Editing Regions of New Zealand (section)

===Resource management functions===
Regional councils have these specific functions under the [[Resource Management Act 1991]]:
*Planning for the integrated management of natural and physical resources<ref>Resource Management Act, Section 30(1)(a)- Parliament of New Zealand, 1991</ref>
*Planning for regionally significant land uses<ref>Resource Management Act, Section 30(1)(b)- Parliament of New Zealand, 1991</ref>
*[[Soil conservation]], water quality and quantity, water ecosystems, natural hazards, hazardous substances <ref>Resource Management Act, Section 30(1)(c)- Parliament of New Zealand, 1991</ref>
*Controlling the coastal marine area<ref>Resource Management Act, Section 30(1)(d)- Parliament of New Zealand, 1991</ref>
*Controlling via [[resource consent]]s the taking, use, damming or diverting of water <ref>Resource Management Act, Section 30(1)(e)- Parliament of New Zealand, 1991</ref>
*Controlling via resource consents the discharge  of contaminants<ref>Resource Management Act, Section 30(1)(f)- Parliament of New Zealand, 1991</ref>
*Establishing of rules in a regional plan to allocate water<ref>Resource Management Act, Section 30(1)(fa)- Parliament of New Zealand, 1991. NB this is a new paragraph added in 2005.</ref>
*Controlling via resource consents the beds of waterbodies<ref>Resource Management Act, Section 30(1)(g)- Parliament of New Zealand, 1991</ref>