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A biologist with specialist knowledge in business and the environment, Dr Lin Roberts, has been appointed to the Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA), Environment Minister, Marian Hobbs, announced today.

Further moves to improve the implementation of the Resource Management Act and reduce compliance costs have been announced by Environment Minister, Marian Hobbs.

A multi-storey development across the street, a motorway designation through the backyard, or noise from the nightclub next door - all factors that could potentially ruin the perfect property.

Environment Minister Marian Hobbs and Green Party health spokesperson Sue Kedgley today announced a $500,000 programme of dioxin soil testing for up to 45 residential and former sawmill sites and air testing for up to 15 industrial plants around the country.

Environment Minister Marian Hobbs has paid tribute to yachtsman and environmentalist Sir Peter Blake.

Applications for environment centre funding have poured into the Ministry for the Environment from the Bay of Islands to Invercargill.

Applications for environment centre funding have poured into the Ministry for the Environment from the Bay of Islands to Invercargill.

Controls imposed on genetic research will ensure that no animals used as bioreactors can end up in the food chain, Environment Minister, Marian Hobbs said today.

Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons is quite wrong in her conclusions about the government's response to the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification, Environment Minister Marian Hobbs said today.

The government has completed its response to the 49 recommendations from the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification, Environment Minister, Marian Hobbs said today.

New guidelines will see environmental issues considered alongside economic objectives when trade agreements are negotiated, Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton and Environment Minister Marian Hobbs announced today.

"a picture is worth a thousand words".

Landfill fires and the 'backyard burning' of such rubbish as plastics and treated timber would be banned under a proposed national environment standard to reduce the amount of dioxins released into the environment.

New Zealand has not made a strong-enough commitment to the environment over the past 10 years according to findings from the Rio+10 community consultation released today by Environment Minister, Marian Hobbs.

The Resource Management Act is proving effective in a situation where tension and disagreement will always exist, regardless of the shape of legislation, Environment Minister, Marian Hobbs, said today.

The Government has agreed to help fund the restoration of Lake Omapere

A professor of chemistry and a specialist in the agriculture and food industry have been appointed to the Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA), Environment Minister, Marian Hobbs, announced today.

The voluntary moratorium on applications for release and field testing of genetically modified organisms will be extended to October 31, Environment Minister, Marian Hobbs and Science Minister, Pete Hodgson, announced today.

Mediation in the Environment Court is a realistic, timely and cost-effective alternative to arguing your case before a Judge, Environment Minister Marian Hobbs said in Auckland today.

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Helping to ensure the consistency of district plans around the country is a major aim of a new website launched today by Environment Minister, Marian Hobbs.

New Zealand's clean green image could be worth billions of dollars in export earnings, Environment Minister Marian Hobbs said today.

New dairy industry environmental policies fall a long way short of improving the industry’s environmental performance, Environment Minister, Marian Hobbs, said today.

Nick Smith should get his facts straight regarding the access of New Zealanders travelling overseas to the Orochol Berna vaccine, Minister for the Environment Marian Hobbs said today.