So welcome to our new fast track world. This is where parliamentarians have been given the right to approve projects they reckon good for the country. Last night, Chris Bishop was talking to Ryan on the Drive Show and he was talking about what they originally had. He referred to himself and Sibby and Brown and Shane Jones as the troika, and I had to laugh. Troyker is a Russian word referring to three parties being a ruling body, and those three under the original legislation were a ruling body. So he knew right from the start the remarkable power he was giving himself. But that power has been watered down a little bit to stop people using words like Troy Keep Chris, but anyway, But the underlying concern about the ultimate power that rests and parliamentarians for making these sorts of decisions continue because we all know projects that have been disasters. We all know projects that have contained unintended consequences. We know projects that have favored investors and not the community. We're also aware of many projects run by cowboys that we regretted. We know of suburbs built in flood zones. We know of dams built in unstable land, various INFI nightmare is up and down the country, and environmentally affecting runoffs from industry that have poisoned our waterways. And all that happened when regulation was in place. But now well, regulation is still in place, but the ministers and the parliamentarians get the final word after consultation. I remember talking to a city planner in Auckland and this guy said, there's a handful of developers in the city who get their consents in a month every time. Why because their application is We're perfect and compliant from the get go. Many others go back and forth and then start to complain about the level of red tape as they try to circumvent the rules. These days, construction costs are worse than legal costs, so any corners they can cut in the planning process they will cut. However, like everybody, I totally understand that we went far too far the other way and we totally need to be able to progress and to get stuffed down. So you have to support the new Act and hope that you know they do it well. But I would warn the politicians pushing it that bad decisions will affect your legacy. You don't want to be the guy who approved the place that actually ended up breaking down and polluting an entire lake, etc. Et cetera. Do you now? And I also warn everybody that politicians and public servants don't have a great track record so far at picking the right horses. And if you want an example, how about solar zero and what happened last week? For more from Early Edition with Ryan Bridge, listen live to News Talks it be from five am weekdays, or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.

So welcome to our new fast track world. This is where parliamentarians have been given the right to approve projects they reckon good for the country. Last night, Chris Bishop was talking to Ryan on the Drive Show and he was talking about what they originally had. He referred to himself and Sibby and Brown and Shane Jones as the troika, and I had to laugh. Troyker is a Russian word referring to three parties being a ruling body, and those three under the original legislation were a ruling body. So he knew right from the start the remarkable power he was giving himself. But that power has been watered down a little bit to stop people using words like Troy Keep Chris, but anyway, But the underlying concern about the ultimate power that rests and parliamentarians for making these sorts of decisions continue because we all know projects that have been disasters. We all know projects that have contained unintended consequences. We know projects that have favored investors and not the community. We're also aware of many projects run by cowboys that we regretted. We know of suburbs built in flood zones. We know of dams built in unstable land, various INFI nightmare is up and down the country, and environmentally affecting runoffs from industry that have poisoned our waterways. And all that happened when regulation was in place. But now well, regulation is still in place, but the ministers and the parliamentarians get the final word after consultation. I remember talking to a city planner in Auckland and this guy said, there's a handful of developers in the city who get their consents in a month every time. Why because their application is We're perfect and compliant from the get go. Many others go back and forth and then start to complain about the level of red tape as they try to circumvent the rules. These days, construction costs are worse than legal costs, so any corners they can cut in the planning process they will cut. However, like everybody, I totally understand that we went far too far the other way and we totally need to be able to progress and to get stuffed down. So you have to support the new Act and hope that you know they do it well. But I would warn the politicians pushing it that bad decisions will affect your legacy. You don't want to be the guy who approved the place that actually ended up breaking down and polluting an entire lake, etc. Et cetera. Do you now? And I also warn everybody that politicians and public servants don't have a great track record so far at picking the right horses. And if you want an example, how about solar zero and what happened last week? For more from Early Edition with Ryan Bridge, listen live to News Talks it be from five am weekdays, or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.