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It is vital that we protect and enhance the environment that overseas visitors come to enjoy, and that we provide good quality facilities for them.

The government has made good progress in developing environmental management tools to help us understand our environment more clearly, and make better management decisions.

Through the packaging industry's commitment, the Packaging Accord will continue to provide a successful model of voluntary product stewardship in action.

Environment Minister Marian Hobbs has acknowledged the commitment public sector agencies are making to reduce their impact on the environment.

Today we are celebrating the establishment of a unique local management regime for the special environment of the fiords.

Product stewardship means that producers, brand owners, importers and consumers accept responsibility to help manage the environmental effects of products through their life cycle.

Quality urban design offers significant benefits across the board, is profitable and as living densities increase, becomes even more essential

Sky City Conference centre, Auckland9:45am – 10:15am

We’ve taken our water for granted. Now more people are placing more demands on our freshwater systems, and the cracks are starting to show.

Aid Minister Marian Hobbs has expressed the government's thanks to the NZ Red Cross for how it responded to the Tsunami disaster and the way it operated the call centre with MFAT to register missing New Zealanders.

The Environment Minister reports on progress on shifting the direction of environmental management.

The Bill provides a new approval mechanism - a ‘group standard’.Changes will make the law more practical for users of hazardous substances and result in lower compliance costs.

New law to protect the special environment of the South Island's fiords is a step closer with the first reading of the Fiordland Marine Management Bill 2004 in Parliament today

By providing leadership and partnership with the community, business and local government we will get better environmental results

The exciting potential of the marine farming industry can now be realised.

Protecting indigenous biodiversity on private land is one of those environmental issues that poses its own peculiar challenges.

Ministerial Address to the Industry Group Leaders on the Resource Management Act

This collaborative effort, is great. Your challenge is to work co-operatively and innovatively within the existing framework of the RMA to provide the best outcomes for all.

This is about improving the game for all parties involved in the resource consent and plan making processes, Environment Minister Marian Hobbs said at the programme launch in Wellington.

Take this opportunity when 'thinking outside the triangle' to make sustainability a guiding principle of surveying.

The government recognises that water quality and allocation is a huge issue and it has embarked on the Water Programme of Action to address it.

Ask not what council can do for you, ask what council can do for the environment.

Improvements to the RMA will further reduce delays, eliminate unnecessary costs, and ensure full opportunities for participation.

A regional plan to guide water allocation in the Waitaki Catchment is a step closer with the Third Reading of the special Waitaki legislation in Parliament today.