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Eugenie Sage: Green Party MP says it would be a massive waste to scrap RMA reforms, National has no constructive alternatives

Published: June 27, 2023, 7:38 p.m.

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There is concern the National Party is playing politics with the RMA.

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Parliament\'s Environmental Select Committee has suggested a range of amendments to the gargantuan piece of legislation.

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But National\'s Chris Bishop has promised to repeal the Government\'s RMA replacement bills by Christmas if elected in October.

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Environmental Select Committee Chair and Green Party MP Eugenie Sage told Mike Hosking it would be a massive waste just to scrap it.

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She says Minister David Parker has spent five years on it and National hasn\'t raised any constructive alternatives.

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