Reality Check Radio: Nick Clark on the government's plan to reform the RMA

Paul Brennan
Reality Check Radio
16 December, 2025

Nick Clark spoke with Paul Brennan on Reality Check Radio about the government's proposed replacement of the Resource Management Act. Clark welcomed the new approach's stronger property rights, fewer consents, and standardised zones. However, he cautioned that vague goals and centrally set environmental limits could recreate problems from the costly, litigation-prone RMA. Listen here. 

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