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class="infobox-subheader"><i>Manatū Mō Te Taiao</i></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MinistryForEnvironmentNZ-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/MinistryForEnvironmentNZ-logo.svg/200px-MinistryForEnvironmentNZ-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="56" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/MinistryForEnvironmentNZ-logo.svg/300px-MinistryForEnvironmentNZ-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/MinistryForEnvironmentNZ-logo.svg/400px-MinistryForEnvironmentNZ-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="139" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Agency overview</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formed</th><td class="infobox-data">1986</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Jurisdiction</th><td class="infobox-data">New Zealand</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data">8 Willis St,<br /><a href="/wiki/Wellington" title="Wellington">Wellington</a> 6011</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Annual budget</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Vote Environment</i><br />Total budget for 2019/20<br /><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>$994,991,000<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ministers responsible</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Penny_Simmonds" title="Penny Simmonds">Hon Penny Simmonds</a>, Minister for the Environment<sup id="cite_ref-Ministerial_List_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ministerial_List-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Simon_Watts" title="Simon Watts">Hon Simon Watts</a>, Minister for Climate Change<sup id="cite_ref-Ministerial_List_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ministerial_List-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Agency executive</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">James Palmer, Chief Executive and Secretary for the Environment</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://environment.govt.nz/">environment<wbr />.govt<wbr />.nz</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Ministry for the Environment</b> (<b>MfE</b>; <a href="/wiki/M%C4%81ori_language" title="Māori language">Māori</a>: <i>Manatū Mō Te Taiao</i>) is the public service department of New Zealand charged with advising the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Government" title="New Zealand Government">New Zealand Government</a> on policies and issues affecting the <a href="/wiki/Environment_of_New_Zealand" title="Environment of New Zealand">environment</a>, in addition to the relevant environmental laws and standards. The <a href="/wiki/Environment_Act_1986" title="Environment Act 1986">Environment Act 1986</a> is the statute that establishes the Ministry. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_for_the_Environment_(New_Zealand)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Functions assigned by Section 31 of the <a href="/wiki/Environment_Act_1986" title="Environment Act 1986">Environment Act 1986</a> include advising the Minister for the Environment on all aspects of environmental administration, obtaining and disseminating information, and generally providing advice on environmental matters. Since 1988, the Ministry of the Environment has coordinated New Zealand's interdepartmental policy response to <a href="/wiki/Climate_change" title="Climate change">climate change</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Environmental_Protection_Authority_(New_Zealand)" title="Environmental Protection Authority (New Zealand)">Environmental Protection Authority</a> was set up in 2011 to carry out some of the environmental regulatory functions of the MfE as well as other government departments. </p><p>The Ministry for the Environment administer a number of environmental funds:<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Waste Minimisation Fund</li> <li>Environmental Legal Assistance Fund</li> <li>Contaminated Sites Remediation Fund</li></ul> <p>It runs the Green Ribbon Awards, which have been given out by the Minister for the Environment since 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Ministry owns the <a href="/wiki/Environmental_Choice_New_Zealand" title="Environmental Choice New Zealand">Environmental Choice New Zealand</a> <a href="/wiki/Ecolabel" title="Ecolabel">ecolabel</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-ECNZ_About_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ECNZ_About-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but it is administered independently by the New Zealand Ecolabelling Trust.<sup id="cite_ref-SBC_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SBC-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1997 the Ministry released New Zealand's first <a href="/wiki/State_of_the_Environment" title="State of the Environment">State of the Environment</a> report.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was followed up in 2008 by a second report titled <i>Environment New Zealand 2007</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chapter 13 of this report was removed before final publication but was leaked to the <a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Aotearoa_New_Zealand" title="Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand">Green Party</a>. After news media reported the existence of the omitted chapter, the Ministry placed the contents on its website.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As stated, the Ministry for the Environment was established under the 1986 Environment Act which was implemented to encourage preventive measures for the protection of the environment.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Ministry for the Environment was established to ensure broad thinking about the environmental issues that plague our world and continue to do so even more severely in the 21st century. The measures the ministry for the environment take time to consider and focus on include intrinsic values of ecosystems, including principles of the Treaty of Waitangi, values people place on the environment, needs of future generations and sustainability of natural and physical resources.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a response to the ministry for the environment, in 1991 the Resource Management Act was passed to enforce resource sustainability and environmental protection on a legal platform.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, in 2023 the government is repealing the Resource Management Act to enhance new laws into this reform as a way of managing the environment and the pressing issue of climate change.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Key_initiatives">Key initiatives</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_for_the_Environment_(New_Zealand)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Key initiatives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Ministry of the Environment has many key initiatives that help them support New Zealand and its environment.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Resource_management_system">Resource management system</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_for_the_Environment_(New_Zealand)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Resource management system"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The resource management system governs how people interact with natural resources.<sup id="cite_ref-environment.govt.nz_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-environment.govt.nz-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It allows people to use natural resources where suitable.<sup id="cite_ref-environment.govt.nz_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-environment.govt.nz-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This system is currently under some change. The new government in New Zealand has introduced a permanent fast-track approvals process to parliament and is repealing the Natural and Built Environment (NBA) and Spatial Planning Acts.<sup id="cite_ref-environment.govt.nz_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-environment.govt.nz-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There has been some controversy around this bill and its lack of consideration for environmental impacts.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Emissions_reductions">Emissions reductions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_for_the_Environment_(New_Zealand)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Emissions reductions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>New Zealand aims to reduce all greenhouse gases (except methane emissions from waste and agricultural biological processes) to zero by 2050.<sup id="cite_ref-Emissions_Reductions_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Emissions_Reductions-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Ministry of the Environment has an emissions reduction plan (ERP) that outlines how New Zealand will reduce these emissions.<sup id="cite_ref-Emissions_Reductions_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Emissions_Reductions-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These plans are created every 5 years. The ERP requires climate action from many parts of government and sectors of the economy including, transport, energy, building and construction, waste, agriculture and forestry.<sup id="cite_ref-Emissions_Reductions_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Emissions_Reductions-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_adaption_plan">National adaption plan</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_for_the_Environment_(New_Zealand)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: National adaption plan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Ministry of the Environment has a national adaption plan that helps New Zealanders adapt, live and thrive in a more damaged and difficult climate.<sup id="cite_ref-National_Adaptation_Plan_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-National_Adaptation_Plan-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This plan helps to support different groups of people including Māori and Pacific people.<sup id="cite_ref-National_Adaptation_Plan_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-National_Adaptation_Plan-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The plan is currently focusing on flood risk areas and developing projects to support other climate change impacts.<sup id="cite_ref-National_Adaptation_Plan_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-National_Adaptation_Plan-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Recovering_from_recent_severe_weather_events">Recovering from recent severe weather events</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_for_the_Environment_(New_Zealand)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Recovering from recent severe weather events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>New Zealand has recently suffered from severe weather events caused by climate change. In 2023, <a href="/wiki/Cyclone_Gabrielle" title="Cyclone Gabrielle">Cyclone Gabrielle</a> severely impacted the Hawke’s Bay region.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Ministry of Environment is supporting these councils and communities with a significant recovery job as well as helping these communities become more resilient.<sup id="cite_ref-Recovering_from_recent_severe_weath_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Recovering_from_recent_severe_weath-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The main ways they are supporting these communities are by, changing laws, strong risk management and climate adaptation.<sup id="cite_ref-Recovering_from_recent_severe_weath_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Recovering_from_recent_severe_weath-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ban_on_more_problematic_plastics">Ban on more problematic plastics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_for_the_Environment_(New_Zealand)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Ban on more problematic plastics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Ministry of Environment classes problematic plastics as single-use plastics such as straws and produce bags.<sup id="cite_ref-Ban_on_more_problematic_plastics_be_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ban_on_more_problematic_plastics_be-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They banned these products in 2023 as an initial step in the 3-step phase-out plan. In 2025, they are banning all PVC and polystyrene food and beverage packaging.<sup id="cite_ref-Ban_on_more_problematic_plastics_be_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ban_on_more_problematic_plastics_be-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate_change_policy">Climate change policy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_for_the_Environment_(New_Zealand)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Climate change policy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Ministry for the Environment has introduced several policies to address climate change and protect New Zealand’s natural environment. The <a href="/wiki/Climate_Change_Response_(Zero_Carbon)_Amendment_Act" title="Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Amendment Act">Zero Carbon Act</a>, passed in 2019, sets a framework for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The act established the <a href="/wiki/Climate_Change_Commission" title="Climate Change Commission">Climate Change Commission</a>, which is a crown entity that provides independent advice to the government on emissions reduction targets and strategies.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The commission has been criticised by <a href="/wiki/Greenpeace" title="Greenpeace">Greenpeace</a> for not going far enough when making recommendations for agricultural methane reduction.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Agricultural_policy">Agricultural policy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_for_the_Environment_(New_Zealand)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Agricultural policy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2003 the Fifth Labour government decided to attempt to introduce a levy on farm animals and their methane emissions, in order to fund research on how to reduce farm emissions. The levy would’ve cost 9c for mature sheep, 54c for each mature beef cow, and 72c for each dairy cow.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was widely protested by farmers and the opposition. Eventually after sustained criticism, and unpopularity of the policy, on 17 October 2003 Labour said it found alternative sources to fund emissions research, and would not introduce the levy.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2018, the Interim Climate Change Commission was established, to look at various options of agriculture pricing. As the combination of Methane (43.7%) and Nitrous Oxide (10.7%) emissions make up a majority of New Zealand’s emissions,<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> reducing Agricultural emissions would be necessary to lower New Zealand’s carbon footprint and currently policy left the majority of emissions untaxed. In 11 October 2022 the Sixth Labour Government announced its decision to pursue a farm-based levy,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with a backup ETS processor levy if the farm levy was not ready by 2025.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They also announced consultation on the policy, which lasted from 11 October to 18 November and were posted on 21 December 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The processor levy backup under the ETS (Emissions Trading Scheme) was where the levy would simply be decided by the ETS, and handed on to processors, such as slaughterhouses or importers and producers of fertilizer. Initially considered by the 2018 Interim Climate Change Committee, and this was left as a backup option, in case the farm-based levy was not in place by 2025.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The other approach was the farm-based levy, this arose out of consultation with the agriculture sector and He Waka Eke Noa (Primary Sector Climate Action Partnership), seeking an alternative to pricing under the ETS at a processor level.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_30-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under this the levy is paid by farmers themselves, and they are required to report their emissions. Of note of both methods is that Methane and Nitrous Oxide would be taxed separately and differently, as they have different effects and permanence in the environment and atmosphere.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_30-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>  Additionally, the government committed to funding the agricultural sector, and $380 million to help farmers reduce emissions, among other funding.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 18 August 2023, the Sixth Labour Government announced the confirmation of the split-gas approach,<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the commitment to have farm level emissions reported by late 2024, and various changes from consultation, such as the decision for carbon sequestration to give a reduction in the levy if it was scientifically valid. The National Party committed before the 2023 election to implement a sustainable pricing system for agriculture by 2030, and to start measuring farm level emissions by 2025 .<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The National Party eventually formed a government after the 2023 election. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ministers">Ministers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_for_the_Environment_(New_Zealand)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Ministers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Ministry serves three portfolio and five <a href="/wiki/Ministers_in_the_New_Zealand_Government" title="Ministers in the New Zealand Government">ministers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <br /> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Officeholder</th> <th>Portfolios</th> <th>Other responsibilities </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Penny_Simmonds" title="Penny Simmonds">Hon Penny Simmonds</a></td> <td>Lead Minister (Ministry for the Environment)<br />Minister for the Environment</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Simon_Watts" title="Simon Watts">Hon Simon Watts</a></td> <td>Minister for Climate Change</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chris_Bishop" title="Chris Bishop">Hon Chris Bishop</a></td> <td>Minister Responsible for RMA Reform</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Hoggard" title="Andrew Hoggard">Hon Andrew Hoggard</a></td> <td></td> <td>Associate Minister for the Environment </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nicola_Willis" title="Nicola Willis">Hon Nicola Willis</a></td> <td></td> <td>Associate Minister for Climate Change </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="List_of_ministers_for_the_environment">List of ministers for the environment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_for_the_Environment_(New_Zealand)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: List of ministers for the environment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Key</dt></dl> <p><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#00529F; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_National_Party" title="New Zealand National Party">National</a></span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#D82A20; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Labour_Party" title="New Zealand Labour Party">Labour</a></span> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">No. </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Portrait </th> <th colspan="2">Term of office </th> <th colspan="2">Prime Minister </th></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit;background:#00529F"> </th> <th>1 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Duncan_MacIntyre_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Duncan MacIntyre (New Zealand politician)">Duncan MacIntyre</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Duncan_MacIntyre_Greg_Tate_(crop).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Duncan_MacIntyre_Greg_Tate_%28crop%29.jpg/75px-Duncan_MacIntyre_Greg_Tate_%28crop%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Duncan_MacIntyre_Greg_Tate_%28crop%29.jpg/113px-Duncan_MacIntyre_Greg_Tate_%28crop%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Duncan_MacIntyre_Greg_Tate_%28crop%29.jpg/150px-Duncan_MacIntyre_Greg_Tate_%28crop%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="347" data-file-height="450" /></a></span> </td> <td>9 February 1972 </td> <td>8 December 1972 </td> <td width="1" style="color:inherit;background:#00529F"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jack_Marshall" title="Jack Marshall">Marshall</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit;background:#D82A20"> </th> <th>2 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Joe_Walding" title="Joe Walding">Joe Walding</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Joe_Walding_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Joe_Walding_portrait.jpg/75px-Joe_Walding_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Joe_Walding_portrait.jpg/113px-Joe_Walding_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Joe_Walding_portrait.jpg/150px-Joe_Walding_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3764" data-file-height="4912" /></a></span> </td> <td>8 December 1972 </td> <td>10 September 1974 </td> <td style="color:inherit;background:#D82A20"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Norman_Kirk" title="Norman Kirk">Kirk</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit;background:#D82A20"> </th> <th>3 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Whetu_Tirikatene-Sullivan" title="Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan">Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Whetu_Tirikatene-Sullivan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Whetu_Tirikatene-Sullivan.jpg/75px-Whetu_Tirikatene-Sullivan.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Whetu_Tirikatene-Sullivan.jpg/113px-Whetu_Tirikatene-Sullivan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Whetu_Tirikatene-Sullivan.jpg/150px-Whetu_Tirikatene-Sullivan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="475" data-file-height="613" /></a></span> </td> <td>10 September 1974 </td> <td>12 December 1975 </td> <td style="color:inherit;background:#D82A20"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Rowling" title="Bill Rowling">Rowling</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit;background:#00529F"> </th> <th>4 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Venn_Young" title="Venn Young">Venn Young</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span> </td> <td>12 December 1975 </td> <td>12 February 1981 </td> <td rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:#00529F"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Muldoon" title="Robert Muldoon">Muldoon</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit;background:#00529F"> </th> <th>5 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Ian_Shearer" title="Ian Shearer">Ian Shearer</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span> </td> <td>12 February 1981 </td> <td>26 July 1984 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit;background:#D82A20"> </th> <th>6 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Russell_Marshall" title="Russell Marshall">Russell Marshall</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Russell_Marshall.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Russell_Marshall.jpg/75px-Russell_Marshall.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="87" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Russell_Marshall.jpg/113px-Russell_Marshall.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Russell_Marshall.jpg/150px-Russell_Marshall.jpg 2x" data-file-width="985" data-file-height="1142" /></a></span> </td> <td>26 July 1984 </td> <td>17 February 1986 </td> <td rowspan="2" style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:#D82A20"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/David_Lange" title="David Lange">Lange</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit;background:#D82A20"> </th> <th>7 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Phil_Goff" title="Phil Goff">Phil Goff</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Phil_Goff,_2003.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Geoffrey_Palmer.jpg/113px-Geoffrey_Palmer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Geoffrey_Palmer.jpg/150px-Geoffrey_Palmer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1132" data-file-height="1520" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3">24 August 1987 </td> <td rowspan="3">2 November 1990 </td> <td height="36" style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:#D82A20"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#D82A20"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Palmer_(politician)" title="Geoffrey Palmer (politician)">Palmer</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#D82A20"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Moore_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Mike Moore (New Zealand politician)">Moore</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit;background:#00529F"> </th> <th>9 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Simon_Upton" title="Simon Upton">Simon Upton</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Simon_Upton_01_crop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Simon_Upton_01_crop.jpg/75px-Simon_Upton_01_crop.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Simon_Upton_01_crop.jpg/113px-Simon_Upton_01_crop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Simon_Upton_01_crop.jpg/150px-Simon_Upton_01_crop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1364" data-file-height="1916" /></a></span> </td> <td>2 November 1990 </td> <td>3 October 1991 </td> <td rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:#00529F"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Bolger" title="Jim Bolger">Bolger</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit;background:#00529F"> </th> <th>10 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Rob_Storey" title="Rob Storey">Rob Storey</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span> </td> <td>3 October 1991 </td> <td>29 November 1993 </td></tr> <tr> <th height="15" style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:#00529F"> </th> <th rowspan="2"><small>(9)</small> </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Simon_Upton" title="Simon Upton">Simon Upton</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Simon_Upton_01_crop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Simon_Upton_01_crop.jpg/75px-Simon_Upton_01_crop.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Simon_Upton_01_crop.jpg/113px-Simon_Upton_01_crop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Simon_Upton_01_crop.jpg/150px-Simon_Upton_01_crop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1364" data-file-height="1916" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2">29 November 1993 </td> <td rowspan="2">10 December 1999 </td></tr> <tr> <th height="15" style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:#00529F"> </th> <td style="color:inherit;background:#00529F"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jenny_Shipley" title="Jenny Shipley">Shipley</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit;background:#D82A20"> </th> <th>11 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Marian_Hobbs" title="Marian Hobbs">Marian Hobbs</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Marian_Hobbs.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Marian_Hobbs.jpg/75px-Marian_Hobbs.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Marian_Hobbs.jpg/113px-Marian_Hobbs.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Marian_Hobbs.jpg 2x" data-file-width="150" data-file-height="216" /></a></span> </td> <td>10 December 1999 </td> <td>19 October 2005 </td> <td rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background:#D82A20"> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Helen_Clark" title="Helen Clark">Clark</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit;background:#D82A20"> </th> <th>12 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Benson-Pope" title="David Benson-Pope">David Benson-Pope</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:David_Benson-Pope.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/David_Benson-Pope.jpg/75px-David_Benson-Pope.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/David_Benson-Pope.jpg/113px-David_Benson-Pope.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/David_Benson-Pope.jpg/150px-David_Benson-Pope.jpg 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="265" /></a></span> </td> <td>19 October 2005 </td> <td>27 July 2007 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit;background:#D82A20"> </th> <th>– </th> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Parker_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="David Parker (New Zealand politician)">David Parker</a><br /><small>(acting)</small> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hon_David_Parker.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Hon_David_Parker.jpg/75px-Hon_David_Parker.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Hon_David_Parker.jpg/113px-Hon_David_Parker.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Hon_David_Parker.jpg/150px-Hon_David_Parker.jpg 2x" data-file-width="354" data-file-height="354" /></a></span> </td> <td>27 July 2007 </td> <td>31 October 2007 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit;background:#D82A20"> </th> <th>13 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Trevor_Mallard" title="Trevor Mallard">Trevor Mallard</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Trevor_Mallard_2_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Trevor_Mallard_2_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Trevor_Mallard_2_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Trevor_Mallard_2_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Trevor_Mallard_2_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Trevor_Mallard_2_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Trevor_Mallard_2_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="259" data-file-height="339" /></a></span> </td> <td>31 October 2007 </td> <td>19 November 2008 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit;background:#00529F"> </th> <th>14 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Nick_Smith_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Nick Smith (New Zealand politician)">Nick Smith</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nick_Smith_at_Lincoln_University,_2016.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Nick_Smith_at_Lincoln_University%2C_2016.jpg/75px-Nick_Smith_at_Lincoln_University%2C_2016.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Nick_Smith_at_Lincoln_University%2C_2016.jpg/113px-Nick_Smith_at_Lincoln_University%2C_2016.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Nick_Smith_at_Lincoln_University%2C_2016.jpg/150px-Nick_Smith_at_Lincoln_University%2C_2016.jpg 2x" data-file-width="870" data-file-height="1161" /></a></span> </td> <td>19 November 2008 </td> <td>21 March 2012 </td> <td rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background:#00529F"> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/John_Key" title="John Key">Key</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit;background:#00529F"> </th> <th>– </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Chris_Finlayson" title="Chris Finlayson">Chris Finlayson</a><br /><small>(acting)</small> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chris_Finlayson-Net_Hui_2011.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Chris_Finlayson-Net_Hui_2011.jpg/75px-Chris_Finlayson-Net_Hui_2011.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Chris_Finlayson-Net_Hui_2011.jpg/113px-Chris_Finlayson-Net_Hui_2011.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Chris_Finlayson-Net_Hui_2011.jpg/150px-Chris_Finlayson-Net_Hui_2011.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1896" data-file-height="2844" /></a></span> </td> <td>21 March 2012 </td> <td>2 April 2012 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit;background:#00529F"> </th> <th>15 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Amy_Adams_(politician)" title="Amy Adams (politician)">Amy Adams</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Amy_Adams_politician_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Nick_Smith_at_Lincoln_University%2C_2016.jpg/75px-Nick_Smith_at_Lincoln_University%2C_2016.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Nick_Smith_at_Lincoln_University%2C_2016.jpg/113px-Nick_Smith_at_Lincoln_University%2C_2016.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Nick_Smith_at_Lincoln_University%2C_2016.jpg/150px-Nick_Smith_at_Lincoln_University%2C_2016.jpg 2x" data-file-width="870" data-file-height="1161" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2">8 October 2014 </td> <td rowspan="2">26 October 2017 </td></tr> <tr> <th height="15" style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:#00529F"> </th> <td style="color:inherit;background:#00529F"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_English" title="Bill English">English</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th height="50" style="border-bottom:solid 0 grey; background:#D82A20"> </th> <th rowspan="2">16 </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/David_Parker_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="David Parker (New Zealand politician)">David Parker</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hon_David_Parker.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Hon_David_Parker.jpg/75px-Hon_David_Parker.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Hon_David_Parker.jpg/113px-Hon_David_Parker.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Hon_David_Parker.jpg/150px-Hon_David_Parker.jpg 2x" data-file-width="354" data-file-height="354" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2">26 October 2017 </td> <td rowspan="2">27 November 2023 </td> <td style="color:inherit;background:#D82A20"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jacinda_Ardern" title="Jacinda Ardern">Ardern</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th height="15" style="border-top:solid 0 grey; background:#D82A20"> </th> <td style="color:inherit;background:#D82A20"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chris_Hipkins" title="Chris Hipkins">Hipkins</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="color:inherit;background:#00529F"> </th> <th>17 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Penny_Simmonds" title="Penny Simmonds">Penny Simmonds</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Penny_Simmonds_(cropped).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Penny_Simmonds_%28cropped%29.png/75px-Penny_Simmonds_%28cropped%29.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Penny_Simmonds_%28cropped%29.png/113px-Penny_Simmonds_%28cropped%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Penny_Simmonds_%28cropped%29.png/150px-Penny_Simmonds_%28cropped%29.png 2x" data-file-width="518" data-file-height="670" /></a></span> </td> <td>27 November 2023 </td> <td>present </td> <td style="color:inherit;background:#00529F"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Luxon" title="Christopher Luxon">Luxon</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_for_the_Environment_(New_Zealand)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_New_Zealand" title="Climate change in New Zealand">Climate change in New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Environment_Court_of_New_Zealand" title="Environment Court of New Zealand">Environment Court of New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Govt3" title="Govt3">Govt<sup>3</sup></a>, a discontinued sustainability programme</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_environmental_laws_by_country#New_Zealand" title="List of environmental laws by country">List of environmental laws by country: New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Resource_Management_Act_1991" title="Resource Management Act 1991">Resource Management Act 1991</a>, a major statute for environmental protection</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Chief_Freshwater_Commissioner" title="Office of the Chief Freshwater Commissioner">Office of the Chief Freshwater Commissioner</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_for_the_Environment_(New_Zealand)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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