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Government clears way for creation of new MCERT ‘super ministry’

MCERT Super Ministry

The Government has passed legislation paving the way for the creation of the new Ministry for Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport (MCERT), a major restructuring that will merge several agencies responsible for housing, transport, urban development, local government and environmental policy.

The Environment (Disestablishment of the Ministry for the Environment) Amendment Bill enables the Ministry for the Environment to be folded into the new department alongside the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, the Ministry of Transport, and local government functions currently overseen by the Department of Internal Affairs.




RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop said MCERT would bring together the agencies shaping the growth of New Zealand’s towns, cities and regions, while Environment Minister Nicola Grigg said the changes would allow environmental responsibilities to continue without disruption. She said the new structure was intended to deliver more coordinated decision-making that balanced environmental protection with economic development.

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  1. Most of the laws (all) written by the New Zealand Company church parliament are repugnant to society and our freedoms. This is why these laws are never exposed in the media and why the Judiciary will not talk about these issues, as it would curb their power and income streams. As expressed in our English Common Law, when church parliaments sit, they are coming together, being two or more, to conspire against the community at large, in which they force the regulations onto those that should not be held accountable. As such they are in CONSPIRACY every day a church parliament is in session. No theory, just conspiracy. Our English Common Law Rights were developed through the Highest Courts, NOT the church parliaments. These laws have evolved to protect ALL of society as they create an even platform for every member of that society, with specific process and recourse for damages from those that actually perpetrate criminal activity. This is why the church PARLIAMENTS, JUDICIARY and BUREAUCRACY are inclined to discredit the legitimacy of these laws as they can be held accountable themselves

  2. Yet another ministry and lux0n buying another mp by giving him or her her a pay rise in return for them doing exactly what the pm wants.
    Democracy never existed, and never will if we vote those treasurous basterds back in.

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