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'We're getting rid of all of them': Chris Bishop clears up RMA reform confusion

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Mon, 20 Jul 2026, 5:46pm
Minister responsible for RMA reform Chris Bishop and Christopher Luxon. Photo / Mark Mitchell
Minister responsible for RMA reform Chris Bishop and Christopher Luxon. Photo / Mark Mitchell

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Minister Responsible for RMA Reform Chris Bishop spoke to the public today with more details about the RMA reform. 

Bishop confirmed all existing agreements, called Mana Whakahono ā Rohe, between councils and local iwi will be scrapped, replacing them with 'iwi participation agreements'.

He told Heather du Plessis-Allan the one main goal is protecting Māori land, "and so the question is how you go about doing that in a streamlined way in the system where you don't have co-governance and you don't have broad cultural rights that are asserted".

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