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Thank you Sir Hugh Kawharu for your kind words of welcome and thank you Councillor Yates for your introduction.

Waikato Museum

Waikato Museum

Environment Minister, Simon Upton, clarified an aspect of the use of commissioners under the RMA.

Environment Minister, Simon Upton, has announced that the Government will not require commissioners to hear all resource use applications under the Resource Management Act.

Biodiversity and the Role of Biosecurity". That would have to be one of the broader canvasses I've been asked to fill in for quite a while. It's enough to induce rhetorical agoraphobia.

Environment Minister, Simon Upton, announced today the appointment of an advisory committee for the development of a National Policy
Statement (NPS) on biodiversity.

This conference has fallen in the middle of the most substantial review of the Resource Management Act since its inception in 1991.

Address To Cae Conference:

Antarctica holds a special significance for New Zealanders. Geography and history have made New Zealand a leading Antarctic nation. We intend to continue in that leadership role.

Short Delay in Start Up of New Hazardous Substances Regime The Minister for the Environment, Hon Simon Upton, has announced that there will be a short delay in starting up the new regime for managi

New Zealand faces important decisions on how best to meet its climate change commitments, the Minister for the Environment, Simon Upton said today.

Thank you for the opportunity to address this very important workshop.

Chair Of The Seventh Session Of The Commission On Sustainable Development

Environment Minister Simon Upton will be aiming for action-oriented decisions when he chairs the seventh session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) in New York next A

Environment Minister Simon Upton today released the Government's proposed amendments to the Resource Management Act, describing them as "realistic and sensible improvements".

Environment Minister Simon Upton said today that the Action for Community and Environment (ACE) were being misleading in their claim that the submission time on the RMA review has been shortened.

"The Government has funded a five year programme to tell us more about the health, environmental and agricultural risks related to water quality," the Honourable Simon Upton, Minister for the Envir

Research findings on organochlorine contaminant levels in New Zealand soil, rivers, estuaries, air, food and in the dietary intake of New Zealanders were released today by the Minister for the Env

The Minister for the Environment, Simon Upton, today released the Report of his Reference Group on the Resource Management Act.

"For at least the last eight months I have been discussing the review of the Resource Management Act around the country and through my website ( www.arcadia.co.nz and select EnviroNet)," the Minist

The ozone layer will benefit from a decision by the New Zealand government to export ozone depleting halons for destruction offshore.

"The Bay of Plenty's environment report, Postcards from the Bay, provides tangible proof of what local government and the RMA can achieve in terms of administrative and environmental performance wh

The Minister for the Environment has released a technical paper on the design of a domestic emissions trading regime to promote further discussion on the development of New Zealand's greenhouse gas