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59: Purpose of regional policy statements
or “Regional policy statements explain how to manage natural resources in a whole region”
You could also call this:

“How regional councils make and update plans for their area's development”

Every region in New Zealand must always have a regional policy statement. The regional council is responsible for creating this statement. They must follow the steps outlined in Schedule 1 when making the statement.

You can change a regional policy statement. To do this, you need to follow the process described in Schedule 1. A Minister of the Crown, the regional council, or any territorial authority that is fully or partly within the region can start the process to change the statement.

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or “Regional councils must follow specific rules and consider various documents when creating or changing their policy statements about managing regional resources.”
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Part 5 Standards, policy statements, and plans
Local authority policy statements and plans: Regional policy statements

60Preparation and change of regional policy statements

  1. There shall at all times be for each region 1 regional policy statement prepared by the regional council in the manner set out in Schedule 1.

  2. A regional policy statement may be changed in the manner set out in Schedule 1, at the instigation of a Minister of the Crown, the regional council, or any territorial authority within or partly within the region.