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Maoridom has lost a taonga today, a rangatira who has served his people with dignity, with the passing of Bishop Manuhuia Bennett.

Conservation Minister Sandra Lee today said she was alarmed at the death of 304 seabirds killed by a commercial longline vessel on a recent fishing trip for ling.

Conservation Minister Sandra Lee has completed a review of the management decisions taken to date to minimise the risks to safety associated with the impending Ruapehu Crater Lake lahar.

The Minister of Conservation has marked the first anniversary of the death of conservationist Bing Lucas with the launch of a DOC Publication: The State of Wilderness in New Zealand.

A unique Auckland rock forest at Almorah Road in Epsom has been saved from land developers.

Local Government Forum media advisory, December 2001.

Local Government Minister Sandra Lee says local authority trading enterprises such as those set up to retail water or power are to become more accountable to their communities.

Conservation Minister Sandra Lee has added to the tributes being paid today to Sir Peter Blake who was killed in a shooting in Amazonia after his vessel was attacked by pirates.

Minister of Conservation Sandra Lee today acknowledged the contributions of volunteers, as New Zealand commemorated International Year of Volunteers--2001.

Conservation Minister Sandra Lee has announced that Tumu Te Heuheu, Ngati Tuwharetoa's paramount chief, will lead New Zealand's formal bid for a seat on the World Heritage Committee in 2003.

The Minister of Conservation Sandra Lee said today it was deplorable that Japan is yet again sending a whaling fleet to Antarctica to kill minke whales.

Prime Minister Helen Clark and Conservation Minister Sandra Lee were in the Southland township of Tuatapere today attending festivities to mark the official opening of the Hump Ridge Track.

The Conservation Minister highlights aspects of the vexed issue of Genetic Modification, from an Alliance perspective.

Cabinet has authorised the setting up of a ministerial committee to work with the Minister of Conservation on coordinating government responses on the potential Ruapehu lahar issue.

Conservation Minister Sandra Lee is saddened by suggestions today that the tree on One Tree Hill may not be replaced.

Cabinet Minister Sandra Lee says Maori will welcome government decisions on the Royal Commission on GM to extend the protection from the previous moratorium on field trials...

"I commend the authorities for their prompt response to this incident," Conservation Minister Sandra Lee said today.

Local Government Minister Sandra Lee has congratulated the more than two dozen new Mayors of territorial local authorities elected in the 2001 local authority elections.

Minister of Conservation Sandra Lee today announced that she has approved a permit for the Hastings District Council’s discharge of wastewater.

Overwhelming public support has spurred the creation of New Zealand's first tussocklands park, on Canterbury’s Torlesse Range.

Conservation Minister Sandra Lee is inviting people to help guide government policy and priorities on biosecurity and its role in protecting native species through participation in the development of a New Zealand Biosecurity Strategy.

New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark and Conservation Minister Sandra Lee today welcomed the decision by the Cook Islands to give legal protection to whales within the Cook's Exclusive Economic Zone.

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Conservation Minister Sandra Lee today announced appointments to the Bay of Plenty Conservation Board, effective from the start of this month.