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== Resource Management Law Reform == In the [[New Zealand general election, 1987|1987 election]] the [[Fourth Labour Government of New Zealand|fourth Labour Government]] won a second term in office and deputy prime minister [[Geoffrey Palmer (New Zealand politician)|Geoffrey Palmer]] became the [[Ministry for the Environment (New Zealand)|Minister for the Environment]]. Palmer initiated a comprehensive reform project for New Zealand's environmental and planning laws. This was the Resource Management Law Reform or RMLR. Palmer's objectives explicitly included giving effect to the [[Treaty of Waitangi]], cost-effective use of resources, the World Conservation Strategy, [[intergenerational equity]], and intrinsic values of ecosystems. Palmer chaired a Cabinet committee supervising a core group of four people supported by the [[Ministry for the Environment (New Zealand)|Ministry for the Environment]]. The core group developed policy through a series of 32 working papers and through extensive public consultation. In December 1988, the reform proposals were published. In December 1989, Palmer introduced the 314-page Resource Management Bill to the [[Parliament of New Zealand]]. The Select Committee reported back to the House on 14 August,1990,<ref>http://www.nzlii.org/nz/legis/hist_bill/rmb19902242210/</ref> but the Committee of the Whole House stage was not completed<ref>Palmer, G. (2013). ''Reform: a Memoir''. Victoria University Press (online ed.), p. 759.</ref> before the general [[New Zealand general election, 1990|election of 1990]], which Labour lost. However, the new [[New Zealand National Party|National]] Minister for the Environment, [[Simon Upton]], continued the law reform process leading to the enactment of the RMA.<ref>Palmer, G., (1991). [https://www.ucalgary.ca/~cirl/pdf/Resources34.pdf 'Sustainability β New Zealand's resource management legislation.'] Resources: the Newsletter of the Canadian Institute of Resources Law No 34: 6 pp 3β10.</ref>
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