Conservation

The Green party supports this Bill but does not think it goes far enough in protecting a very significant marine area. More

The Green Party supports this Bill but laments the strange shape which will lead to the "edge effect" being markedly increased and the lack of scientific input into the design which will result in less biodiversity protection. More

One of the options that the regulatory impact statement looks at is whether the recovery of wind-throw timber could be done under existing legislation. It goes through the risks of that. One of them was that there would be a risk of judicial review. More

Wind-throw on the West Coast is nature in action, and if we are to be serious about setting aside parts of New Zealand, to protect them for their own sake and for the sake of all of the species that call them home, if we are serious about protecting them More

It is being forced through under urgency, yet it concerns public protected lands, forests, that New Zealanders campaigned for 30 years or more to protect from native forest logging. The public is being given absolutely no say in letting loggers, chainsaws, haulers, and skidders back on to what is supposed to be protected conservation land. More

How is the department going to enforce this bill? How many staff are going to be turned from focusing on pest control and the management of biodiversity to supervising logging? This is the huge tragedy at the heart of this bill: it is taking New Zealand More