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Changes to the Resource Management Act 1991 passed in December 2021 compel big city Councils to zone ALL suburbs medium density or greater, with limited scope for exceptions.

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This legislation was ill-conceived; stakeholders sidestepped. It was rushed, cynically processed under urgency just prior to Christmas under the cover of the Covid 19 media blitz; your rights to due process trodden on.

It was needless in the context of existing medium-density planning and execution by councils, work that began in 2016.

From the 20th of August this year, these Councils will have little choice but to rubber-stamp building consents that allow developers, or your neighbour, to build 3 x 3-storey buildings (3 dwellings) 12 metres high, and a mere 1 metre off your boundary, in greater Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington, Hamilton and Tauranga.

You will have no rights to object under the law and no recourse to the RMA and no requirement for Councils to notify you.

The list of serious negative consequences for our communities is long. WE SAY NO. Let’s send it back to Parliament