Glossary
A guide to acronyms (and abbreviations), words and phrases used throughout the Environment Canterbury website. Look in the 'By Subject' tab to find groups of terms relevant to a specific topic.
Some terms might have definitions in addition to those in this glossary.
Use the online Māori Dictionary to help with translating words between Te Reo Māori/English.
- Rāhui
- restriction, reservation/exclusion under tribal authority and marker warning of this. Also a statement that a resource is being actively managed.
- Rangatiratanga
- chieftainship.
- Regional Coastal Environment Plan
- aims to promote the sustainable management of the natural and physical resources of the Canterbury coastal environment. It sets out issues relating to the protection, development and enhancement of the coastal marine area and the coastal environment.
- Regional Land Transport Plan
- the region's request for funding support from central government's National Land Transport Fund, administered by the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA). It is a statutory document setting out the challenges and investment priorities for the regional land transport network for the next ten years. It also sets out the programme of activities proposed by Environment Canterbury, territorial authorities, and NZTA, to address the challenges and achieve objectives outlined in the Plan.
- Regional Policy Statement
- provides an overview of the resource management issues in the Canterbury region, and the objectives, policies and methods to achieve integrated management of natural and physical resources. The methods include directions for provisions in district and regional plans.
- Regional Transport Committee
- the Canterbury Regional Transport Committee comprises representatives from agencies who put forward activities to be included in the Canterbury Regional Land Transport Plan. Responsibility for delivering activities in the plan rests with the proposing agency. The committee monitors implementation. As well as producing the Canterbury Regional Land Transport Plan, the committee advises Environment Canterbury on transport issues and advocates for legislative and policy changes at a national level.
- Resource Management Awards
- a special category in Science and Technology fairs held in Christchurch and Timaru. They are judged by Environment Canterbury staff with prizes awarded to students whose exhibits take an innovative investigative approach to solving an environmental issue facing Canterbury.
- Retrofitting
- the use of new technology such as an electrostatic filter in an older-style woodburner.
- Rohe
- territory or boundaries of tribal groups.
- R&D
- Research and Development
- RAP
- Recommended Areas for Protection
- RAP
- Recycled Asphalt Pavement
- RAP
- Remedial Action Plan
- RCA
- Resource Consent Application
- RCA
- Restricted Coastal Activity
- RCA
- Road Controlling Authority
- RCEP
- Regional Coastal Environment Plan
- RCG
- New Zealand Rabbit Coordination Group
- RCS
- Respirable Crystalline Silica
- RD
- Rural Delivery
- Rd
- Road
- RDR
- Rangitata Diversion Race
- RDRML
- Rangitata Diversion Race Management Limited
- ref
- reference
- RFI
- Request For Information
- RFP
- Request For Proposal
- RGMR
- Regional Gravel Management Report
- RHC
- Regulation Hearing Committee
- RHD
- Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease
- RIB
- Rigid Inflatable Boat
- RLT
- Regional Land Transport
- RLTC
- Regional Land Transport Committee
- RLTP
- Regional Land Transport Plan
- RLTS
- Regional Land Transport Strategy
- RM
- Resource Management
- RMA
- Resource Management Act 1991
- RMLA
- Resource Management Law Association of New Zealand
- RMO
- Resource Management Officer(s)
- RNZN
- Royal New Zealand Navy
- ROI
- Registrations Of Interest
- RoNS
- Roads of National Significance
- RPMP
- Regional Pest Management Plan
- RPMS
- Regional Pest Management Strategy
- RPS
- Regional Policy Statement
- RPTP
- Regional Passenger Transport Plan
- RRP
- Resource Recovery Park
- RSA
- Returned and Services’ Association
- RSIL
- Rangitata South Irrigation Limited
- RSVP
- Répondez S'il Vous Plait = respond, if you please
- RTA
- Road Transport Association
- RTC
- Regional Transport Committee
- RV
- Research Vessel
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