Portfolio: Conservation

Nelson botanist to receive Loder Cup award

beehive.govt.nz — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:16:36 +1300

Tim Groser | Conservation

Conservation Minister Tim Groser is to honour botanist Dr Philip Simpson by presenting him with New Zealand's premier plant conservation award, the Loder Cup, at a ceremony in Nelson tonight. Mr ...

Government pledges $4.7 million to help save kauri

beehive.govt.nz — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:09:14 +1300

Tim Groser | Conservation

The Government is to inject $4.7 million into a programme to help save kauri trees threatened by a disease known as kauri dieback (Phytophthora taxon Agathis). The five-year programme aims to contain ...

Food safety minister to Australia and China

beehive.govt.nz — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:12:31 +1300

Kate Wilkinson | Immigration

Food Safety Minister Kate Wilkinson leaves New Zealand today for a week of meetings with Australian and Chinese counterparts. In Brisbane tomorrow she will represent the government at the biannual Aus...

$3 million Biodiversity Fund recipients announced

beehive.govt.nz — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:20:04 +1300

Tim Groser | Conservation

Conservation Minister Tim Groser has today announced the allocation of funding grants totalling over $3 million dollars for more than 70 conservation projects across 23 thousand hectares of private la...

DOC partners with business for conservation gains

beehive.govt.nz — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:35:49 +1300

Tim Groser | Conservation

Conservation Minister Tim Groser today announced the Department of Conservation (DOC) is launching a series of pilot projects designed to help improve the way it works with business to deliver conserv...

New Kauri National Park for Northland

beehive.govt.nz — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:00:40 +1300

Tim Groser | Conservation

Conservation Minister Tim Groser has asked the New Zealand Conservation Authority (NZCA) to investigate the creation of a new National Park in Northland. "I have formally asked the NZCA to begin its i...

Game hunting discussion document welcomed

beehive.govt.nz — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:04:50 +1200

Kate Wilkinson | Conservation

Associate Minister of Conservation Kate Wilkinson has welcomed the release today of a discussion paper outlining plans to establish a Big Game Hunting Council. The creation of the Council was recomme...

Self-setting trap sticks it to stoats

beehive.govt.nz — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:57:43 +1200

Tim Groser | Conservation

A breakthrough in self-setting trap technology unveiled today will provide urgently-needed, bush level protection for endangered birds like the kiwi says Conservation Minister Tim Groser. The New Zeal...

Aoraki/Mt Cook visitors centre officially open

beehive.govt.nz — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:35:00 +1200

Kate Wilkinson | Conservation

The Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park's newly refurbished and extended visitor centre is officially open, Associate Minister of Conservation Kate Wilkinson announced today. "Aoraki/Mt Cook is a huge tou...

Review of conservation funds for private land

beehive.govt.nz — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:01:58 +1200

Tim Groser | Conservation

Conservation Minister Tim Groser today announced the start of a review of a range of funds which provide public funding for conservation on private land. "The review, which was signalled in the Budget...

Nelson botanist wins premier conservation award

beehive.govt.nz — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:27:13 +1200

Tim Groser | Conservation

Nelson botanist Dr. Philip Simpson has been awarded one of New Zealand's highest conservation honours for his ongoing work with native plants, Conservation Minister Tim Groser announced today. Dr. Sim...

Forest and Bird concerns unfounded

beehive.govt.nz — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:22:00 +1200

Kate Wilkinson | Conservation

Forest and Bird's claim that the Government plans "wide-scale privatisation" of the South Island high country is complete rubbish, says Associate Minister of Conservation Kate Wilkinson. "The tenure ...

Conservation board thanked for its work

beehive.govt.nz — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:20:34 +1200

Kate Wilkinson | Conservation

Acting Minister of Conservation Kate Wilkinson has thanked the members of the East Coast Hawke's Bay Conservation Board for their hard work, with the board to be disestablished with effect from today ...

Minister to visit kakapo on their turf

beehive.govt.nz — Fri, 01 May 2009 11:04:17 +1200

Kate Wilkinson | Conservation

Associate Minister of Conservation Kate Wilkinson will embark on a hands-on inspection of the Kakapo Recovery Programme on Whenua Hou (Codfish Island) this weekend. The programme has been boosted with...

Boundary change for Oteake Conservation Park

beehive.govt.nz — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:15:48 +1200

Tim Groser | Conservation

Conservation Minister Tim Groser today announced changes to the boundary of the Oteake Conservation Park to exclude a 195 hectare area over the Hawkdun lignite deposit - a significant resource of reco...

New conservation park ready for visitors

beehive.govt.nz — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:12:25 +1200

Kate Wilkinson | Conservation

New Zealanders, tourists and native wildlife are the big winners with the historic addition of the Te Kahui Kaupeka Conservation Park to Canterbury's public land. Associate Minister of Conservation Ka...

Minister opens revamped Pukaha Mt Bruce National Wildlife Centre

beehive.govt.nz — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:55:52 +1300

Tim Groser | Conservation

Conservation Minister Tim Groser today officially opened the upgraded Pukaha Mt Bruce National Wildlife Centre and marked the occasion by releasing a young brown kiwi into the Pukaha forest. "Congratu...

New home for kiwi in the Hauraki Gulf

beehive.govt.nz — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:32:05 +1300

Tim Groser | Conservation

Up to ten little spotted kiwi will have a new home in the Hauraki Gulf on Saturday when they are released on Motuihe Island, says Conservation Minister Tim Groser. A special release ceremony hosted by...

New chicks push kakapo population above 100

beehive.govt.nz — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:05:00 +1300

Tim Groser | Conservation

Conservation Minister Tim Groser says the long running campaign to save the kakapo has reached a new milestone today with confirmation that the population of threatened birds has cracked through the 1...

Lessons for DOC from Project Hayes deal

beehive.govt.nz — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:05:43 +1300

Nick Smith | Conservation

The Department of Conservation needs to ensure a greater degree of transparency in agreements reached over resource consents, Acting Conservation Minister Nick Smith says. Dr Smith today released the ...

Ice fall tragedy: DOC to review safety procedures

beehive.govt.nz — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:11:41 +1300

Tim Groser | Conservation

The Department of Conservation will review its safety procedures at Fox Glacier after yesterday's tragedy in which two Australian tourists died in an ice fall at the toe of the glacier, says Conser...

Briefing to Conservation Minister released

beehive.govt.nz — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 08:43:33 +1300

Tim Groser | Conservation

Conservation Minister Tim Groser has today released the Briefing for the Incoming Minister of Conservation from the Department of Conservation. The briefing document is available at http://beehive.gov...