New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
All persons exercising functions, powers, and duties under this Act shall, to achieve the purpose of this Act, recognise and provide for the following principles:
(a) The safeguarding of the life-supporting capacity of air, water, soil, and ecosystems:
(b) The maintenance and enhancement of the capacity of people and communities to provide for their own economic, social, and cultural wellbeing and for the reasonably foreseeable needs of future generations.