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The government has announced today that most of the remaining unsold Crown land at Okarito is to be retained in public ownership as reserve and public conservation land because of its outstanding ecological values.

Conservation Minister Sandra Lee today announced the Nature Heritage Fund has purchased 1.8 hectares of land as an addition to the Pauatahanui Wildlife Reserve.

The Nature Heritage Fund has secured an area of outstanding ecological diversity at Hickory Bay, Banks Peninsula, as public conservation land, Conservation Minister Sandra Lee announced today.

One of the last strongholds of several native plant communities unique to Southland, a 60 hectare peatland property at Dunearn, has been purchased by the Nature Heritage Fund, Conservation Minister Sandra Lee announced today.

Director-General of Conservation Hugh Logan says DOC welcomes the chance to be involved in discussions about the future of important conservation and heritage areas at Young Nick's Head.

The Minister of Conservation, Hon Sandra Lee, has announced the appointment of two new Guardians of Lake Wanaka, and the re-appointment of three others.

New Zealand's largest combined feral cat and rat eradication project has got underway on Raoul Island, 1000km northeast of Auckland, Conservation Minister Sandra Lee announced today.

Conservation Minister Sandra Lee has approved a resource consent for a 2465 hectare mussel farm in Hawke Bay.

Conservation Minister Sandra Lee said today there would be benefits for local whitebaiters and whitebait if the lower reaches of two popular whitebaiting rivers were included in the designation of southern wetlands of international significance under the Ramsar Convention.

Conservation Minister Sandra Lee has delivered the prestigious Sanderson Lecture to the 2002 annual general meeting, in Wellington, of the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand.

Cabinet Minister Sandra Lee returned to her home marae, the Piritahi Marae on Waiheke Island, to announce her retirement from Parliament, but not from politics.

Alliance Deputy Leader Sandra Lee has paid tribute to retiring MPs and called for the marginalisation of small parties under MMP to be addressed in future.

The Conservation Minister has moved to enhance the conservation heritage values of the Dart Valley, an area of outstanding conservation significance in a World Heritage Area, where the lower Dart Valley has served as the backdrop to Isengard, the domain of the evil wizard Saruman in the Lord of the Rings films.

Conservation Minister Sandra Lee has announced that the Marine Reserves Bill 2002 has been introduced to Parliament.

Conservation Minister Sandra Lee has marked Arbor Day today with the announcement of funding that underlines this year's theme: Forest Health—from compost to canopy; Hakinakinatia nga atianga a Tane-te-wao-nui.

Conservation Minister Sandra Lee has announced that $1.77m (GST incl.) has been allocated to Kiwi sanctuaries this year, as part of a five year funding commitment made in the government's first Budget.

All seven of the Chatham Islands' record crop of rare taiko chicks have fledged, Conservation Minister Sandra Lee announced today as she thanked DOC staff for their "dedicated work" to bring the species back from near-extinction.

Conservation Minister Sandra Lee today paid tribute to retiring New Zealand Commissioner to the International Whaling Commission, Hon Jim McLay.

The first private land to be vested into the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park will be signed over in a ceremony involving Conservation Minister Sandra Lee and Auckland businessman Rob Fenwick this Sunday.

Conservation Minister Sandra Lee says she and her department are celebrating another native bird breeding success.

"As Minister of Conservation, I am extremely proud of this government's record as managers and protectors of New Zealand's unique natural and historic heritage."

Conservation Minister Sandra Lee has today made a significant step towards the protection of the southern crested grebe/kamana on Canterbury’s Lake Pearson/Moana Rua.

Conservation Minister Sandra Lee, today described as "extremely disturbing" final day moves at the International Whaling Commission annual meeting in Japan, to block indigenous subsistence whaling that has traditionally been approved.

New Zealand's IWC Commissioner Jim McLay says the 54th Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission today failed by one vote to approve a quota for bowhead whales, to meet the nutritional needs of the indigenous peoples of Alaska and Siberia.