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The Government has today progressed its resource management reform agenda with a Bill to amend the Resource Management Act passing its first reading.  

  • Hon David Parker
  • Environment

 

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  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Environment

Work has begun to develop a beverage container return scheme for New Zealand announced Associate Minister for the Environment Eugenie Sage made at the WasteMINZ Conference in Hamilton today.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Environment

Hon David Parker, Minister for the Environment - Speech

Event:         Water NZ Conference 2019

  • Hon David Parker
  • Environment

Submissions will be accepted up to two weeks after the official October 17 deadline for submitting on the Government’s freshwater discussion document, Environment Minister David Parker said today. 

  • Hon David Parker
  • Environment

Risks from existing and legacy landfills will be identified in a multi-agency project led by the Ministry for the Environment and 16 regional councils, in collaboration with Local Government New Zealand and the Department of Conservation announced Associate Minister for the Environment Eugenie Sage today.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Environment

Public meetings will be held in more than 20 places over the next three weeks, to provide information and seek feedback on reforms to the way we manage our freshwater, elite soils, urban environment, waste and hazardous substances.

  • Hon David Parker
  • Environment

The Government is taking action to stop the degradation of our waterways and clean up our rivers and lakes within a generation.

  • Hon David Parker
  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Agriculture
  • Environment

A project with a zero waste vision for marae is getting extra support to expand into new regions as part of the Government’s plan to tackle New Zealand’s long term waste problem announced Associate Environment Minister Eugenie Sage in

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Environment

An application from Westpower Ltd for concessions to construct and operate a run of river hydro-electric power scheme on the Waitaha River, near Hokitika, has been declined.  

  • Hon David Parker
  • Environment

A new approach to urban planning designed to allow our cities to make room for growth has today been released by Urban Development Minister Phil Twyford and Environment Minister David Parker.

  • Hon Phil Twyford
  • Hon David Parker
  • Environment
  • Urban Development

Aucklanders will soon have a new community recycling centre as part of the Government’s plan to reduce the amount of waste ending up in landfills announced Associate Minister for the Environment Eugenie Sage alongside Auckland Mayor Phil Goff in Auckland today.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Environment

New Zealand’s most fertile and versatile land will be given new protection under proposals released today by Environment Minister David Parker and Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor. 

  • Hon David Parker
  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Agriculture
  • Environment

“The recently released papers by the Royal Society Te Apārangi note there are considerable benefits that gene editing can bring to our lives, particularly in health,” Environment Minister David Parker said.

  • Hon David Parker
  • Environment

As the clean-up of the Fox River draws to a close the Minister of Conservation and Associate Minister for the Environment Eugenie Sage is thanking volunteers and government agencies involved in the massive clean-up since the Government stepped in to unify efforts.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation
  • Environment

The Government has today announced the next step in its plan to clean up our rivers and lakes by supporting community-led programmes, delivering on the Wellbeing Budget’s investment to clean up our waterways.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Hon David Parker
  • Environment

The Government is proposing a new way to deal with environmentally harmful products before they become waste, including plastic packing and bottles, as part of a wider plan to reduce the amount of rubbish ending up in landfills.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Environment

The Government is set on restoring the dawn chorus and giving nature more of a helping hand, Minister of Conservation Eugenie Sage and Associate Minister for the Environment Nanaia Mahuta said today as they launched a new action plan for biodiversity in Wellington this morning.

  • Hon Nanaia Mahuta
  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation
  • Environment

The Government is moving to cut the complexity involved with re-consenting existing marine farms by creating a consistent set of rules across the country. 

  • Hon David Parker
  • Hon Stuart Nash
  • Environment
  • Fisheries

Welcome and thank you all for coming. I have called this press conference today to announce the Government’s plan to comprehensively overhaul the resource management system.

  • Hon David Parker
  • Environment

The Government has today launched a comprehensive overhaul of the Resource Management Act (RMA) to cut complexity and costs and better enable urban development, while also improving protection of the environment.

  • Hon David Parker
  • Environment

As part of the plan to turn around New Zealand’s mounting waste problem, the Government is investing in research to reduce the impact of plastics, improve knowledge about composting, and reduce product labelling waste, the Associate Environment Minister Eugenie Sage announced in Rotorua today.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Environment

Tauranga City Council and the Ministry for the Environment stepped in at short notice to support kerbside glass collection in Tauranga after private kerbside glass collection services were withdrawn in March 2018.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Environment

The Government has renewed the accreditation of a product stewardship scheme which has been preventing environmental harm by reducing the potential for illegal or unsafe discharges of used oil.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Environment