is becoming increasingly relevant. But many people do not understand what tikanga is. In a recent High Court decision Palmer J concludes that tikanga is “law”. This post summarises the discussion of tikanga in Palmer J’s judgment and highlights issues that arise from that decision.