In this issue of AHM News we take a look at:

• The first Working Paper in Phase 2 of the EDS Resource Management Reform Project; 
• The arrival of the long-awaited National Planning Standards, a new rule book from the Minister for the Environment; 
• Recent Environment Court decisions that made an example of consent-holders who let their water consents lapse, and 
• The Environment Court putting investors in farms on notice that there is a duty on them ensure proper practice is maintained.