Hon DAVID PARKER: While the RMA is not the sole cause of the housing crisis, planning rules are partly to blame. We are creating a system that will be less complex, take less time to administer, and, therefore, will be easier for participants to navigate. The exposure draft proposes that the more than 100 existing plans be consolidated to around 14. The Strategic Planning Act would sit above the NBA to develop long-term regional spatial strategies to integrate decisions under the land transport management, local government, and climate change response Acts. NBA plans will help implement them. The intention is for communities to work together to produce one NBA plan for each region, and the resultant system will be easier and more cost-effective for users to use. 