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A project to improve the way state houses are used has delivered efficiency gains worth an estimated $282m in the past year

The illegal occupation of state houses will not be tolerated, Housing Minister Chris Carter said today

Iceland's decision to resume commercial whaling is deplorable, says Conservation Minister

Conservation Minister Chris Carter has turned down an application for restricted coastal activity permits to construct a marina at Paku Bay in Tairua Harbour on the Coromandel Peninsula

Conservation Minister won't appeal a High Court ruling overturning his decision to refuse an application for a marina in Whangamata Harbour

Garry Wilson, Sandra Lee, and Colin Dale have been appointed as new HNZC board members

The Crown will take legal advice before deciding whether to appeal the High Court's decision on the Whangamata Marina

A total of 94 conservation projects run by private landowners and community groups are to receive government grants for biodiversity restoration

Speech to the Real Estate Institute of NZ's Annual Conference
Sky City, Auckland

Speech to the Outdoor Recreation Summit, Te Papa, Wellington

The government is considering ways to respond to a noticeable reduction in camping capacity in some of NZ's most popular locations

The Government has asked Housing New Zealand to actively explore whether it should retain high value properties as they become vacant

Nelson, Tasman and Marlborough has experienced significant decline in housing affordability

The Welcome Home Loan scheme is to reach more people to help increase home ownership

National partnership between the Department of Conservation and the Enviroschools Foundation

Islamic Awareness Week begins tomorrow providing New Zealanders with a unique opportunity

The degree of protection the law provides certain animal species in New Zealand is to be reviewed

$2.5m Home Ownership Education Programme available for the public free of charge

A major summit is to be held to help set the direction for recreation management on public conservation land over the next 20 years

Housing New Zealand is to loan the Christchurch City Council $2.4million to build 20 new social housing units

The Conservation Minister, Chris Carter, says Japan has won a simple majority at the International Whaling Commission for the first time.

Conservation Minister Chris Carter says conservation-minded countries have won an important victory at the International Whaling Commission meeting in Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Conservation Minister Chris Carter says pro- and anti-whaling groups remain finely balanced at the annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission in St Kitts and Nevis.

The numbers at the International Whaling Commission remain too close to call, says Conservation Minister Chris Carter.