Re-Examining The Role Of Statutory Planning In New Zealand

Abstract

Since 1984, public planning in New Zealand has been subject to increasing scrutiny and criticism, both by a hostile private sector and a libertarian government sector. During this time, the statutory basis of public planning has undergone a substantial upheaval in the form of a review of the Town and Country Planning Act 1977 and its subsequent replacement by the Resource Management Act 1991.

Keywords:

• Resource Management Act 1991
• statutory planning
• neo-liberalism
• the common good