Introduced under Urgency on Dec 19. The bill repeals the Natural and Built Environment Act and the Spatial Planning Act. It retains the current fast-track consenting process with the govt saying it was working on a new version of this. The bill also pushes back when new freshwater planning instruments must be notified by three years to Dec 31 2027. The govt indicated it was working on changes to the current national standards concerning freshwater.

Resource Management (Natural and Built Environment and Spatial Planning Repeal and Interim Fast-track Consenting) Bill