The resource management and consenting system is in for a shake-up.

The Government will today unveil what it says will be simplified, modernised legislation to replace the Resource Management Act.

Acting Prime Minister Grant Robertson says the changes will deliver a faster, cheaper, better framework.

But Civil Contractors New Zealand Chief Executive Allan Pollard told Mike Hosking the cost reductions expected from the reforms don't go far enough.

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