RMA Reform | Johanna King from Tavendale and Partners Limited (6/1/26)

RMA reform — the reality behind the announcement. There’s been no shortage of headlines around the Government’s latest Resource Management Act reform announcements. The challenge is working out what actually matters, and what it means on the ground for farmers, landowners, councils, and rural businesses. In our Legal Matters segment, we’ve just been joined by Johanna King from ⁠Tavendale and Partners Limited⁠, one of the most credible legal voices in this space, to cut through the noise and explain the real implications in plain English. We also chip into the local government reforms — how changes to council structures, decision-making, and accountability tie into RMA reform, and why the two can’t be looked at in isolation. Johanna unpacked what’s genuinely changing, what’s transitional, and where the risks and opportunities sit as the RMA winds down and the new system takes shape.