360° SearchNetwork Hot Spots Trends Time Series

Parliamentary Commissioner For The Environment

Type: Organization

Name: Parliamentary Commissioner For The Environment

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Local Government Commission receives Wairarapa application

The Local Government Commission confirms it has received an application to reorganise the three Wairarapa local authorities into a single council. It has also spelled out the process that must now be followed.The Chief Executive Officer of the Commission, ... [Published Scoop - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Gisborne (New Zealand), Grant Kirby, Anne Carter, Auckland, Parliamentary Commissioner For The Environment

First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 reports

Protesters welcome PM to Dannevirke

A prime minister's visit to Tararua, the first in nearly 30 years, was met with oil protesters waving placards and banners outside the building where he had lunch.John Key was in Tararua yesterday to visit businesses and speak to Dannevirke's Chamber ... [Published Manawatu Standard - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Dannevirke (New Zealand), Protesters, Hydraulic Fracturing

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Farmers back law change

Environmentalists fear the Government's proposed changes to the Resource Management Act would remove its primary focus of protecting the environment and weight it toward economic development.But many farmers will back its aim to make resource consents ... [Published Wanganui Chronicle - May 19 2013]

Entities: Environment, Wanganui (New Zealand), Parliamentary Commissioner For The Environment, Bruce Gordon, Chester Borrows

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Petitions And Papers

Article – ParliamentToday.co.nzA petition requesting the House urge the Government to take all steps possible to ends child labour around the world. A petition requesting the House urge the Government to take all steps possible to ends child labour around ... [Published Scoop - May 14 2013]

Entities: Parliamentary Commissioner For The Environment, New Zealand, Child Labour, Environment

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

New Zealand opens large area for oil and gas exploration

New Zealand's Government has opened up vast offshore and onshore areas for the second time to attract competing bids for oil and gas exploration permits.The government said that bidding for the second round, covering 189,000km² offshore and more than ... [Published Offshore Technology - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: New Zealand, Simon Bridges, David Robinson

First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 1 reports

TAG spuds first East Coast exploration well near Dannevirke

TAG spuds in first East Coast exploration well near DannevirkeApril 23 (BusinessDesk) - TAG Oil, the Canadian oil and gas producer with extensive onshore Taranaki production, says it has spudded in the first exploration well in its controversial campaign ... [Published Scoop - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: Dannevirke (New Zealand), Hydraulic Fracturing, Waipawa (New Zealand), Parliamentary Commissioner For The Environment

First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 22 2013 - 1 reports

Petition calls for end of eel fishing

Longfin eel PHOTO/FILEA petition with 7000 signatures and a report from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment back an end to commercial fishing of New Zealand's threatened longfin eel.The eels are subject to quota management by the Ministry ... [Published Wanganui Chronicle - Apr 22 2013]

Entities: Parliamentary Commissioner For The Environment, Longfin, New Zealand, Nathan Guy, Green Party (NZ)

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

From the Farm: No surprise about the eels

The poor old Department of Conservation comes in for criticism for not having a specific plan to protect the long-fin eel, in the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment’s probe into a species managed ... ... [Published Yahoo! Xtra Business - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: Parliamentary Commissioner For The Environment, Species

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

Getting The House In Order

Arrangements for the passage of Members Bills this evening were announced when Parliament resumed at 2pmDeputy Leader of the House Anne Tolley said the business committee had agreed to rise for the dinner break after the third reading of the and rise ... [Published Scoop - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Parliamentary Commissioner For The Environment, Anne Tolley, Ian Fletcher

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 7 reports

'Longfin eels will be driven to extinction'

Longfin eels will be driven to extinction if a halt is not put on their commercial fishing, says a report that has divided environmentalists and industry members.Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Dr Jan Wright has called for a moratorium ... [Published Manawatu Standard - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: Longfin, Mike Joy, Parliamentary Commissioner For The Environment, New Zealand

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 1 reports

Joint statement from MPI and DOC

A new report about longfin eels from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment has been welcomed by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) and the Department of Conservation (DOC).The report raises biodiversity, commercial fishing and conservation ... [Published Ministry of Fisheries NZ - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Parliamentary Commissioner For The Environment, Al Morrison, Biodiversity

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 3 reports

Native eel on 'slow path to extinction' - report

Long fin eels - Source: ONE News Watch Video The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment has called for a stop to the commercial fishing of New Zealand's native longfin eel, which she says is on the "slow path to extinction".Dr Jan Wright has today ... [Published ONE News - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Habitat, Species, Parliamentary Commissioner For The Environment, New Zealand

Quotes

"If contamination occurs here in Tararua, it cannot be fixed, repaired or replaced. Incidents do happen and it's not a case of if, but when, and who's watching."

Protesters welcome PM to Dannevirke [Published Manawatu Standard - 4 hours ago]

"The RMA has acted as a handbrake and has cost millions, if not billions of dollars" he said

Farmers back law change [Published Wanganui Chronicle - May 19 2013]

"The block offer process is putting us, as a country, on the international stage."

New Zealand opens large area for oil and gas exploration [Published Offshore Technology - Apr 29 2013]

"We will methodically carry out all work to the highest safety and environmental standards, while striving to leave the smallest footprint possible."

TAG spuds first East Coast exploration well near Dannevirke [Published Scoop - Apr 23 2013]

More Content

sort by: Date \| Relevance
Local Government Commission receives Wairarapa ... [Published Scoop - 1 hour ago]
Protesters welcome PM to Dannevirke [Published Manawatu Standard - 4 hours ago]
Farmers back law change [Published Wanganui Chronicle - May 19 2013]
Petitions And Papers [Published Scoop - May 14 2013]
New Zealand opens large area for oil and gas ex... [Published Offshore Technology - Apr 29 2013]
TAG spuds first East Coast exploration well nea... [Published Scoop - Apr 23 2013]
Petition calls for end of eel fishing [Published Wanganui Chronicle - Apr 22 2013]
Saving longfin from extinction [Published Gisborne Herald - Apr 19 2013]
SMC Heads-Up: Explosion science, climate change... [Published Scoop - Apr 19 2013]
From the Farm: No surprise about the eels [Published Yahoo! Xtra Business - Apr 18 2013]
Fisherman disputes call eel ban [Published Taranaki Daily News - Apr 18 2013]
'Longfin eels will be driven to extinction' [Published Manawatu Standard - Apr 18 2013]
PCE's Report Vindicates Campaign to Save Native... [Published Scoop - Apr 17 2013]
Longfin eel report 'lacks substance' [Published 3 News - Apr 17 2013]
Longfin eels in decline - expert [Published Timaru Herald - Apr 17 2013]
Longfin eels doing OK, processor says [Published MSN New Zealand - Apr 17 2013]
Joint statement from MPI and DOC [Published Ministry of Fisheries NZ - Apr 17 2013]
Native eel on 'slow path to extinction' - report [Published ONE News - Apr 17 2013]
Longfin eel fishing needs to stop [Published Dominion Post - Apr 17 2013]
Longfin eel fishing needs to stop - Commissioner [Published Dominion Post - Apr 17 2013]
Maori Party calls for urgent action to protect ... [Published Yahoo!Xtra - Apr 17 2013]
Getting The House In Order [Published Scoop - Apr 17 2013]
Urgent Review of Longfin Eel Information Needed [Published Scoop - Apr 17 2013]
Stop commercial fishing or longfin eels will pe... [Published Scoop - Apr 17 2013]
Longfin eels need a lifeline - Green Party [Published Voxy.co.nz - Apr 17 2013]
Labour welcomes longfin eel report [Published Voxy.co.nz - Apr 17 2013]
Shut down longfin eel industry: watchdog [Published MSN New Zealand - Apr 17 2013]
Review of longfin eel information needed - Te W... [Published Voxy.co.nz - Apr 17 2013]
Tourism depends on 'pure' NZ [Published Manawatu Standard - Apr 16 2013]
Government destroying our bread and butter [Published Taranaki Daily News - Apr 14 2013]