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For more than 30 years, the Resource Management Act has been the legal shield protecting our rivers, forests, coastlines and wildlife from the activities that threaten them. The Government has now confirmed the two bills that will replace it, the Natural Environment Bill and the Planning Bill, and the changes go further than the drafts already scrutinised by the Environment Select Committee.

Ngā mihi to everyone who has purchased or gifted a Chatham shag through our Gift a Shag campaign. Your support is making a real difference for one of the world's most range-restricted seabirds!

Native vegetation covers less than 2% of Kirikiriroa Hamilton, and many of the city's remaining ecosystems are under pressure. Across gullies, parks, lakes and along the awa, communities have been working for years to change that.