Hon DAVID PARKER (Minister for the Environment): The Government has removed barriers within our planning system, enabling the building of more houses and infrastructure. Since 2017, the number of houses consented annually in Auckland has doubled from 10,000 to over 20,000, with townhouses and flats increasing fivefold from 2,000 to 10,000 per annum. This Government has ensured that our major cities must enable further intensification in their plans by August 2022. Under the new rules, up to three homes three stories high can be built on most sites without the need for a resource consent, and I acknowledge the support of the National, Green, and Māori Parties for this significant change to planning laws. We're far from done. We plan to introduce legislation this year that will repeal and replace the Resource Management Act (RMA).