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Conservation Minister Steve Chadwick is encouraging New Zealanders to get out and about to take advantage of the many new conservation highlights that are open for their first summer season.

Minister of Conservation Steve Chadwick has welcomed the decision by Japan to suspend plans to catch humpbacks as part of its whaling programme in the Southern Ocean this year.

Conservation Minister Steve Chadwick says more information is needed to find out what happened to 15 fur seals found dead on the Marlborough coast.
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Steve Chadwick says our worst fear is that the seals may have been deliberately killed. Some of them show signs of being shot, and the circumstances in which they were found also suggest they did not die of natural causes.

Conservation Minister Steve Chadwick congratulates the winner of New Zealand’s top conservation award, the

Conservation Minister Steve Chadwick has opened a new campsite on the banks of the Ngaruroro River in Kaweka Forest Park.

Conservation Minister Steve Chadwick today delivered a speech to the Department of Conservation's Auckland Conservancy and guests about the future development of the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park.

Conservation Minister Steve Chadwick has released the details of plans to create the largest pest-free island territory in the Hauraki Gulf, by removing all pests from Rangitoto and Motutapu Island

The Department of Conservation has six new projects going out to tender this week, which will help reduce New Zealand’s carbon footprint by restoring native land and reducing pests.

Women’s Affairs Minister Steve Chadwick is urging women of different ethnicities to speak up on behalf of their communities and contribute to improving the status of women in New Zealand.

Conservation Minister Steve Chadwick has today launched a new conservation trust for Abel Tasman National Park made up of tourism operators, local businesses and the community.

Conservation Minister Steve Chadwick would like to commend all who contributed to bringing a fire under control on Department of Conservation (DOC) land in the Chatham Islands.

A huge number of submissions raising complex issues means final decisions on the Hector’s Dolphin Threat Management Plan will not be made until early next year, Fisheries Minister Jim Anderton and Conservation Minister Steve Chadwick announced today.

The Department of Conservation (DOC) and the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust have together purchased farmland on the Catlins Coast that is home to 10 per cent of yellow-eyed penguins on mainland New Zealand.

Minister of Social Development Ruth Dyson and Women’s Affairs Minister Steve Chadwick will tonight open a quilt exhibition exploring the impact of family violence.

Speech notes to Pacific Women's Watch group on the review of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Women’s Affairs Minister Steve Chadwick today reinforced the importance of Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) working with the government to help improve the status of women in New Zealand.

Associate Health Minister Steve Chadwick has launched a new six-year plan to reduce discrimination against people with mental illness.

Speech notes for the launch of the Like Minds, Like Mine National Plan 2007 – 2013: Programme to counter stigma and discrimination associated with mental illness

World Economic Forum report shows Labour-led Government’s policies are helping to address the gap between men and women