1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:01,600 Speaker 1: Cast your mind back a couple of weeks to what 2 00:00:01,680 --> 00:00:04,560 Speaker 1: Roger Gray, the boss of Auckland Port, said, New Zealand 3 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:07,600 Speaker 1: is a country that says no so often that Miami 4 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:10,120 Speaker 1: Cruz bosses he spoke to had taken to calling us 5 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:13,640 Speaker 1: no Zealand. Now yesterday the government unveiled its plan for 6 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:15,960 Speaker 1: how we stop that, how we stop saying no to everything. 7 00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:18,599 Speaker 1: It's a rewrite of the RM because the RMA is 8 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:20,279 Speaker 1: part of the problem which has turned no into an 9 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:22,680 Speaker 1: art form in this country. No to your deck, no 10 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:24,400 Speaker 1: to that road, No to you putting a door on 11 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:25,919 Speaker 1: the side of your house rather than at the front 12 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:28,280 Speaker 1: of the house. We are a country the size of 13 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:32,480 Speaker 1: Japan geographically, yet we have twelve hundred planning zones, each 14 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:35,920 Speaker 1: with its own unique, bespoke set of rules, while Japan 15 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:39,839 Speaker 1: has thirteen zones. So Chris Bishop's proposal is to take 16 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:42,080 Speaker 1: that twelve hundred, drop it down to seventeen, still more 17 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:44,479 Speaker 1: than Japan, but it's about a seven thousand percent reduction. 18 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 1: So you know you'll take that so prolific and ridiculous 19 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:49,920 Speaker 1: of the stories that we can tell each one of 20 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:52,400 Speaker 1: us about our encounters with the RAM that I think 21 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:54,920 Speaker 1: that you would struggle to find anyone who opposes changed. 22 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:57,560 Speaker 1: The trouble has always been agreeing to what that change 23 00:00:57,600 --> 00:01:00,920 Speaker 1: looks like, and that is no different this time around. 24 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:04,760 Speaker 1: This reform RMA is welcome, it's overdue, it's brave, it 25 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:07,200 Speaker 1: is almost certainly going to help the country grow. But 26 00:01:07,319 --> 00:01:11,280 Speaker 1: mark my words, it will create all kinds of political 27 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:13,480 Speaker 1: problems because look at the case of Auckland and Wellington. 28 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:17,399 Speaker 1: Both cities need to build more houses inside the city 29 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:20,080 Speaker 1: centers right densify. But the minute the rules change to 30 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:22,320 Speaker 1: make that a reality, the nimbi start complaining. And that 31 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:24,959 Speaker 1: is exactly what's going to happen with the RM because sure, 32 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:27,720 Speaker 1: your property rights are being strengthened so that you can 33 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:29,920 Speaker 1: do whatever you want on your property, but the same 34 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:32,119 Speaker 1: goes for your neighbor, which means that if he wants 35 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:34,640 Speaker 1: to build that big whatever that you're going to have 36 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:36,680 Speaker 1: to look at, you might not be able to say 37 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:38,720 Speaker 1: no to that anymore. None of us want to lose 38 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:40,200 Speaker 1: our views, none of us want to have a road 39 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:41,840 Speaker 1: running it right next to us. None of us want 40 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:44,920 Speaker 1: the infrastructure development to kill the precious indigenous snail. But 41 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 1: all of those things might happen now more easily because 42 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:51,160 Speaker 1: we're all losing some of our ability to say no. Now, 43 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:53,240 Speaker 1: I think that is a good thing. There has been 44 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:57,680 Speaker 1: too much no, clearly No Zealand, but saying yes we'll 45 00:01:57,680 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 1: take some getting used to. For more on the Mic 46 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 1: Asking Breakfast, listen live to news Talks at B from 47 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:07,120 Speaker 1: six am weekdays, or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.