a written direction requiring certain action to be taken or ceased. In addition to advocacy initiatives and enforcement responses, Environment Canterbury also uses abatement notices in specific situations. Abatement notices can be issued under section 17 of the Resource Management Act as it imposes a general but not specifically enforceable duty to [..]

requires compliance with the RMA within the time specified in the notice. Only councils can issue these to get someone to stop or to start doing something.