Policy submissions from Waikato Regional Council

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2023

• Submission - Proposed National Policy Statement for Natural Hazard Decision making - November 2023
• Submission - Select Committee Inquiry into Climate Adaptation - November 2023
• Submission - Exploring a Biodiversity Credit System for Aotearoa NZ - November 2023
• Submission - Hauraki Gulf/Tīkapa Moana Marine Protection Bill - November 2023
• Submission - Proposed options for bottom fishing access zones (trawl corridors) in the Hauraki Gulf - November 2023
• Submission - Discussion document: Managing the use and development of highly productive land - Potential amendments to the NPS-HPL - October 2023
• Submission - Review of the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (NZ ETS) and proposals to redesign the NZ ETS Permanent Forest Category - August 2023
• Submission - Charging Our Future: a draft long-term electric vehicle charging strategy for Aotearoa New Zealand - May 2023
• Submission - Enabling Investment in Offshore Renewable Energy Discussion Document - April 2023
• Submission - Technical submission to the Severe Weather Emergency Bill - March 2023
• Submission - Draft Hauraki Gulf Fisheries Plan - March 2023
• Submission - Local Government Official Information Amendment (LGOIMA) Bill - February 2023
• Submission - Water Services Legislation Bill - February 2023
• Feedback on Department of Conservation (DOC) and Toitu Te Whenua Long term Insights Briefing - January 2023
• Submission - Guidance to the National Objectives Framework - January 2023
• Submission - Spatial planning bill - January 2023
• Submission - Natural and built environment bill - January 2023

2022

• Submission - National direction for plantation and exotic carbon afforestation & National Environmental Standards for Plantation Forestry – November 2022
• Submission - Pricing agricultural emissions: Consultation document – November 2022
• Submission - DOC: Help revitalise the Hauraki Gulf by having your say on marine protection – October 2022
• Submission - Ministry for the Environment long-term insights briefing on the future wellbeing of land and people – October 2022
• Submission - Managing our wetlands in the coastal marine area - September 2022
• Submission - MPI consultation on the Forestry and wood processing industry transformation plan – September 2022
• Submission - exposure draft of changes to NESF and NPSFM - August 2022
• Submission - NPS Indigenous Biodiversity (NPSIB) exposure draft - July 2022
• Submission - Water Services Entities Bill - July 2022
• Submission - Draft ACVM Notice: Fertiliser, Plant Biostimulants and Soil Conditioners – requirements for compliance to conditions of exemption – July 2022
• Submission - Consultation on the Sustainable Biofuels Obligation – July 2022
• Submission - Conservation Management and Processes Bill – June 2022
• Submission - National Adaptation Plan and Adapt and Thrive consultation document - June 2022
• Submission - Streamlining the stewardship land reclassification process - March 2022
• Submission to Our Future Resource Management System discussion document - February 2022
• Submission - Managing Exotic Afforestation Incentives – New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme - April 2022
• Submission - Natural Hazards Insurance Bill - April 2022
• Feedback on the Tapuaeharuru Bay Lakeshore Reserves Management Plan - March 2022

2021

• Taking responsibility for our waste - December 2021
• Proposed Plan Change 5: Paeroa Racecourse to the Hauraki District Plan - December 2021
• Proposed product stewardship regulations: Tyres and large batteries - November 2021
• Emissions Reduction Plan Discussion - November 2021
• Resource Management (Housing Supply and Other Matters) Amendment Bill - November 2021
• Draft Future Proof Growth Strategy - November 2021
• Managing our Wetlands Discussion Document - October 2021
• Freshwater Farm Plan Regulations and Stock Exclusion Regulations: Proposed Changes to Low Slope Map - September 2021
• Intensive Winter Grazing Regulations - September 2021
• DIA changes to Maori ward and constituency process
• Waikato District Council Proposed Stormwater Bylaw 2021
• Tauākī Kaupapa Here A Te Kāwanatanga Mō Te Whakawhanake Whare, Tāone Anō Hoki - Government Policy Statement on Housing and Urban Development
• Natural and Built Environments Bill Parliamentary Paper
• Climate Change Commission's draft recommendations
• Draft Whangamatā Reserves Management Plan
• Industrial Greenhouse Gas Emissions consultation document - May 2021
• Infrastructure for a Better Future consultation document
• ransport Emissions Pathways to Net Zero by 2050 (Hikina te Kohupara Kia mauri ora ai te iwi)
• Water Services Bill
• Local Electoral (Māori Ward and Māori Constituencies) Amendment Bill
• Proposed Waikato Regional Land Transport Plan 2021-2051
• Public Transport Operating Model - June 2021

2020

• Oral submission: Environment Select Committee 24/6/20 COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Bill
• COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Bill
• Local Government (Rating of Whenua Māori) Amendment Bill
• Proposed amendments to the National Environmental Standards for Air Quality
• Draft National Policy Statement on Indigenous Biodiversity
• Proposed National Environmental Standard for the Outdoor Storage of Tyres
• Whitebait Management Consultation
• Urban Development Bill
• Discussion document for the Review of the Crown Minerals Act 1991
• Draft Management Plan for Taupō Waters

2019

• Action on Agricultural Emissions
• Hector's and Maui Dolphin Threat Management Plan
• Draft National Policy Statement on Highly Productive Land August 2019
• Draft National Policy Statement on Urban Development
• Zero Carbon Bill
• Upper North Island Supply Chain Strategy
• Kauri Dieback National Programme
• Productivity inquiry into funding and financing of local government
• Resource Management Amendment Bill
• Essential Freshwater Consultation (Action for healthy waterways, NPS-FWM, NES-FW, Stock Exclusion Regulations)
• NZ Biodiversity Strategy
• Productivity Commission's draft report on local government funding and financing

2018

• Proposed improvements to the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme
• Local Government (Community Wellbeing) Amendment Bill
• Dairy Industry Restructuring Act 2001 review
• Zero Carbon Bill
• Draft National Planning Standards
• Conservation (Indigenous Freshwater Fish) Amendment Bill

2017

• Proposed National Environmental Standard for Marine Aquaculture (resubmitted)
• Productivity Commission- Low Emissions Economy Issues paper
• Urban Development Authorities Discussion Document
• Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy 2017-2022
• Energy Innovation (Electric Vehicles and Other Matters)
• Proposed National Environmental Standard for the Outdoor Storage of Tyres
• Clean Water Consultation Document
• Proposal to allow councils to charge for monitoring permitted activities under the NES-PF

2016

• Better urban planning
• Proposed National Policy Statement on Urban Development Capacity 2016
• Streamlining the regulatory regime for pest control
• "Other matters" of the New Zealand Emission Trading Scheme Review 2015/16
• Next steps for fresh water - consultation document
• New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme Review 2015-16
• New Marine Protected Areas Act
• Proposed National Environmental Standard for Plantation Forestry - June 2015
• Resource Legislation Amendment Bill 2015

2015

• New Zealand's Climate Change Target: Discussion Document

2014

• Local Government Amendment Bill (No 3) 2013
• Additional submission point on Local Government Amendment Bill (no 3) 2013

2013

• National Monitoring System for the RMA – A proposal for discussion
• Housing Accords and Special Housing Areas Bill 2013
• Freshwater Reform 2013 and Beyond
• Improving our Resource Management System – A Discussion Document
• The Development Contributions Review - discussion paper
• Resource Management Reform Bill 2012

2012

• Land Transport Management Amendment Bill 2012
• Productivity Commission Enquiry into Local Government Regulatory Performance
• Climate Change (Emissions Trading and Other Matters) Bill 2012
• Report of the Minister for the Environment’s Resource Management Act 1991 Principles Technical Advisory Group
• Local Government Bill 2012
• Updating the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme – A consultation document

2011

• Measuring Up Environmental Reporting – A discussion document
• Proposed National Policy Statement on Indigenous Biodiversity