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Addressing the global inequality iceberg is going to take a good deal more than increased aid

It is vital that we protect and enhance the environment that overseas visitors come to enjoy, and that we provide good quality facilities for them.

The government has made good progress in developing environmental management tools to help us understand our environment more clearly, and make better management decisions.

Through the packaging industry's commitment, the Packaging Accord will continue to provide a successful model of voluntary product stewardship in action.

Marian Hobbs discusses some of the initiatives that are helping New Zealand consolidate efforts towards achieving quality towns and cities.

Environment Minister Marian Hobbs has acknowledged the commitment public sector agencies are making to reduce their impact on the environment.

New Zealand, with Japan and the majority of other nations, will continue to strive for the elimination of nuclear weapons from our world.

Today we are celebrating the establishment of a unique local management regime for the special environment of the fiords.

The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty remains alive and essential to our ongoing efforts to achieve the elimination of all nuclear weapons.

Product stewardship means that producers, brand owners, importers and consumers accept responsibility to help manage the environmental effects of products through their life cycle.

Quality urban design offers significant benefits across the board, is profitable and as living densities increase, becomes even more essential

Statement of the New Agenda Coalition - Brazil, Egypt, Ireland, Mexico, South Africa, Sweden and New Zealand by the Honourable Marian Hobbs,Minister of Disarmament of New Zealand

Citizens must be informed so that governments can be held to account if adequate progress towards disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation is not made.

Statement by NZ Disarmament and Arms Control Minister Marian Hobbs

The Action Plan will make a valuable contribution to the discourse about human rights in New Zealand.

The Law Commission will continue to perform a key role in the development of this country’s laws, helping government address significant issues that impact on New Zealanders, with laws that are practical, relevant, and understandable.

The Greater Mekong Sub-region Tertiary Education Consortium is a good example of the new collaborative relationships developing among SE Asia, Australia and New Zealand that have built on previous aid relationships.

We’ve taken our water for granted. Now more people are placing more demands on our freshwater systems, and the cracks are starting to show.

Aid Minister Marian Hobbs has expressed the government's thanks to the NZ Red Cross for how it responded to the Tsunami disaster and the way it operated the call centre with MFAT to register missing New Zealanders.

The Urban Design Protocol launched today commits signatories to strive for urban places that are alive, vibrant, and thriving.

The Environment Minister reports on progress on shifting the direction of environmental management.

The Bill provides a new approval mechanism - a ‘group standard’.Changes will make the law more practical for users of hazardous substances and result in lower compliance costs.

A society where everyone is valued, where all can contribute, grow their talents and be good neighbours is the vision set out in Marian Hobbs' contribution to the debate on the Prime Minister's speech opening Parliament.

Marian Hobbs' keynote address to the opening session of an international consultation on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons.