RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop said planning changes will “unclog the growth arteries of the economy”. Photo / Mark Mitchell

RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop said planning changes will “unclog the growth arteries of the economy”. Photo / Mark Mitchell

The Government is opening public consultation on what it says amounts to the biggest changes in New Zealand history to national directions on the likes of freshwater, infrastructure and the primary sector.

Among the changes being proposed are new standards to allow commercial vegetable growers to grow food within a

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