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Conservation Minister Sandra Lee has reminded boaties and fishers to take care around predator-free islands this summer.

The Minister of Conservation Hon Sandra Lee today paid tribute to Wellington conservationist Bing Lucas who died while on a family tramp on the Queen Charlotte Walkway in the Marlborough Sounds on Sunday.

"Terms of Reference for the Review of Local Government Funding Powers are due to be circulated to local authorities within a few days.

"I am unable to provide details to the New Zealand Herald ahead of what the local authorities will receive.

The Minister of Conservation Hon Sandra Lee will discuss the proposed Rakiura/Stewart Island national park with local communities when she visits Invercargill and Oban in just under two weeks time.

The column Rudman's city ( NZ Herald on 17 November), criticises the QE ll National Trust for their handling of the Glenoaks property in Howick.

The Minister of Local Government has introduced a publicly long-awaited Bill into Parliament today that provides for councils' local authority trading enterprises (LATES) to be able to operate beyond a narrow commercial focus and also be able to take in

The Minister of Conservation Hon Sandra Lee has announced that the new Chairperson of the NZ Conservation Authority is Kerry Marshall of Richmond, Nelson.

"The Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA) provides that charges for the supply of 'official information' must be reasonable.

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Thank you for inviting me to speak to you today. I appreciate the constructive role Forest and Bird has played and continues to play in the conservation movement of New Zealand.

I refer to your email of 10 October in which you sought responses to four questions on public libraries in relation to a Listener article you are writing. Your questions, and my responses, are set out below.

New Zealand has a proud reputation as a country that seeks the greatest possible protection for whales worldwide and one that is strongly opposed to a return to commercial whaling.

Thank you for the invitation to talk with you today. I'm a keen supporter of community boards, so I welcome this opportunity to meet those of you at the coalface of local government.

The Minister of Conservation, Sandra Lee, has called on the World Council of Whalers meeting in Nelson, New Zealand, to register a protest against the departure of the Japanese whaling fleet for Antarctic waters, where it intends killing up to 440 minke

Mana Motuhake leader Sandra Lee, who is also deputy leader of the Alliance, paid tribute today to a leading Maori elder, Joseph Tukaki of Matakana Island near Tauranga, who passed away during the weekend.

The Minister of Local Government Hon Sandra Lee today released a Statement of Government policy direction for review of the Local Government Act 1974.

Maud the takahe, transferred from the Marlborough Sounds to the Hauraki Gulf near Auckland to avoid getting beaten up by other takahe, is the proud mother of a small chick, the Minister of Conservation Hon Sandra Lee announced today.

Speech notes: New Zealand and the Singapore CEP—Sandra LeeParliamentary debate on Government Notice of Motion Number 1:1. Hon.

The Government is not supporting or facilitating the World Council of Whalers conference which is being hosted and organised in Nelson by Te Ohu Kai Moana and Nga Iwi o Te Tauihu o Te Waka a Maui. The Government directs neither of these organisations.

Question 1

What do you see as the problems with the rating of Maori land, and how do those problems impact on the Crown, local government, and Maori?

The Minister of Conservation Hon Sandra Lee has announced that the Department's Tongariro Taupo Conservancy will be spending extra funding of nearly $1million over the next five years to establish a 16,000ha kiwi sanctuary.

The Minister of Conservation Hon Sandra Lee has announced that the Department's Auckland Conservancy will be spending an extra $894,375 this year on protecting the region’s biodiversity as a result of the Government's Biodiversity Strategy funding packa

The Minister of Conservation Hon Sandra Lee has announced that the Department's Bay of Plenty Conservancy will be spending an extra $75,375 this year on protecting the region’s biodiversity as a result of the Government's Biodiversity funding package.

The Minister of Conservation Hon Sandra Lee has announced that the Department's Canterbury Conservancy will be spending an extra $392,000 this year on protecting the region’s unique animals and plants as a result of the Government's Biodiversity Strateg