Friday, 13 March 2026
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour
Water Rights, Land Use and Environmental Compliance
- Impact of freshwater legislative reform: ongoing legal and practical issues in navigating a new resource management framework
- Updates on national policy direction implicating water and rural land use
- Subdivision and development pathways for diversification of rural land
Presented by Rosie Hill, Principal, Todd & Walker
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the impact of freshwater and resource management reforms on water rights, rural land use and environmental compliance in New Zealand
- Identify practical implications of evolving national policy and assess subdivision and development pathways for the diversification of rural land
Chair
David Allen, Partner, Buddle Findlay
Presenters
David Allen, Partner, Buddle Findlay
David Allen is a leading environmental lawyer. He works predominantly in large infrastructure projects and planning processes across New Zealand but has considerable experience in freshwater planning as well as advising large agricultural clients on planning and consenting matters. David is a teacher of the MfE 'Making Good Decisions' course required for all RMA decision makers. He is also an accredited and experienced hearings chair.
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Rosie Hill, Principal, Todd & Walker
Rosie has extensive experience in resource management, environmental, and local government law. Rosie works with a breadth of clients, from developers and landowners to NGOs, iwi, and farming clients. She is an experienced advocate, having regularly appeared in mediations, Council and Environment Court hearings on many aspects of resource management and environmental law including plan changes, consenting, property subdivision and development, tourism, and freshwater issues. Previous to practicing law in Queenstown, Rosie worked as an in-house solicitor at the Ministry for the Environment in Wellington, where she advised on reforms to the Resource Management Act and other key pieces of environmental legislation, judicial review, and development of national direction and policy.
