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Wednesday, 22 March 2023 16:55

RMA plea

Written by  Milking It
RMA plea

OPINION: Farmers are asking why councils aren’t bypassing the Resource Management Act (RMA) to get farmers up and running following Cyclone Gabrielle.

The Hawke’s Bay Regional Council website is advising everyone to apply for resource consent, either proactively or retrospectively, to clean up cyclone damage.

Farmers point out that this shows how impractical the council rules are.

Their plea for the Government to grant farmers and growers an amnesty from RMA consents has also fallen on deaf ears.

The Government provided this to farmers following the Hurunui- Kaikoura earthquakes.

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