Taxpayer Talk: Simon Court on the RMA shakedown holding New Zealand hostage

In this episode of Taxpayer Talk, Peter Williams is joined by ACT’s infrastructure and resource management spokesman Simon Court to take aim at the planning rules he says are stopping New Zealand from building the homes, roads, ports, quarries, power lines, and infrastructure we desperately need.

From eye-watering consent costs and “cultural shakedowns” to lizard surveys, gold-plated planning rules, and councils blocking growth while infrastructure falls apart, Simon explains why the RMA replacement could be one of the biggest reforms of this parliamentary term — and why taxpayers, ratepayers, and anyone who wants New Zealand to actually build things should be paying attention. 

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