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• Guidance on the Plan Development Process
• Private plan changes
• Development of the policy framework
• Section 32 - Methods of implementation
• Notifying proposed plans
• Submissions on a plan
• Making decisions on a plan
• Making the plan operative
• Policy and plan effectiveness monitoring
• Consultation process
  • Consultation with Tangata Whenua
• Use of commissioners
• Structuring and organising regional and district plans
• Writing provisions for regional and district plans
• Designations in proposed district plans
• Alternative dispute resolution
• e-RMA
• Council engagement with tangata whenua for RMA processes - a Ngai Tahu case study

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• Guidance on Planning Topics
• Air Quality
  • National environmental standards for air quality
• Climate change
• Coastal land development
• Earthworks
• Esplanade reserves, esplanade strips and access strips
• Historic heritage
• Indigenous biodiversity
• Land transport
• Land transport noise
• Land use planning for hazardous facilities 
• Landscapes
• Natural Hazards
• Noise in mixed use environments
• Non-residential activities in residential
• Radiofrequency
• Subdivision
  • Introduction to subdivision
• Structure planning
• Surface water quality
• Water allocation - planning for
• Planning for the wine industry

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• Guidance on Consents Process
• Pre-application
• Receipt of an application
• Assessing the application and the Assessment of Environmental Effects
• Requesting further information
• To notify or not to notify? That is the question!
• Notified and limited notified resource consent applications
  • Frequently asked questions on limited notification
• Non-notified resource consents
• Recommending the duration and lapse period
• Conditions of a resource consent
• Making a decision on the application
• Issuing a consent
• Monitoring the resource consents
• Enforcement
• Consultation
• Reading and interpreting certificates of title
• Certificates of Compliance
• Consent processing - administration
• Setting charges for processing and monitoring consents under the RMA
• Administering resource consents charges
• The use of commissioners
• Contracting out resource consent functions
• Frequently asked questions about cultural impact assessments
• Alternative dispute resolution
• Frequently Asked Questions on Iwi Management Plans
• Guidance on council engagement with tangata whenua for RMA processes - a Ngai Tahu case study

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• Monitoring and Reporting One-Stop-Shop
• Monitoring and reporting - extended introduction
• State of the environment monitoring
• Policy and plan effectiveness monitoring
• Resources consents, compliance and complaints monitoring
• Delegations and transfers
• Monitoring strategies
• Review and reporting
• Monitoring forums
• Other monitoring examples
• Environmental report links

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• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Investigation of incidents
• Infringement offences
• Abatement notices
• Noise
• Application for an enforcement order
• Application for an interim enforcement order
• Prosecution
• Water shortage directions
• Emergency works
• Application for a declaration
• Miscellaneous
• Scenarios
• Glossary
• Cases

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• Related Laws
• Relationship between the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act and RMA
• Relationship between the Local Government Act and the RMA
• Building Act, Building Code and Building Consents

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