Freshwater reform strategy ‘not ideal’ – but Bishop’s comfortable

The Minister for RMA Reform, Chris Bishop, is now comfortable with changes to fundamental water quality laws that he previously described as “quick and dirty” and via a process that was “not ideal”.
The Resource Management (Freshwater and Other Matters) Amendment Bill was never intended to include changes to Resource Management Act section 107, which governs when and how consent holders can discharge waste into waterways.