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The Government has given the go-ahead to a Japan-backed International Whaling Commission (IWC) research expedition to observe whales while passing through New Zealand waters en route to Antarctica, Duty Minister and Minister for the Environment, Marian Hobbs, said today.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Environment

The Government will introduce measures to address the management of biodiversity on private land, the Minister for the Environment, Hon Marian Hobbs announced today.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Environment

Funding for an environmental legal aid pilot scheme has been approved as part of a $2.3 million environmental initiatives package, announced today by the Minister for the Environment,

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Environment

What to do with 30 million litres of used oil?

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Environment

I enjoy attending to gatherings in the regional centres. Apart from taking me into parts of the country I seldom visit, it is in the smaller centres where you can see more clearly the potential for community action.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Environment

A plan to help reduce the amount of waste generated nationwide has been unveiled by the Minister for the Environment, Marian Hobbs, and Local Government New Zealand representative, Don Riesterer, at the Zero Waste Conference in Kaitaia today.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Environment

New Zealand would take a tough line this week in international negotiations that aim to control toxic pollutants, the Minister for the Environment, Marian Hobbs, said today.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Environment

The Mayor of Palmerston North, Jill White, has been appointed the new chair of the Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA), the Minister for the Environment, Marian Hobbs, announced today.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Environment

The Minister for the Environment, Marian Hobbs, says it's unfortunate a group of Hurunui farmers have got to the stage of encouraging direct action over the Resource Management Act.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Environment

The Minister for the Environment, Marian Hobbs, is encouraging people to check out the water quality before swimming at their favourite beach this summer.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Environment

Good morning and thank you for this opportunity to open your annual conference.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Environment

It's a pleasure to be here and to meet the people at the tip face, so to speak. Waste management is a priority for this government and a priority for people I hear from everyday.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Environment

Thank you for inviting me to speak to the 91st Annual General Meeting of Presbyterian Support Central today. Particularly welcome, since I chaired the Board of Presbyterian Support (Upper South Island).

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Environment

A three-person tribunal has been appointed to hear and report to the Minister for the Environment on a Water Conservation Order on the Rangitata River in South Canterbury, the Minister for the Environment, Marian Hobbs, announced today.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Environment

The government is acting to minimise dioxin levels in the environment, contrary to assertions by the Green party, the Minister for the Environment, Marian Hobbs said today.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Environment

Visual Soil Assessment a practical tool for farmers

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Environment

I am pleased to be here today at the launch of Wai Care. I congratulate you on the tremendous work that is being done here in Auckland. You are taking a leading role nationally to address urban water quality issues. Wai Care is a stunning example of the success which community-council partnerships can have.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Environment

I see from your programme that yesterday was focused on growth and where the economy is going. I note that Phil Warren has given you a presentation on Growth Management, something that, you will no doubt agree, is absolutely essential if Auckland is to approach anything like a livable community - or reducing one's expectations slightly, to be even close to a human scale city.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Environment

Community the key to achieving environmental 'big picture'

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Environment

This week is Clean Up New Zealand Week (18-24 September) and the Minister for the Environment, Marian Hobbs, says it provides an important opportunity for New Zealanders to show that they care for their environment.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Environment

I am pleased to be here today at the launch of “Te Raranga A Mahi” a tool kit to assist whanau, hapu and iwi develop environmental management plans

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Environment

The Minister for the Environment, Marian Hobbs, will attend an international ministerial meeting on climate change in The Netherlands next week.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Environment

In 1992 a Government waste management policy was agreed:

to ensure that as far as practicable, New Zealand waste generators meet the cost of the waste they produce
and to encourage the implementation of the internationally recognised hierarchy of reduction, reuse, recycling, recovery and residual management by all involved in waste generation and management in New Zealand.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Environment

Thanks for coming. Thank you even more for being members of such a network – because there is a major rethink that has to occur.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Environment