Fundamental changes to the Resource Management Act will produce no more certainty than the current law and will introduce new conflicts that the courts will have to untangle, says top law firm DLA Phillips Fox. In an opinion prepared for the Environmental Defence Society, the firm warns that merging Sections 6 and 7 of the RMA, which deal with the …

Andrew Robinson, who was struck off as an authorised financial adviser in December, and Mark Turnock have been charged following an investigation into Strategic Planning Group and SPG Investment Company No. 1. Robinson, a former director of Strategic Planning and current director of SPG Investment, appeared in the Auckland District Court today to face five charges laid by the Serious …

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission won’t stop national carrier Air New Zealand from lifting its stake in Virgin Australia, two days after extending their airlines’ trans-Tasman alliance. The Australian antitrust regulator said it won’t oppose Air NZ’s proposal to lift its investment in Virgin to as much as 26 percent, the ACCC said in a statement. The New Zealand …