Abbreviations and acronyms
Assessment of Environment Effects
Australia and New Zealand Environment Conservation Council
Auckland Unitary Plan
Business Growth Agenda
Canterbury Water Management Strategy
Council-controlled commercial organisations
Certified emission reduction unit
Methane
Crown Irrigation Investments Limited
Carbon dioxide
Domestic material consumption
Department of Conservation
Escherichia coli
Exclusive Economic Zone
Environmental goods and services
Environmental Protection Authority
Emission reduction unit
Emissions trading system
Electric vehicle
Freshwater management unit
Free Trade Agreement
British pound
Gross domestic product
Greenhouse gas
Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act
Irrigation Acceleration Fund
Land, Air, Water Aotearoa
Land and Water Forum
Local Government Act
Land Transport Management Act
Land use, land-use change and forestry
Ministry for the Environment
Ministry for Primary Industries
Metropolitan Urban Limit
Municipal solid waste
Nitrous oxides
National Environmental Standard
Non-governmental organisation
National Land Transport Fund
Non-methane volatile organic compound
National Objectives Framework
Nitrogen oxides
National Policy Statement
National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management
Natural Resources Sector
New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme
New Zealand dollar
New Zealand Units
Official development assistance
Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment
Particulate matter
Public-private partnership
Purchasing power parity
Research and development
Resource Management Act
Road user charge
Sustainable Development Goals
Special Housing Area
Sulphur oxides
Total primary energy supply
Water Framework Directive
World Health Organization