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The Minister for the Environment, Marian Hobbs, has announced the winners of the five Green Ribbon Awards for the year 2000.

The Environmental Risk Management Authority has asked that a cholera vaccine be recalled because it contains a genetically modified organism (GMO) and it has not been approved under the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act.

One of my first duties, when I took office as the Minister for the Environment, was to read the briefing which the Ministry had prepared for me - and dismal reading it was too.

Thank you very much for inviting me to present the Environmental Reporting Awards this evening. These awards are of particular interest to me in light of the wider state of environmental reporting.

Environment and Biosecurity Minister Marian Hobbs says $2.7 million of additional funding has been allocated over five years to develop a comprehensive biosecurity strategy to assess the risks to our native flora and fauna.

The Minister for the Environment, Marian Hobbs, will represent New Zealand at the first Global Ministerial Environment Forum in Malmo, Sweden next week.

Thank-you for inviting me to deliver to you the second “State of the Nation’s Environment” address.

Ladies and gentlemen. I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak to you today.

Thank you for the opportunity to address your conference. I am delighted to be here in my former hometown of Christchurch addressing the Planning Institute’s first conference of the twenty-first century.

I am very pleased to have the opportunity to address the opening of this important seminar on gene technology in New Zealand. First of all I welcome all of you who come from a broad cross section of interested communities.

Thank you for the invitation to address you all this evening.

I understand that you have enjoyed a full day discussing landscaping, rural and urban values, and subdivision. Interesting areas of work and very topical when I think of the development pressure issues in places like Auckland or Queenstown.

"Participation is the key to making breakthroughs on environmental issues" the Minister for the Environment, Marian Hobbs

Climate change and sustainable agricultural practices will be key issues at meetings the Minister for the Environment, Marian Hobbs, will be attending in New York next week.

Landfill management practices across the country need improvement, according to
the Ministry for the Environment's 1998/1999 Landfill Census, to be released today by Environment Minister, Marian Hobbs.

In the not so distant past this country seemed to be full of rubbish dumps. Every city and every town had at least one.

Royal Commission On Genetic Modification

A four-person Royal Commission headed by former Chief Justice, Sir Thomas Eichelbaum, will inquire into genetic modification

A four-person Royal Commission headed by former Chief Justice, Sir Thomas Eichelbaum, will inquire into genetic modification, the Minister for the Environment, Marian Hobbs, announced today.

I am glad to have been given the opportunity to set the scene for this year's compliance monitoring conference. Looking over the programme it is clear that you have some interesting sessions ahead of you.

The Minister for the Environment Marian Hobbs has advised Parliament's Local Government and Environment Committee to consider submissions on the Resources Management Amendment Bill and report back to Parliament in the normal way.

The Minister for the Environment, Marian Hobbs, has accepted an application from the New Zealand and Central South Island Fish and Game Councils

Everyone has a responsibility to protect New Zealand’s fabulous water resources, the Minister for the Environment, Marian Hobbs, said today.

Thank you for your very warm welcome. It is most appropriate that I should be speaking to you on the eve of the United Nations designated "World Day for Water".

The Minister for the Environment, Marian Hobbs, says regulations to take effect in the middle of this year will provide the means to set the levels of hazardous substances, including pesticides, which are acceptable in the environment.

The Minister for the Environment, Marian Hobbs, is looking for good examples of local environmental initiatives. She is seeking nominations for the annual Green Ribbon Awards.