Webinar: The ballooning cost of consenting
Te Waihanga hosted a webinar based around the findings of its 2022 report on infrastructure consenting.
The Resource Management Act (RMA) consenting process for building and renewing infrastructure accounts for $1.29 billion in project costs every year across Aotearoa New Zealand. Costs that have risen by 70% over the last seven years, fueled by growth in consultants and legal fees. What are the issues with infrastructure resource consenting and how will the new resource management system respond to this challenge? On Wednesday 9 February 2022, Te Waihanga hosted a webinar based around the findings of its recent report on infrastructure consenting.