National want to repeal and replace the much-maligned Resource Management Act (RMA) if elected next year, the party's planning spokeswoman Judith Collins has announced. Collins said the party would repeal the RMA, New Zealand's main planning law, and replace it with transitional legislation while it worked out a longer-term "developer-friendly" solution that provided predictable outcomes. National leader Simon Bridges said "boldness" was required with RMA reform. "As Judith has said, the dream of home ownership is drifting further away as regulations and red tape replace building homes with filling out forms. But it's even worse than that, with the RMA failing to deliver either development or environmental protection."

Source: Stuff December 15, 2019 23:39 UTC