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Protesters Have Until Friday to Remove Illegal Structures

  • Nick Smith
  • Conservation

The Minister of Conservation Nick Smith today announced the protection, through the Nga Whenua Rahui Fund, of 3400 hectares of indigenous forest of the Maraekowhai block, in the upper reaches of th

  • Nick Smith
  • Conservation

The Minister of Corrections Nick Smith today launched, at Paparua Prison, the Department of Corrections' national drug testing programme.

"Drug testing inmates will make a significant difference in reducing the problem of drugs in prisons and making them a safer place. There is no doubt in my mind that drugs in prisons are extremely disruptive, lead to the bullying of other inmates and contribute to re-offending. This programme is a step towards getting drugs out of our prisons".

  • Nick Smith
  • Corrections

Conservation Minister Nick Smith today formally closed the Auckland and Campbell Islands to visitors in response to potential risks to human health, from the mystery illness that has caused mass fa

  • Nick Smith
  • Conservation

Conservation Minister, Nick Smith today released scientific research from a joint Department of Conservation and Auckland University project, indicating that the remnants of the once numerous New Z

  • Nick Smith
  • Conservation

Minister of Conservation Nick Smith has rejected a report commissioned by the Business Round Table, which calls for access changes, privatisation of conservation land, private ownership of endanger

  • Nick Smith
  • Conservation

The Minister of Conservation, Nick Smith, today released the Department of Conservation's paper on Issues and options for managing the impacts of deer on native forests and other ecosystems.

  • Nick Smith
  • Conservation

Associate Education Minister, Nick Smith, today presented plans projecting 36 new schools in the Auckland area to a meeting of Mayors, their chief executives and Members of Parliament.

  • Nick Smith
  • Associate Minister of Education

The Minister of Conservation Nick Smith today announced, in Northland, the protection of a 654 hectare area of indigenous forest under a Nga Whenua Rahui kawenata (covenant).

  • Nick Smith
  • Conservation

The Government is working to establish grievance panels for children and young people in Department of Social Welfare residential care, says Associate Minister of Social Welfare, Hon.

  • Nick Smith
  • Associate Minister of Social Welfare

The Minister of Conservation Nick Smith, says his door still remains open to negotiate with the Wild Horse Trust take the remaining 100 horses mustered from the Kaimanawa ranges.

  • Nick Smith
  • Conservation

The Governor-General has appointed Judge Arthur Middleton to the position of Deputy Chairperson, Social Security Appeal Authority, the Associate Minister of Social Welfare Hon. Dr.

  • Nick Smith
  • Associate Minister of Social Welfare

The Minister of Conservation Nick Smith today announced the discovery of a previously unknown bird, on a island south of the Campbell Islands.

  • Nick Smith
  • Conservation

Associate Minister of Social Welfare, Hon. Dr. Nick Smith today confirmed that Cabinet has decided on the appointment of a deputy chairman to the Social Security Appeal Authority.

  • Nick Smith
  • Associate Minister of Social Welfare

The Minister of Conservation, Nick Smith today released details of a new recreation reserve at Thornes Bay, Takapuna.

  • Nick Smith
  • Conservation

Conservation Minister Nick Smith has asked the New Zealand Conservation Authority to review the general policy that prohibits mountain biking in National Parks.

  • Nick Smith
  • Conservation

The Minister of Conservation Nick Smith, today announced the purchase, by the Department of Conservation, of a key privately-owned section of the Waipori-Waihola wetland complex south of Dunedin.

  • Nick Smith
  • Conservation

The Minister of Conservation Nick Smith today officially opened New Zealand's 14th marine reserve, Te Angiangi, on the east coast of central Hawke's Bay.

  • Nick Smith
  • Conservation

The Minister of Conservation Nick Smith said today that all New Zealanders will benefit from an increase of 34,000 hectares of land for conservation, as a result of the Ngai Tahu settlement.

  • Nick Smith
  • Conservation

The Minister of Conservation Nick Smith today visited the site of one of the world's rarest wading birds, the black stilt, releasing some of the last years offspring.

  • Nick Smith
  • Conservation

The Minister of Conservation Nick Smith, said the sentencing of Frederick Angell in Nelson District Court today sent a clear message that commercial exploitation of New Zealand's native wildlife wo

  • Nick Smith
  • Conservation

The progress made in dealing with the issue of customary use of traditional animals and plants.

  • Nick Smith
  • Conservation

The Minister of Conservation Nick Smith today approved the first Regional Coastal Plan for the country.

  • Nick Smith
  • Conservation

The Minister of Conservation Nick Smith today announced that he has approved the classification of the New Zealand (Hooker's) sea lion as a "threatened species" under the provisions of the Marine M

  • Nick Smith
  • Conservation