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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

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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.

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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).

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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.

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

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

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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

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

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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

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This year's Conservation Week will show what can be achieved when the whole community makes a commitment to conservation, Minister of Conservation Nick Smith said today.

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The Minister of Conservation, the Hon Nick Smith, and the MP for Te Tai Rawhiti, the Hon Tuariki Delamere, completed a unique partnership between local Maori and the Crown today at Tukaki Marae nea

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The Minister of Conservation, Nick Smith today announced that a proposal to create an ecological area over the saltmarsh and adjacent dry land and intertidal area at Aramoana near the entrance to O

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The Minister of Conservation Nick Smith today announced that auctions for the Kaimanawa wild horses will start on 2 August.

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"Prompt action is required to prevent the deaths of New Zealand albatrosses in fishing operations," says the Minister of Conservation.

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Conservation Minister, Dr Nick Smith, in a speech to South Island high country farmers in Christchurch last night announced that funding had been confirmed to enable the Department of Conservation

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Foals, Yearlings and Mares saved; Stallion demand insufficient

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The Minister of Conservation Nick Smith today announced Government approval for the first marine reserve on the East Coast of New Zealand at Te Angiangi in central Hawkes Bay.

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Conservation Minister Nick Smith today welcomed the Bank of New Zealand's renewed commitment to the Kiwi Recovery Programme, during a function at Auckland Zoo.

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