Environment

Other Agencies

Areas of Interest

Agriculture and Forestry

Rural environment, agricultural impact, forestry impact (plantation and indigenous), water, biosecurity, biodiversity, sustainable management

Civil Defence and Emergency Management

Reduction and management of natural and man-made hazards and risks

Conservation

Ecosystems, endangered species, biosecurity, resource management, natural resources, marine environment, international environmental issues, hazardous substances, coastal, foreshore and seabed

Culture and Heritage

Historic heritage resource management

Defence/Defence Force

International/domestic environmental protection, weapons and hazardous substances.

Education

Environmental education

Economic Development

Energy and natural resources, business regulation, Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Arrangement (TTMRA), industry and sector development business opportunities

Fisheries

Aquatic environment, fisheries resources aquaculture

Foreign Affairs and Trade, including NZAID

International environmental issues

Health

Environmental health, water, sewerage, hazardous substances (Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act), radiation

Housing New Zealand Corporation

Environmental externalities

Internal Affairs

Local government issues

Justice

Legal aid, Environment Court

Labour

Hazardous and dangerous goods

Land Information New Zealand

Contaminated sites, mapping and surveying, land and seabed information

Police

Enforcement of transportation of hazardous substances

Research, Science and Technology

Hazardous substances and new organisms (Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act), environmental research, Bioethics Council, natural resources.

Te Puni Kokiri (Ministry of Maori Development)

Forestry impact, fisheries including aquaculture, foreshore and seabed, marine pollution, historic heritage, resource management

Transport

Marine pollution, emissions, hazardous substances, urban form