New Zealand Minerals Council works to ensure decision-makers in central and local government understand the value of responsible mining and the contribution it makes to the wellbeing of New Zealanders.
This involves conversations, submissions, and appearing before committees to present facts and evidence in response to Government policy, rules, regulations, and law changes, and local government plans.
Illustrative National Policy Direction
We welcome the opportunity to comment on the Illustrative National Policy Direction, New Zealand’s New Planning System – Testing the...
We support reserving dedicated spectrum for site-based private mobile networks. Such networks are used widely by mining companies in other...
Climate change is a global, not a local, phenomenon. We support global action to reduce carbon emissions and we support...
Conservation Amendment Bill
This submission explains why the mining sector supports the existing case-by-case approach for mining applications on conservation land.
Local Government Simplification
The issue is important to the mining sector for two principal reasons. Firstly, miners are among the highest paying ratepayers...
Planning Bill and Natural Environment Bill
This submission covers both bills together as suggested by the committee. It canvasses high-level views on the policy intent of...
Taxation and the not-for-profit sector
We are focusing our submission on Chapter 3 – Membership subscriptions and related matters for taxable not-for-profit organisations.
Fast-track Approvals Amendment Bill
We support the Fast-track Approvals Act as a way to reduce unnecessary duplication, complexity and delay in the consent application...
Draft Tertiary Education Strategy
We are commenting here on the document Tertiary Education Strategy – Draft for targeted sector consultation. First, we provide some...
Proposal to replace NCEA with new national qualifications
This is important to us as the NCEA/secondary school education system is crucial for providing the skilled workforce that the...
