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Communities hit by severe weather events would be allowed to establish temporary accommodation and additional waste disposal under two proposed interim law changes, Environment Minister David Parker said today. The proposals, if adopted, aim to help the recovery of communities in the weather-affected regions, mainly in the middle and upper North Island, he said. "Temporary accommodation will help people unable to live in their homes to stay in their local communities while waiting for new homes to be built or repairs to be made. Some of the temporary accommodation could also help workers coming into communities to assist with the recovery. "The proposed changes would reclassify temporary accommodation as a permitted activity that doesn't require a resource consent from councils if it breaches some district plan rules, such as a limit on the number of houses per property." The temporary accommodation changes would apply for the next three years, providing certainty fo
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A proposed temporary law change would allow landowners to burn mixed waste so they can replant and return to productivity.
Environment Minister David Parke