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Resource Management Act 1991

Standards, policy statements, and plans - Local authority policy statements and plans - Regional policy statements

59: Purpose of regional policy statements

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“Regional policy statements explain how to manage natural resources in a whole region”

Regional policy statements are important documents that help manage the natural and physical resources in a region. When you make a regional policy statement, your goal is to help achieve the purpose of the Resource Management Act. You do this by giving an overview of the resource management issues in your region. You also include policies and methods in the statement. These policies and methods are designed to help manage all the natural and physical resources in the whole region in a way that works well together.

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59Purpose of regional policy statements

  1. The purpose of a regional policy statement is to achieve the purpose of the Act by providing an overview of the resource management issues of the region and policies and methods to achieve integrated management of the natural and physical resources of the whole region.