The piece discusses the appointment of a new Regulatory Standards Board to oversee regulations, emphasizing the need to reduce regulatory burden and ensure transparency in regulatory costs to boost economic productivity.
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Well, there's a couple of things I'm doing in my space. One is we're doing local government simplification and reform. Um, so we're going to end up with uh fewer councils as a result of the process we're underway on. And we're also going to end up with fewer plans um and fewer rules on the plans through RMA reform, and that's the big one. So RMA reform, you know, the new planning system we are building, is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reduce the number of plans, reduce the number of rules, standardise things so you don't have to constantly be creating bespoke rules up and down the country. So building a house in Lower Heart's different to building a house in Upper Heart. You know, all of that eases the regulatory burden, makes it simpler to get on and do things. And it you know, genuinely will be transformational. We're predicting a very large uplift in GDP growth per year as a result of it, and that's what makes New Zealand wealthy. That's that's the game, right? That's ultimately what we're all here for, is to make New Zealand a wealthier, more prosperous country.
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removing burdens to support farming
\\ \\ **Southland farmers to benefit under improved farm plan system**\\ \\ 18 May, 2026\\ \\ Todd McClay, Nicola GriggSocial-media signal on the same topic, drawn from the social lens. Engagement is likes + 2×shares + 3×replies, the same weighting used across the digest cards. View on /social →
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