"The Ministry for the Environment ... is not to be taken as defining or providing a definitive interpretation of the relevant Parts, sections or subsections of the Act ... matters for the courts to decide ... and under the express provisions of the Act itself."

"June 1992"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (page 48).

1. THE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ACT 1991 -- Terms of use in the Resource Management Act -- When the Act will affect Maori -- What is sustainable management -- Who will do the managing -- How management will be done -- 2. LOCAL AUTHORITIES -- What they are -- What they do -- Local government reform -- Accountability -- 3. LAND -- Partition of Maori land -- When Maori land is transferred -- 4. WATER -- Water conservation orders (Part IX, section 199-217) -- Coastal tendering (sections 151-165) -- 5. IWI MANAGEMENT PLANS -- 6. WAAHI TAPU AND HERITAGE PROTECTION -- Waahi tapu -- Heritage protection (section 187-198) -- Appendix A. Structure of the Act -- Appendix B. Reference in the Act to Maori terms -- Appendix C. Examples of applications and submissions -- Appendix D. Example of a development proposal -- Appendix E. Application and submission processes -- Appendix F. Statement by surveyor-general -- Appendix G. Agencies -- Appendix H. Bibliography.

GRETA POINT: 502.14(931) WHA