Resource Consents

The country's first open ocean fish farm could bring in billions - but the company behind it is running into objections, largely by locals not impressed by its levels of compliance elsewhere.  Audio

Auckland Council identified 430 resource consents it unlawfully issued after lawyer Allan Webb brought the consenting bungle to the council's attention. He talks to Zac Fleming. Audio

A lawyer isn't surprised by Auckland Council bungling hundreds of resource consents because, she says, the city's planning rules are so complicated. The council is contacting 430 property owners to… Audio

Hundreds of Auckland homeowners could be forced to go back to the drawing board to get new resource consents, after the Auckland Council admitted it misinterpreted its own rules. Video, Audio

A Christchurch woman has lost almost four hours of sunlight because of the height of the units put up next door. She had little to no warning about the construction of the townhouses. Audio

As Ashburton sells a resource consent to extract up to 45 litres of water per second from the town's aquifers, Prime Minister John Key says the council does not own the water itself. Video, Audio