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Research findings on organochlorine contaminant levels in New Zealand soil, rivers, estuaries, air, food and in the dietary intake of New Zealanders were released today by the Minister for the Env

  • Simon Upton
  • Environment

The Minister for the Environment, Simon Upton, today released the Report of his Reference Group on the Resource Management Act.

  • Simon Upton
  • Environment

"For at least the last eight months I have been discussing the review of the Resource Management Act around the country and through my website ( www.arcadia.co.nz and select EnviroNet)," the Minist

  • Simon Upton
  • Environment

The ozone layer will benefit from a decision by the New Zealand government to export ozone depleting halons for destruction offshore.

  • Simon Upton
  • Environment

"The Bay of Plenty's environment report, Postcards from the Bay, provides tangible proof of what local government and the RMA can achieve in terms of administrative and environmental performance wh

  • Simon Upton
  • Environment

The Minister for the Environment has released a technical paper on the design of a domestic emissions trading regime to promote further discussion on the development of New Zealand's greenhouse gas

  • Simon Upton
  • Environment

"Water quality in popular coastal playgrounds will be safeguarded by new Marine Pollution Regulations that prohibit dumping of garbage and controls sewage discharges from boats," the Minister for t

  • Simon Upton
  • Environment

"New Zealand's environment will be in safer hands from tomorrow when the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act, 1996, comes into effect for New Organisms", the Minister for the Environment, Ho

  • Simon Upton
  • Environment

"Wellington City Council's promise to pay up if it can't meet deadlines for handling resource consent applications is exactly the kind of response the Government had been hoping for," Simon Upton,

  • Simon Upton
  • Environment

"Time and money wasted through poor practice in Resource Management is time and money not available for improved environmental management".

  • Simon Upton
  • Environment

"New Zealand's Permanent Representative in New York signed the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change on behalf of the Government last night", Hon Simon Upton,

  • Simon Upton
  • Environment

New Zealand's Environment Minister Simon Upton today welcomed a proposal by the International Petroleum Exchange to establish a traded market for CO2 emissions, in response to a challenge to London

  • Simon Upton
  • Environment

"Owen McShane's 'Think Piece', released today, will initiate three months' serious debate on the thorny issue of land use controls and the scope of the RMA", the Minister for the Environment, Hon S

  • Simon Upton
  • Environment

The Minister for the Environment, Hon Simon Upton, will chair a meeting of Environment Ministers from OECD countries in Paris on 1 -3 April.

  • Simon Upton
  • Environment

The Minister for the Environment, Simon Upton, is preparing to initiate a debate on the range of activities currently controlled by the Resource Management Act.

  • Simon Upton
  • Environment

"The Environmental Protocol to the Antarctic Treaty, which comes into effect on 14 January 1998, will usher in a strict new regime of environmental management for Antarctica", the Associate Ministe

  • Simon Upton
  • Environment

The Minister for the Environment, Hon Simon Upton, is extremely concerned that open burning lingers as a traditional approach to reduce the volume of waste in the landfills of many smaller communit

  • Simon Upton
  • Environment

The Minister for the Environment, Hon Simon Upton, has confirmed that the target date for bringing into force the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act (HSNO) is now 1 July 1998.

  • Simon Upton
  • Environment

The efficiency of the Resource Management Act will be improved by a raft of minor technical improvements which came into force yesterday, the Minister for the Environment, Hon Simon Upton, said tod

  • Simon Upton
  • Environment

The Minister of Commerce, Hon John Luxton, and Minister for the Environment, Hon Simon Upton, today said that there was good news and bad news in the results from a study on the impact of the Resou

  • Simon Upton
  • Environment

New Zealand's call for the progressive inclusion of developing countries in any legally binding commitment on greenhouse gases is a long standing one, according to Environment Minister Simon Upton.

  • Simon Upton
  • Environment

New Zealand will be advocating a uniform greenhouse gas reduction target of up to 5% below 1990 levels, the Minister for the Environment, Hon Simon Upton, said today.

  • Simon Upton
  • Environment

While the average Kiwi would prefer to deal with authorities as little as possible, few really want our country to become an environmental 'wild west', the Minister for the Environment, Simon Upton

  • Simon Upton
  • Environment

The Minister for the Environment, Simon Upton, announced today that the Government has agreed to a phase-out schedule for methyl bromide.

  • Simon Upton
  • Environment