Resource Management Act duties
The Nelson Marlborough Public Health Service has a focus on the following environmental health topics:
- air quality
- contaminated land
- environmental noise
- recreational water
- sewage treatment & disposal and waste management
About environmental health and resource management
- environmental health is the study of how the natural environment influences human health and disease
- the Resource Management Act governs how New Zealand's environment is managed
- Public Health Service staff use the Act to promote and protect public health
- Public Health Service staff work with local councils, and make submissions on council policies, plans and resource consents that have could potential affect public health.
Page last updated: 28/09/2020