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The government is inviting public input into the development of policy on digital television

Mr Speaker, I move that Standing Order 256 be suspended to permit the Finance and Expenditure Committee, in its consideration of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms (Genetically Modified Organisms) Amendment Bill

Mr Speaker I move that the Television New Zealand Bill be now read a first time.

A biologist with specialist knowledge in business and the environment, Dr Lin Roberts, has been appointed to the Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA), Environment Minister, Marian Hobbs, announced today.

Mr Speaker, I move that the Resource Management (Aquaculture Moratorium) Amendment Bill be now read a first time

Further moves to improve the implementation of the Resource Management Act and reduce compliance costs have been announced by Environment Minister, Marian Hobbs.

Government will provide $7 million new funding to bring court staff salaries up to the public sector average, Courts Minister Matt Robson announced today.

A multi-storey development across the street, a motorway designation through the backyard, or noise from the nightclub next door - all factors that could potentially ruin the perfect property.

Hello and welcome to the launch of the Ministry for the Environment’s new guide 'thinking of buying a property - some things to think about.’

Environment Minister Marian Hobbs and Green Party health spokesperson Sue Kedgley today announced a $500,000 programme of dioxin soil testing for up to 45 residential and former sawmill sites and air testing for up to 15 industrial plants around the country.

I am delighted to launch officially this evening Archives New Zealand’s fourth record keeping standard: the Access Standard.

Environment Minister Marian Hobbs has paid tribute to yachtsman and environmentalist Sir Peter Blake.

Mr Speaker, I move that the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms (Genetically Modified Organisms) Amendment Bill be now read a first time.

New Technologies and the Digital Future is a comprehensive examination of the issues associated with digital developments and their implications for New Zealand content in various media.

Earlier this month, the Government announced its detailed decisions on the report and recommendations of the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification.

The Government will continue to fund the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry to eliminate Australian subterranean termites at Otorohanga but it will not compensate residents for property damage caused by the termites, the Associate Minister for Biosecurity, Marian Hobbs said today.

Applications for environment centre funding have poured into the Ministry for the Environment from the Bay of Islands to Invercargill.

Applications for environment centre funding have poured into the Ministry for the Environment from the Bay of Islands to Invercargill.

Controls imposed on genetic research will ensure that no animals used as bioreactors can end up in the food chain, Environment Minister, Marian Hobbs said today.

New board members for Radio New Zealand Ltd and Television New Zealand Ltd have been announced by Broadcasting Minister Marian Hobbs.

I note from your conference literature that this meeting has an ambitious range of objectives.

Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons is quite wrong in her conclusions about the government's response to the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification, Environment Minister Marian Hobbs said today.

The government has completed its response to the 49 recommendations from the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification, Environment Minister, Marian Hobbs said today.

At the end of October the Government announced its key decisions on the recommendations of the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification. Today, I want to talk to you about those decisions in some detail and to outline next steps.