Melanie Nelson
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Comment: A proposed regulatory relief framework intended to protect property rights threatens to drown councils in endless litigation and costs, writes Greg Severinsen.
Regulatory relief will turn planning into a bureaucratic and litigious nightmare
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The Conservation Amendment Bill affects around 700 Treaty settlement commitments — yet officials warned of serious risks and recommended an 18–24 month pause for good-faith engagement. #ConservationAmendmentBill #TreatySettlements #Section4 #TeTiriti #NZPolitics #ShaneJonesClause
The Tararua and Rimutaka forests are places to tramp, recover and reconnect — and they help supply Wellington’s water. What could greater development pressure mean for the forests the region depends on? Watch Nicky Snoyink’s discussion of the Wellington and lower North Island conservation map.
Te Papakura o Taranaki is a unique landscape shaped by its maunga and protected through generations of conservation work. What could the Conservation Amendment Bill’s economic development provisions mean for places like this? Watch Nicky Snoyink’s discussion of the Taranaki conservation map.
Section 4 helps protect the rights of tangata whenua — and adds another safeguard for public conservation land for everyone. The Conservation Amendment Bill would leave section 4 in place, but greatly weaken its force. #ConservationAmendmentBill #Section4 #TeTiriti #TreatyOfWaitangi #NZPol
The Kaimai–Māmakū Conservation Park is home to kiwi, kōkako, kākā and native bats — and lies beside some of the country’s fastest-growing communities. Could development come at the expense of this vital wildlife corridor? Tour the BOP conservation map. #ConservationAmendmentBill #BayOfPlenty
Rangitoto, Motutapu, Hauturu and Aotea/Great Barrier are among Auckland’s most treasured landscapes. Could the Conservation Amendment Bill expose them to greater development pressure? Come on a tour of the Akld conservation map. Submissions close midday Mon. #ConservationAmendmentBill #Auckland
Northland holds some of the last remnants of unlogged kauri forest. What could the Conservation Amendment Bill’s push for economic development mean for these irreplaceable places? Watch a tour of the Northland conservation map. Submissions close Monday! #ConservationAmendmentBill #Northland
What could the “#ShaneJonesClause” mean for the conservation land near you? Melanie and Forest & Bird’s Nicky Snoyink take us around Aotearoa’s conservation maps, looking at the risks created by the #ConservationAmendmentBill Full interview melanienelson.substack.com/p/conservati...
What could the “Shane Jones clause” mean for the conservation land near you? Forest & Bird’s Nicky Snoyink takes us around Aotearoa’s conservation maps, looking what risks the #ConservationAmendmentBill creates - like mining, dams, tourism development, grazing & trophy hunting. #ShaneJonesClause
Treaty settlements are meant to be durable Crown commitments. But released documents show the Conservation Amendment Bill interacts with about 700 Treaty settlement commitments in the conservation portfolio — with unresolved questions about how some will be upheld. #ConservationAmendmentBill
700 Treaty settlement commitments caught in conservation reform crossfire
Released documents show the Conservation Amendment Bill interacts with about 700 Treaty settlement commitments — and the Crown has pushed ahead before agreement on how those commitments will be upheld...
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Forest & Bird helped force a major backdown on the Conservation Amendment Bill last week - but the bill is still proceeding and set to cause huge damage to nature. Here I talk with Nicky Snoyink from f&b in depth about key aspects of the changes. Full video on melanienelson.substack.com #nzpol
Submissions close on the Conservation Amendment Bill tomorrow, 2/6/26 In this episode of Coherent, I talk with Forest & Birds Nicky Snoyink about what has changed, what has not, and why public pressure still matters #nzpol #conservation melanienelson.substack.com/p/nicky-snoy...
The Govt says section 4 of the Conservation Act will remain. But proposed section 4A could hollow out how Treaty obligations apply to key decisions on public conservation land - policy, plans, concessions, disposals. Submissions close 2 July. #ConservationAmendmentBill #section4
How the Conservation Amendment Bill would hollow out Treaty obligations under section 4
Section 4 of the Conservation Act is one of the strongest Treaty clauses in New Zealand law. The Government says it is keeping it. But the Conservation Amendment Bill would add a new section 4A that...
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Anyone interested in the #conservation reforms in #aotearoa #newzealand needs to watch this interview - @forestandbird.bsky.social going deep into the detail of the #ShaneJonesClause and how that means 100% commercialisation is coming, even the land sales provisions are dumped #nzpol
Melanie Nelson@weavingourworlds.bsky.social · last mo.Forest & Bird helped force a major backdown on the Conservation Amendment Bill. But the job is not done yet - the “Shane Jones clause” still affects 100% of public conservation land. New Coherent episode out now. open.substack.com/pub/melanien... #ConservationAmendmentBill #ShaneJonesClause
Forest & Bird helped force a major backdown on the Conservation Amendment Bill. But the job is not done yet - the “Shane Jones clause” still affects 100% of public conservation land. New Coherent episode out now. open.substack.com/pub/melanien... #ConservationAmendmentBill #ShaneJonesClause
New Coherent episode with Allan Brent, President of #FederatedMountainClubs We dissect the #ConservationAmmendmentBill - public access, outdoor recreation, huts, tracks, #DOC land, sale/exchange powers & who decides what #conservation land is for #nzpol
Allan Brent FMC: What the Conservation Amendment Bill could mean for recreation
In this episode of Coherent, I speak with Allan Brent, the new President of Federated Mountain Clubs, about the Conservation Amendment Bill and what it could mean for outdoor recreation, public…
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Here's the first of a series of long form interviews Melanie Nelson @weavingourworlds.bsky.social is producing regarding aspects of the upcoming conservation reform. Select committee submissions close soon so don't dwadle! ##nzpol open.substack.com/pub/melanien...
Allan Brent FMC: What the Conservation Amendment Bill could mean for recreation
In this episode of Coherent, I speak with Allan Brent, the new President of Federated Mountain Clubs, about the Conservation Amendment Bill and what it could mean for outdoor recreation, public access...
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Unless the govt removes the new purpose of the Conservation Bill around the functions of the department - prioritising economic value - then his backtracking remains "bits and bobs" This is the new purpose for DOC. it's also in the overarching purpose of the bill. #klillTheWholeBill #nzpol
Conservation Minister just announced removal of disposal provisions from the Conservation Amendment Bill. Shane Jones didn't sound too pleased. Significant issues remain - 100% land for economic development "to the greatest extent practicable". Treaty rights slashed. Minister sole decision maker.
I've mapped the "bits and bobs" of public conservation land the govt wants to sell. And to achieve that, they just happen to be changing the law to make 60% of the conservation estate more vulnerable to disposal. melanienelson.substack.com for more articles & interviews dropping this week
The Government is creating a powerful new conservation rulebook before Parliament has even decided whether it should exist. The proposed NCPS could shape decisions across public conservation land for years to come — and the time to engage in the process is now. #doc #conservation #enviroment #nzpol
Our future conservation rulebook being written before Parliament has approved it
The Government is asking New Zealanders to weigh in on a powerful new conservation rulebook before Parliament has even decided whether it should exist. The proposed NCPS could shape decisions across…
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#coherent talked with Rebecca Macfie about Poverty in New Zealand - which Rebecca describes as Poverty, by Design. And how this is indicative of something systemic open.substack.com/pub/melanien... Details of the conference Kia Tika, Kia Pono April 16-18 Wellington www.wgtn.ac.nz/stout-centre...
#coherent talked with Rebecca Macfie about Poverty in New Zealand & the conference (April16-18) 'Kia Tika, Kia Pono - For a Just Society' open.substack.com/pub/melanien... Details here www.wgtn.ac.nz/stout-centre... www.facebook.com/events/16140... #nzpol @bwbnz.bsky.social
What if poverty in New Zealand isn’t accidental, but the result of how systems are designed? In this episode of Coherent, I speak with journalist & author Rebecca Macfie about the Kia Tika, Kia Pono: For a Just Society conference buff.ly/6oAT4QB #poverty #aotearoa #conference @@bwbnz.bsky.social
Dropping soon is the latest #coherent interview with Rebecca Macfie. We manage crisis well - so why are we failing here? They discuss the conference 'Kia Tika, Kia Pono - For a Just Society' in Wellington April 16-18 Conference details www.wgtn.ac.nz/stout-centre... #poverty #newzealand #crisis
Will a December 2025 decision the Minster of Conservation, see access to public conservation land lost, rivers damed, unique landscapes mined and fragile ecosystems destroyed? Former minister, Eugiene Sage, explains how yes, it does. Listen in full here open.substack.com/pub/melanien... #nzpol
In December I talked with former Minister of Conservation, Eugiene Sage, about the outcome of the West Coast Stewardship lands review. In March, this came to a head with the decision to Dam the Waitaha river. Listen in full melanienelson.substack.com/podcast #doc #conservation #enviroment #nz
"Clear majority of New Zealanders value the influence of the Treaty on Government decisions or thinking there should be more" is another way to package exactly the same results. A Choice that RNZ picked the way in the QT.
RNZ News Feeds@rnzrss.bsky.social · 6mo agoNearly 40% of voters think Treaty of Waitangi has too much influence on government decisions - poll