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Answers to 16 questions on forestry policy posed by the New Zealand Institute of Forestry (Wellington section) for a political forum.

  • Pete Hodgson
  • Forestry

Greenpeace has been protesting a ‘cover-up’ over GM sweetcorn when it was told the test results in May 2001.

  • Pete Hodgson
  • Research, Science and Technology

The government will seek further advice on liability issues concerning genetic modification to supplement a report from the Law Commission.

  • Pete Hodgson
  • Research, Science and Technology

The Law Commission has been asked to produce a final report on liability issues concerning genetic modification by early September, if possible.

  • Pete Hodgson
  • Research, Science and Technology

Labour strongly agrees with the sentiments of the newly formed sustainability council of New Zealand but strongly disagrees with their preferred solution ...

  • Pete Hodgson
  • Research, Science and Technology

“Jeanette Fitzsimons’ response to my speech today on the Greens and GM displays the same confusion that pervades her party’s campaign on this issue,” says Pete Hodgson.

  • Pete Hodgson
  • Research, Science and Technology

Eleven business incubators have received $1.19 million from Industry New Zealand’s Incubator Development Programme to help them provide tailor-made services to fledgling companies.

  • Pete Hodgson
  • Industry and Regional Development

Minister of Research, Science and Technology Pete Hodgson departs for Toronto to attend the BIO 2002 International Convention and Exhibition, the world's largest biotechnology conference.

  • Pete Hodgson
  • Research, Science and Technology

Climate change business opportunities with possible earnings of more than $350 million a year have been identified in a study by the New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development.

  • Pete Hodgson
  • Energy

Ministers have approved a work programme designed to produce a draft Oceans Policy by June next year.

  • Pete Hodgson
  • Economic Development

New electricity industry statistics indicate that small domestic consumers of electricity have been benefiting from the Government’s policy on low fixed charges.

  • Pete Hodgson
  • Energy

New funding of $15.6 million over four years will be available to accelerate the uptake of new technology by New Zealand firms.

  • Pete Hodgson
  • Research, Science and Technology

A major new research project on the health of Pacific peoples will be funded by a partnership between the government and the Wellcome Trust.

  • Pete Hodgson
  • Research, Science and Technology

A programme that boosts the skills of teachers of science, mathematics and technology is being extended with $5.1 million of new funding over three years.

  • Pete Hodgson
  • Research, Science and Technology

The public investment in basic science is being strengthened with a funding increase of $33.5 million over the next four years.

  • Pete Hodgson
  • Research, Science and Technology

Funding of $12.6 million over four years from Budget 2002 will support the implementation of the National Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy.

  • Pete Hodgson
  • Energy

An independent report for the Ministry of Economic Development indicates that the marginal cost of electricity generation is about 5 cents a standard unit.

  • Pete Hodgson
  • Energy

New Zealand’s burgeoning screen production industry will receive a significant boost with confirmation that The Last Samurai, a major Hollywood movie, will commence filming later this year in New Zealand, Japan and the United States.

  • Pete Hodgson
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

The selection of six venture capital fund managers to set up seed funds backed by the government’s New Zealand Venture Investment Fund is excellent news for New Zealand’s innovators.

  • Pete Hodgson
  • Research, Science and Technology

The government will seek to protect key blocks of Maori-owned native forest in the South Island for conservation.

  • Pete Hodgson
  • Forestry

Ten top biotechnology entrepreneurs, academics and business leaders have been appointed to the Government’s new Biotechnology Taskforce.

  • Pete Hodgson
  • Research, Science and Technology

A summary of the Government’s preferred policy package for meeting New Zealand's obligations under the Kyoto Protocol on climate change.

  • Pete Hodgson
  • Energy

Achieving the Government’s renewable energy target for New Zealand would contribute significantly to a long-term downward trend in greenhouse gas emissions.

  • Pete Hodgson
  • Energy

Business New Zealand is mistaken in suggesting there is a credible “alternative international approach” to climate change besides the Kyoto Protocol.

  • Pete Hodgson
  • Energy