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Cabinet has approved a new International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy to be set at $35 per visitor, raising an estimated $80 million a year to go toward tourism infrastructure and conservation projects, Tourism Minister Kelvin Davis announced today.

  • Hon Kelvin Davis
  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation
  • Tourism

Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage says the National Party’s petition to stop control of Himalayan tahr shows that National doesn’t understand conservation, and is resorting in opposition to a bizarre form of shouting for the sake of political point scoring.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation

The Loder Cup, one of New Zealand’s oldest conservation awards, has been awarded to Robert McGowan for 2018 for his outstanding work ensuring mātauranga Māori in conservation management. 

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation

Conservation Minister, Eugenie Sage today announced appointments to Guardians of Lakes Manapouri, Monowai and Te Anau.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation

A cull of introduced Himalayan tahr browsing conservation land in Kā Tiritiri o Te Moana/ the Southern Alps is needed to protect special alpine plants and their habitats, Conservation Minister, Eugenie Sage said.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation

No review of the Game Animal Council is planned, Conservation Minister, Eugenie Sage said today.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation

Waiheke Island is possum-free and now the community has rats and stoats in its sights as part of a bid to make the whole island predator free by 2025, Conservation Minister, Eugenie Sage says.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation

Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage is calling on kiwis to get involved in Conservation Week or Te Wiki Tiaki Ao Turoa.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation

A bill to better protect indigenous freshwater fish passed its first reading in Parliament today.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation

A vital step towards better protecting indigenous freshwater fish was taken with today’s introduction of a new indigenous fish conservation bill in Parliament.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation

A new report shows serious concerns remain for the continued existence of the native Canterbury mudfish, which is on the brink of extinction.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation

The Government is supporting a project to make Wellington the world’s first predator free capital city with a $3.27 million funding boost announced by Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage today.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation

More than half the new appointments to Conservation Boards announced by Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage today are women.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation

The home of a giant native grasshopper is now safer after Crown land in the Mackenzie Basin was protected as conservation land, Land Information and Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage announced today.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation
  • Land Information

A block of South Canterbury land rich with native plants that existed before human habitation will be preserved after the Nature Heritage Fund purchased it.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation

The Government is backing a Hawke’s Bay Regional Council plan to make Mahia Peninsula possum free with a $1.62 million funding injection announced by Conservation Minister, Eugenie Sage today.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation

Communities will have two new tools to help combat rats, stoats and possums that are killing our native birds, plants and other wildlife, Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage said in Nelson today.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation

The great white shark and basking shark have been classed as ‘threatened’ for the first time and the future of these species is not positive, a new scientific report released today by Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage says.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation

Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage has announced funding for the first step in New Zealand’s most ambitious island pest eradication.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation

An application to mine coal on public conservation land near Te Kuha in the Buller District has been declined, Minister of Conservation Eugenie Sage and Minister of Energy Resources Megan Woods announced today.

  • Hon Dr Megan Woods
  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation
  • Energy and Resources

International visitors will pay more than locals for DOC huts and campsites on New Zealand’s four most popular Great Walks as part of a trial for the 2018/19 season, Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage announced today.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation

An ambitious plan to eradicate pests from Taranaki will get an $11.7 million funding injection from Predator Free 2050 Ltd, Conservation Minister, Eugenie Sage announced today.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation

Birds are flourishing in South Westland’s Landsborough valley thanks to 20 years of sustained predator control, says Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation

Public input will be sought on proposals to enact the Government’s policy of no new mines on conservation land, Conservation Minister, Eugenie Sage announced today.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation