KW: On top of the watergrab now they are taking the land. This governement is committing treachery in front of our noses and the paid off media are silent in reportng these events as they are bought off and paid for not to do so. Who woud have thought this is posible? Wake up everyone who reads this article!!
They call this the National Policy Statement on Indigenous Biodiversity (NPSIB).
The new rules will penalise most harshly the landowners who have taken care of the native bush and other indigenous life on their land, while creating complex, expensive, and intrusive compliance obligations on everyone.
None of this time and money will be going to supporting the real, on-the-ground actions landowners take to care for their native bush and wildlife.
Indigenous biodiversity will become a liability for all landowners and leaseholders, while millions of dollars are spent on bureaucratic compliance costs.
Urban landowners won’t escape this onslaught of unworkable regulations either, as anyone could be caught by the policy’s broad, sweeping categories.
Instead, Groundswell NZ is proposing a policy that focuses on supporting landowners’ active management of their biodiversity by:
(1) Treating indigenous biodiversity as an asset, rather than a liability
(2) Rewarding those who protect their natural environment, rather than penalising them
(3) Motivating and empowering landowners to take on-the-ground actions to protect the biodiversity on their land
Dear Wayne,
We’re emailing to bring you up to date on some concerning news from the West Coast, where over 1,500 property owners have received letters from a local authority informing them that their properties are now subject to restrictions on development, without consultation or compensation.
Thousands of supporters used our website enoughisenough.nz to tell the Government to stop the land grab under the proposed SNAs and the NPSIB.
But on the West Coast, the land grab is already underway under a different framework.
The district councils on the West Coast have established a new entity to develop a combined district plan for the whole West Coast, called the Te Tai o Poutini Plan (TTPP).
The district plan is currently out for consultation, except for the restrictions that are coming into force immediately, without any prior notice, affecting land with features relating to:
- Historic Heritage
- Sites and Areas of Significance to Maori
- Ecosystems and Indigenous Biodiversity
- Natural Character and the Margins of Water
- Activities on the Surface of Water
- Designations
Like with SNAs, these restrictions are turning any land that has cultural, historic, or natural value into a liability.
Who would want any of these on their land, if councils can arbitrarily restrict your use of it as you watch the land value fritter away as a result?
Groundswell NZ is calling for the West Coast councils to immediately withdraw the TTPP, respect property rights, and focus on supporting their communities to care for their environmental, historical, and cultural features.
The raft of ill-conceived and unworkable regulations coming at productive New Zealanders is causing considerable stress and anxiety for the countless people caught up in the Government’s new requirements for local councils.
Wayne, your region could be next. With the breakneck pace of local and central government assaults on New Zealanders’ property rights continuing unabated, it will be next.
Only Groundswell NZ is standing up for you and your property rights and we’re already pushing this issue into the media. Will you support us by chipping in to our fighting fund?
Tell the Government to scrap this policy and adopt the Groundswell approach.