Basically a polluters charter in drag. Will assist dirty dairy farmers.

Also gives multi-nationals the ability to sue the NZ govt (ie the taxpayer) when something is done against its 'property'.

Another rich getting richer at everyone elses expense scam from dirty Don.

Brash and his accolytes are obsessed with private property as are many NZ ers. When we all realise that property is not a right. We can not actually own land but merely occupy it for a period with the agreement of our fellow citizens. It is the endless pursuit of property that condemns us to slavery to the system. Of course private property 'rights' benefit the rich and powerful most of all particularly the banks who lend imaginary money to us to finance property purchase and enslave us to them forever. Wake up world.

I wish Don Brash and his followers would grow up and come to understand we live in a shared world and that as our population continues to grow the level of interdependence will rise and the need for co-operation can only increase. "Planners" very DO often know a lot more about the BIG picture than most of us because it is their job to research these matters. Our ignorance is a cage, not a shield we can hide behind and throw rocks at people who try to tell us things we don't want to know.

"As a result of over-inflated house prices, we are creating a society of haves and have-nots."

Those crazy right-wingers - always trying to reduce inequality. How dare they!!!!

Dr Brash does have a point in a sense that too City Councils are given way to much power and you have to pay up every time you ask Council for a resource consent without any guarantees. Though, I am bit concerned about a dispute between a poor and wealthy neighbor, it would be very hard to win any case for the poor one - law suits are expensive you know.

Having said that, I don't accept "communal environment" argument, mary #3. If you own something it must feel you like you do.

I just hope the lefties aren't going to come out from the joints and shut down the debate with their usual verbal abuse.

The reason there is so many negatibve comments to this story is that everyone with any get up and go, who would likely agree with Don Brash has already left the country - its just the plain truth. All we have really left here are a predominance of uber-liberals. And Alex #13, you purposefully sound so quaint in your attempt to belittle him "oh dear...". grow up and put some body into your statements if you are going to disparage another person - another person who for right or for wrong is TRYING! Something not a lot of kiwis do.

I'd like to see the law changed so that people are able to protect their property. What I would like to see is people not prosecuted for doing harm to others who had no lawful reason to be on another persons property unless the harm done was extremely out of order.

Where property rights get tricky however is when one person's rights impinge on anothers such as the smell of pig farms wafting into the neighbours place along with the rats, the neighbours music lowering the quality of life of the neigbours as their music effectively tresspasses on their property, sewage from the neighbouring farm coming down and blocking your stream.

An entertaining sound-bite, but as flakey as ever.

I'm a national voter and believe in a limited govt role. However this is one area where govt should step in and limit the rights of my neighbour to undermine the value of my property. I strongly disagree with Brash.

Commenter #1 - #3 reasoned discord.

#4 (Paul Kennedy) - Completely emotional, no logical reasoning just tongue lashing and name calling; including Brash's partner?

Paul, you come across poorly to say the least. Do yourself a huge favour and count to ten before you hit the post button. You will save yourself some embarrassment in the future.

I am confused. Does Brash think we're all idiots, or is he the idiot?