NZPI spoke to the Primary Production Select Committee on its submission to the RM (Freshwater and Other Matters) Amendment Bill today, with NZPI Board Chair Andrea Harris highlighting three key points.
Andrea concluded by saying “that more certain and enduring results will be achieved through a more considered and comprehensive approach to clearly defined problems. We are wanting enduring and integrated legislative change to the resource management system as a whole, rather than single topic tweaks.”
The team fielded a number of questions from the Committee with important discussions about the application of the Te Mana o Te Wai hierarchy at the consenting stage, the readiness of regional plans and freshwater farm plans around the country to consider winter grazing, and the extensive application of Significant Natural Areas across the country.
NZPI asserted the need for the committee to consider carefully the problems they are trying to resolve, suggesting that quality national direction will deliver on the original policy intent.
Watch David Curtis, Andrea Harris & Emily Grace’s Select Committee appearance (including valuable Q & A) below ...
Primary Production Committee live stream on-demand