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Cutting Red Tape To Deliver The Infrastructure New Zealand Needs
Tuesday, 9 December 2025, 1:26 pm | New Zealand Government
“New Zealand’s new planning system will make it easier to build the houses and infrastructure our country needs, let farmers and growers get on with doing what they do best, and boost our primary sector while protecting the environment.” More >>
New System To Make Planning Easier For Everyone
Tuesday, 9 December 2025, 1:23 pm | New Zealand Government
“Last month, the Government announced proposals for the biggest changes to local government since 1989, including how we plan our cities and regions,” Mr Bishop says. More >>
Planning Reform To Unlock Housing Growth
Tuesday, 9 December 2025, 1:20 pm | New Zealand Government
“Our new planning system will deliver the most significant pro-housing reforms in a generation. The changes will give homeowners more freedom, speed up building, and create clear and consistent rules across the country." More >>
Boosting Renewable Energy Through Planning Reform
Tuesday, 9 December 2025, 1:17 pm | New Zealand Government
Mr Watts says New Zealand has some of the best renewable energy resources in the world, but the current planning system has made it far too slow and costly to build the generation and infrastructure the country needs. More >>
Planning Overhaul To Unlock Growth
Tuesday, 9 December 2025, 1:13 pm | New Zealand Government
Nicola Willis says the reforms are central to the Government’s focus on creating jobs and lifting incomes. More >>
RMA Replacement To Reduce Costs And Drive On-Farm Growth
Tuesday, 9 December 2025, 1:11 pm | New Zealand Government
The Government is replacing the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) with two new bills: a Planning Bill that enables development and regulates land use, and a Natural Environment Bill that manages resource impacts and protects the environment. More >>
A Better Planning System For A Better New Zealand
Tuesday, 9 December 2025, 1:09 pm | New Zealand Government
This Government’s central ambition is to lift growth, productivity and living standards, Mr Bishop says. More >>
New Emergency Management Bill Introduced
Tuesday, 9 December 2025, 12:30 pm | New Zealand Government
The Bill strengthens the role of local communities and iwi in emergency management by ensuring they have places at the decision-making table for local emergency management, says Emergency Management and Recovery Minister Mark Mitchell. More >>
Arms Bill Introduced To Deliver Better Firearms Law
Tuesday, 9 December 2025, 12:09 pm | New Zealand Government
The Bill will deliver on the ACT-National coalition commitment to ‘rewrite the Arms Act 1983 to provide for greater protection of public safety and simplify regulatory requirements to improve compliance. More >>
Select Committee Reports Back On Employment Relations Amendment Bill
Monday, 8 December 2025, 4:45 pm | New Zealand Government
The Committee has recommended refinements to the gateway test criteria for contractors to provide clarity on the types of contracting arrangements covered, including platform-based arrangements. More >>
New Rules To Help Meat Processors & Shoppers
Monday, 8 December 2025, 2:14 pm | New Zealand Government
The changes come after careful engagement with micro operators who told officials the rules were unnecessarily restrictive and costly with no additional benefit to food safety. More >>
Breakthrough Export Deal Signals New Era For Strong Wool
Monday, 8 December 2025, 11:24 am | New Zealand Government
The Wool Research Organisation of New Zealand’s (WRONZ) commercial development company Wool Source has secured its first commercial export order for its innovative wool particle products. More >>
Canterbury Service Keeping People Out Of Hospital
Saturday, 6 December 2025, 2:13 pm | New Zealand Government
The service is overseen by primary care doctors with direct links to Canterbury Hospital specialists and delivered by highly skilled community nurses and allied health professionals. More >>
Host And Theme For Matariki Unveiled In Auckland
Friday, 5 December 2025, 2:45 pm | New Zealand Government
“I’m delighted Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei in Auckland has agreed to host next year’s official ceremony." More >>
Resilience Of Auckland City Hospital Future-Proofed
Friday, 5 December 2025, 2:42 pm | New Zealand Government
The $364.3 mn second stage of the Facilities Infrastructure Remediation Programme, delivers a new Central Plant Building and underground service tunnel that significantly enhances the hospital’s ability to withstand and operate through major events. More >>
Australia-New Zealand 2+2 Climate And Finance Ministers' Dialogue Joint Statement
Friday, 5 December 2025, 12:58 pm | New Zealand Government
Ministers agreed that climate action and more investment in renewable energy are essential to putting downward pressure on power prices and cost of living for New Zealand and Australian households and businesses More >>
PPP Guidance Updated To Support Infrastructure
Friday, 5 December 2025, 12:16 pm | New Zealand Government
“Refreshing New Zealand’s PPP model is an important part of our plan to deliver, maintain, fund, and finance infrastructure in smarter ways, and attract international capital and expertise to New Zealand projects,” Mr Bishop says. More >>
Government Backs Hornet Hunt
Friday, 5 December 2025, 12:08 pm | New Zealand Government
Mr Hoggard, who visited biosecurity operations in Auckland today, says the response has escalated significantly over recent weeks with more traps, ground searches and efforts to raise public awareness. More >>
Ground Broken On Waikato Medical School
Friday, 5 December 2025, 10:57 am | New Zealand Government
With $82.85 million in Government funding and more than $150 million from the University and philanthropic partners, the project represents a major long-term investment in medical education and in the health of communities across the Waikato and NZ. More >>
60,000+ Youth To Receive Early Intervention Support
Friday, 5 December 2025, 10:49 am | New Zealand Government
These funds align with my priority for Ministry of Youth Development funding to support programmes which demonstrate successful outcomes and align with government targets of increasing school attendance and reducing youth unemployment and offending. More >>
