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Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage and the New Zealand Conservation Authority have directed the Department of Conservation (DOC) to undertake partial reviews of the Conservation General Policy and the General Policy for National Parks, to give better effect to the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation

Ngā mihi nui ki a koutou katoa

Ki a Ranginui rāua ko Papatūānuku

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation

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

Government, Iwi and a community organisation have banded together to turn around the fortunes of the nationally endangered hoiho/yellow-eyed penguin, which recently suffered a series of poor breeding seasons.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation

New Zealand’s rarest mainland forest bird, the kākāriki karaka/orange-fronted parakeet, is having its best breeding season in decades due to a beech seed bonanza, Minister of Conservation Eugenie Sage said in Christchurch today.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation

The epic 12,000km journey made by some of New Zealand’s favourite migratory birds from the Coromandel to the Arctic is set to become safer.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation

Southland’s 61 km Hump Ridge Track is set to be New Zealand’s next Great Walk the Minister of Conservation Eugenie Sage announced today in Tuatapere, Southland.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation

A significant milestone in the journey towards achieving Predator Free Rakiura has been welcomed by the Minister of Conservation Eugenie Sage today, with the signing of a commitment to rid the island of pests.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation

Fifty five appointments to 15 conservation boards across New Zealand were announced today by the Minister of Conservation Eugenie Sage.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation

The Minister for Conservation, Eugenie Sage, is celebrating the discovery of a new, genetically distinct subpopulation of the critically endangered Haast tokoeka by Department of Conservation (DOC) staff on the West Coast near Haast.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation

Today the Minister of Conservation Eugenie Sage has joined Ngāti Waewae to unveil the pou whenua for the Mokihinui addition to the Kahurangi National Park.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation

Significant progress is being made on cleaning up rubbish eroded from the Fox River landfill since the Department of Conservation (DOC) took over management of the clean-up on 19 June says Minister for Conservation Eugenie Sage

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation
  • Environment

The Government is investing in a sea trial of a new bait setting device that could help to eliminate seabird captures during the tuna longline setting process.

  • Hon Stuart Nash
  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation
  • Fisheries

A new Ministerial Advisory Committee has been appointed to help shape the Government’s response to the conservation and fisheries related proposals in the Sea Change – Tai Timu Tai Pari Hauraki Gulf Marine Spatial Plan.

  • Hon Stuart Nash
  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation
  • Fisheries

A new alliance of councils, iwi and the Department of Conservation in the northern South Island and its strategy for working together across the region has been welcomed by the Minister of Conservation Eugenie Sage.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation

The Minister of Conservation and Associate Minister for the Environment Eugenie Sage says that the Department of Conservation (DOC) will replace Westland District Council (WDC) as the lead agency coordinating the clean-up of the riverbed and coast downstream of the Council’s Fox River landfill.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation
  • Environment

The Government is taking action to expand and strengthen the protection for Māui and Hector’s dolphins with an updated plan to deal with threats to these native marine mammals.

  • Hon Stuart Nash
  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation
  • Fisheries

Minster of Conservation Eugenie Sage has commended the work of the Department of Conservation’s Kākāpō Recovery team as it battles a deadly disease threatening to devastate the kākāpō population.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation

The dedication by many recipients of Queen’s Birthday Honours to looking after our native plants and wildlife and natural landscapes, and improving environmental management is an example of exemplary leadership, says Minister of Conservation Eugenie Sage.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation

Parliament has today passed legislation enabling the collection of the International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy (IVL) from 1 July 2019. It will also enable digital processing of the New Zealand Electronic Travel Authority (NZeTA), which will be mandatory from 1 October this year.

  • Hon Kelvin Davis
  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation
  • Immigration
  • Tourism

For the first time, Aoraki Mt Cook National Park’s annual visitor numbers have exceeded 1 million, says Conservation Minister Hon Eugenie Sage.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation

The New Zealand-Aotearoa Government Tourism Strategy, which aims to deliver benefits to New Zealanders through productive, sustainable and inclusive tourism growth, has been launched today by Tourism Minister Kelvin Davis and Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage.

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

Action is underway to enhance the protection of our precious marine biodiversity in the face of the global biodiversity crisis.

  • Hon Stuart Nash
  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation
  • Fisheries

The Government has announced an extra $400,000 to help West Coasters recover from the devastating March floods. A medium-scale adverse event in the Westland District has also now been declared.

  • Hon David Parker
  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Hon Kris Faafoi
  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Agriculture
  • Civil Defence
  • Conservation
  • Environment