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Kia ora, hui hui, tatou tatou and warm Pacific greetings,

  • Nick Smith
  • Environment

Environment Minister Nick Smith today launched the New Zealand Waste Strategy at the WasteMINZ Conference in Auckland, giving a strong emphasis on reducing the harmful effects of waste and improvin

  • Nick Smith
  • Environment

Environment Minister Nick Smith today launched a $2 million programme to install hundreds of public recycling bins around New Zealand in preparation for the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

  • Nick Smith
  • Environment

New Zealand needs to revamp its urban and infrastructure planning systems to make our cities better places to live, work and visit, Environment Minister Nick Smith says.

  • Nick Smith
  • Environment

Environment Minister Nick Smith today announced $1.15 million in grants from the Waste Minimisation Fund for eDay 2010 and new e-waste processing facilities.

  • Nick Smith
  • Environment

Kia ora hui hui tatou katoa.

  • Nick Smith
  • Environment

A comprehensive report by the Land and Water Forum on the management of freshwater in New Zealand has been welcomed today by Environment Minister Nick Smith and Agriculture Minister David Carter.&n

  • Nick Smith
  • David Carter
  • Agriculture
  • Environment

Transmission Gully has moved a step closer today with Environment Minister Nick Smith referring a vital plan change to an independent Board of Inquiry.

  • Nick Smith
  • Environment

The Government has waived the $10 a tonne waste levy on Canterbury landfills for earthquake waste as it is inappropriate for the fund to profit due to additional waste from the Canterbury earthquak

  • Nick Smith
  • Environment
  • Earthquake Recovery

A proposed National Environmental Standard to provide consistency to how district and regional councils manage plantation forestry has been released today by Minister for the Environment Nick Smith

  • Nick Smith
  • Environment

Environment Minister Nick Smith today announced the decision to refer the New Zealand Transport Agency's proposal for the Waterview Connection Project to an independent Board of Inquiry under the n

  • Nick Smith
  • Environment

The Government's expectations for the Spatial Plan

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  • Nick Smith
  • Environment

Another innovative New Zealand technology will move closer to production thanks to support provided by the Government through the Waste Minimisation Fund, Environment Minister Nick Smith announced

  • Nick Smith
  • Environment

The Ohau Channel Diversion Wall in Lake Rotoiti is proving a major success diverting nutrients from Lake Rotorua and improving the water quality, Environment Minister Nick Smith says.

  • Nick Smith
  • Environment

Environment Minister Nick Smith today announced a $30,000 grant from the Government's Waste Minimisation Fund towards a feasibility study to look at setting up a disposable nappy composting facilit

  • Nick Smith
  • Environment

The Environmental Protection Authority is expected to receive infrastructure applications totalling more than $6 billion by the end of next year, Environment Minister Nick Smith says.

  • Nick Smith
  • Environment

New regulations requiring councils to provide a discount for late processing of resource consents come into effect tomorrow and will reduce delays and help the economic recovery, Environment Minist

  • Nick Smith
  • Environment

The claim today by the Green Party that the Government's approval of a proposed moratorium on the Hurunui River is a back down is extraordinary, Environment Minister Nick Smith says.

  • Nick Smith
  • Environment

Environment Minister Nick Smith has given his approval for Environment Canterbury Commissioners to place a moratorium on new water takes from the Hurunui River and its tributaries from 23 July 2010

  • Nick Smith
  • Environment

The formation of the Hurunui-Waiau Zone Committee is an important step towards a more collaborative approach to freshwater management in Canterbury, Environment Minister Nick Smith says.

  • Nick Smith
  • Environment

Improved knowledge and skills will play an important role in improving New Zealand's water management, Environment Minister Nick Smith says.

  • Nick Smith
  • Environment

Improved knowledge and skills will play an important role in improving New Zealand's water management, Environment Minister Nick Smith says.

  • Nick Smith
  • Environment

Environment Minister Nick Smith today signed the Environmental Accord between the Crown and Waikato-Tainui as part of the Waikato River Settlement.

  • Nick Smith
  • Environment