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At least 2373 of New Zealand's plants and animals are threatened with extinction, says a major report released by Conservation Minister Chris Carter today.

An untouched slice of Northland's coast has been saved from developers and preserved as a new scenic reserve, Conservation Minister Chris Carter announced today

Conservation Minister Chris Carter has applauded Samoa's decision to join the Ramsar Convention protecting globally significant wetlands.

The public will now be able to keep track of efforts to save New Zealand's flora and fauna on a new website launched by Conservation Minister Chris Carter today.

The critically endangered North Island Hector’s dolphin has for the first time been recognised as genetically different from its South Island relative, Conservation Minister Chris Carter announced today.

Conservation Minister Chris Carter today announced the formal protection of Tuhua (Mayor) Island as a Maori conservation area, the first island to receive such a status.

A new slice of New Zealand’s most important wetland habitat, Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere, has been protected under a deal announced by Conservation Minister Chris Carter today.

Huge 2000-year-old totara on land near Taupo are to be formally protected by a new covenant with local Maori, Conservation Minister Chris Carter announced today.

The use of 1080 to prevent possums ravaging the environment in Egmont National Park has exceeded all expectations, Conservation Minister Chris Carter announced today.

·Prime Minister Rt Hon Helen Clark, my parliamentary colleagues, Dr Rasalingham, Mai Chen, my good friend Linda Park, Dr Manying Ip, and other representatives of New Zealand’s Asian communities, members of the press, ladies and gentlemen.