The Unitary Plan uses a range of regulatory and non-regulatory methods to implement the objectives and policies in the regional policy statement. The table below provides a summary of those methods. In addition, each section within the regional policy statement identifies specific methods within the categories below.

Table 1

Regulatory	Unitary Plan	Auckland-wide objectives, policies and rules
		Zone objectives, policies and rules
		Overlay objectives, policies and rules
		Precinct objectives, policies and  rules
	Bylaws
Non-regulatory
	Non-statutory plans, strategies and statutory plans under other legislation	Strategies, polices or plans which guide or direct Auckland development such as: • Auckland Plan • Long-term Plan • Housing Action Plan • area plans • local board plans
	Advocacy and education	Programmes and toolkits that provide people and communities with information to increase their understanding on a particular subject such as: • sustainability • Auckland Design Manual • pests and weeds • resource consent lodgement • environmental education • engagement and consultation with Mana Whenua
	Monitoring and information gathering	Ongoing gathering of information to ensure policy is based on robust research such as: • state of the environment monitoring • growth projections and capacity studies • Resource consent monitoring • heritage identification • natural hazards register
	Funding and assistance	Financial or other mechanisms to implement and support policies such as: • grants • reducing or waiving of resource consent application fees • development contributions