Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Bill - Amendment paper No 047
Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Bill - Amendment paper No 047
Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Bill - Amendment paper No 047
No 47
House of Representatives
Supplementary Order Paper
Tuesday, 8 September 2009
Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Bill
Proposed amendments
Te Ururoa Flavell, in Committee, to move the following amendments:
New clause 5A
To insert the following new clause (after line 37 on page 19):
5A Treaty of Waitangi relationship
Section 6 is amended by adding the following paragraph after paragraph (g):
“(h) The Treaty of Waitangi relationship between hapū and iwi Māori, and the Crown.”
New clause 5B
To insert the following new clause (after line 37 on page 19):
5B Treaty of Waitangi
Section 8 is repealed and the following section substituted:
“8 Treaty of Waitangi
In achieving the purpose of this Act, all persons exercising functions and powers under it, in relation to managing the use, development, and protection of natural and physical resources, shall give effect to the Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi).”
Explanatory note
The amendments strengthen the requirement for all persons to uphold the Treaty of Waitangi in the implementation and administration of the Resource Management Act. This addresses the concerns of whānau, hapū and iwi, that resource management appropriately reflects obligations under the Treaty of Waitangi.