Rules Reduction

18/07/2016

The Government has published its response to the Rules Reduction Taskforce report.
The Taskforce identified many opportunities to improve property-related rules and the Government agrees they need to be addressed.
The Government has already made changes addressing some of the Taskforce’s concerns, while other changes will require more time.
For the full Government response see: http://www.RulesReduction.govt.nz

People are often frustrated by local rules and property regulations making life more difficult than it needs to be. The Government is pursuing opportunities to reduce frustrating rules that are holding our communities back.

15/06/2015

Submissions to the Rules Reduction Taskforce have closed but you can continue to keep up to date with the Taskforce here, or on the Internal Affairs website: http://www.dia.govt.nz/diawebsite.nsf/wpg_URL/Resource-material-Our-Policy-Advice-Areas-Local-Government-Policy?OpenDocument

Information about the Local Government portfolio and its issues.

14/06/2015

Submissions closed to the public on 15 June 2015. Thank you for your interest.

11/06/2015

Submissions close on Monday 15 June – send us your views via our website now! https://www.govt.nz/browse/housing-and-property/rules-reduction-submissions/

The Rules Reduction Taskforce is looking at updating housing and property rules in New Zealand.

08/06/2015

A retired builder told the Taskforce at the Gisborne meeting on Saturday: 'It is getting harder for builders to do their job': http://www.gisborneherald.co.nz/article/?id=41890

LACK of regional growth, rising foreign ownership and a drop in the number of builders due to over-regulation were common concerns aired at a public

29/05/2015

The new closing date for submissions is Monday 15 June - send us your views via our website now! https://www.govt.nz/browse/housing-and-property/rules-reduction-submissions/

27/05/2015

Transportblog.co.nz suggests “Rules Optimisation Taskforce” as an alternative name. Visit the blog for their thoughts and their recommended “motivational music”: http://transportblog.co.nz/

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24/05/2015

Councils often "bear the burden for rules they have no control over", Waimakariri Mayor David Ayers told a Taskforce meeting in Rangiora. Credit: The News, North Canterbury, 21 May 2015.

19/05/2015

Councils enabling people to “get on with work around their own property” rather than just saying “no” was a key theme from the Taskforce meeting in Orewa. Read more here:
http://www.localmatters.co.nz/Business/Rural+Rodney/Taskforce+hears+farmer+frustrations.html

Cutting red tape is the mantra of the Government’s Rules Reduction Taskforce, which came to hear what locals had to say at a meeting in Orewa this month.

13/05/2015

‘Costs and inconsistencies amongst councils’ – just some of the frustrations that the Taskforce heard at the Whanganui meeting on Monday.

About 30 people attended a meeting in Wanganui on Monday to vent their frustration at rules and regulations they felt were unfair and unnecessary hinderance. - Wanganui Chronicle

11/05/2015

Rotorua people it's your chance to have a say on Wednesday this week. Read more here:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503438&objectid=11446701

Your chance to change those frustrating rules that waste our time, get in the way of good decisions, and generally don't help the engine go faster. This is the same whether they come - Rotorua Daily Post

11/05/2015

‘Conflicting information and a lack of trust’ – just some of the issues the Taskforce has heard about. Read Chair Jacqui Dean’s comments on submissions so far.

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