National Policy Statement for Indigenous Biodiversity 2023 (NPS-IB)

National Policy Statement for Indigenous Biodiversity (NPS-IB)

The National Policy Statement for Indigenous Biodiversity (NPS-IB) is an essential part of our national response to biodiversity decline in Aotearoa. It provides direction to councils to protect, maintain and restore indigenous biodiversity requiring at least no further reduction nationally.

It provides increased clarity and direction to councils on their roles and responsibilities for identifying, protecting, and maintaining indigenous biodiversity under the Resource Management Act 1991. This is achieved through clear and consistent direction on how to identify and protect significant indigenous biodiversity and manage the adverse effects of subdivision use and development.

It is limited to land (terrestrial) ecosystems and some aspects of wetlands and will apply across all land types/tenures in Aotearoa New Zealand, both public and private.

Council is still in the process of identifying its response, updates on Councils response will be updated to this page.

Go to the published NPS-IB legislation on the Ministry for the Environment website

An additional link to the Government biodiversity work programme is provided to help elaborate on Government direction regarding what is happening to protect, restore and sustain biodiversity in Aotearoa New Zealand:

Go to the Government biodiversity work programme on the Ministry for the Environment website