This decision was made following a consultation period from 31 January to 28 February 2011 on whether this 2050 emissions reduction target should be gazetted. The consultation document is available here.
During the consultation period, the Ministry for the Environment received 1737 written submissions, comprising 73 unique submissions and 1664 submissions made by individuals through Greenpeace’s ‘Sign-on’ website. A summary of submissions was provided to the Minister. This document is available here (PDF, 181 KB).
Below is a list of submissions received on the proposed gazetting of the 2050 emissions reduction target. Contact details of individual submitters (including physical addresses, email addresses and phone numbers) and some limited contact details (primarily mobile phone numbers) of individuals who have submitted on behalf of organisations have been deleted so as to protect personal privacy.
2050 Submissions
| Number |
Name |
Date submitted |
| 1 |
Submission by Beef + Lamb NZ, Deer Industry NZ and Meat Industry NZ (PDF, 616 KB) |
28 February 2011 |
| 2 |
Submission by Hans Biemond (PDF, 37 KB) |
28 February 2011 |
| 3 |
Submission by Business NZ (PDF, 170 KB) |
28 February 2011 |
| 4 |
Submission by J R Butland (PDF, 152 KB) |
19 February |
| 5 |
Submission by The Carbon Sense Coalition (PDF, 899 KB) |
28 February 2011 |
| 6 |
Submission by Carter Holt Harvey Pulp & Paper (PDF, 717 KB) |
28 February 2011 |
| 7 |
Submission by Centre of Balance Chinese Medicine Clinic (PDF, 56 KB) |
15 February 2011 |
| 8 |
Submission by Ralph Chapman and Jonathan Boston (PDF, 167 KB) |
28 February 2011 |
| 9 |
Submission by Coal Association of NZ (PDF, 116 KB) |
28 February 2011 |
| 10 |
Submission by Hugh Cronwright (PDF, 62 KB) |
20 February 2011 |
| 11 |
Submission by DairyNZ (PDF, 293 KB) |
28 February 2011 |
| 12 |
Submission by Nicola de Wit (PDF, 91 KB) |
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| 13 |
Submission by Roger Dewhurst (PDF, 70 KB) |
27 February 2011 |
| 14 |
Submission by Zachary Dorner (PDF, 67 KB) |
15 February 2011 |
| 15 |
Submission by Trish Enright (PDF, 36 KB) |
22 February 2011 |
| 16 |
Submission by Environment and Conservation Organisations of NZ (PDF, 393 KB) |
28 February 2011 |
| 17 |
Submission by Environs Holdings Ltd (PDF, 637 KB) |
28 February 2011 |
| 18 |
Submission by Federated Farmers of NZ (PDF, 220 KB) |
28 February 2011 |
| 19 |
Submission by David John Finney and Sunit Kaur Finney (PDF, 180 KB) |
27 February 2011 |
| 20 |
Submission by Jeanette Fitzsimons (PDF, 47 KB) |
24 February 2011 |
| 21 |
Submission by Fonterra Co-operative Group (PDF, 263 KB) |
28 February 2011 |
| 22 |
Submission by Shelley Frost (PDF, 49 KB) |
20 February 2011 |
| 23 |
Submission by Greg Gascoigne (PDF, 78 KB) |
26 February 2011 |
| Article in NZ Farmers Weekly - Flawed logic makes nonsense of ETS (appendix to Greg Gascoigne’s submission) (PDF, 268 KB) |
24 May 2010 |
| 24 |
Submission by Greenhouse Policy Coalition (PDF, 242 KB) |
28 February 2011 |
| 25 |
Submission by Greenpeace Aotearoa NZ (PDF, 386 KB) |
28 February 2011 |
| 26 |
Submission by Ashlee Gross (PDF, 143 KB) |
28 February 2011 |
| 27 |
Submission by Gull NZ (PDF, 589 KB) |
28 February 2011 |
| 28 |
Submission by Chris Henderson (PDF, 336 KB) |
28 February 2011 |
| Letter from Chris Henderson to Hon. Bill English (appendix to submission by Chris Henderson) (PDF, 110 KB) |
14 December 2008 |
| 29 |
Submission by Neil Henderson (PDF, 97 KB) |
27 February 2011 |
| 30 |
Submission by David Hodge (PDF, 39 KB) |
26 February 2011 |
| 31 |
Submission by Keith Houston (PDF, 61 KB) |
28 February 2011 |
| 32 |
Submission by Simon Johnson (PDF, 58 KB) |
28 February 2011 |
| 33 |
Submission by Kāpiti Coast District Council (PDF, 108 KB) |
28 February 2011 |
| 34 |
Submission by Vivienne Kerr (PDF, 112 KB) |
28 February 2011 |
| 35 |
Submission by ‘KP’ (no name) (PDF, 40 KB) |
20 February 2011 |
| 36 |
Submission by Bera MacClement (PDF, 98 KB) |
14 February 2011 |
| 37 |
Submission by David MacClement (PDF, 64 KB) |
26 February 2011 |
| 38 |
Submission by Ray McKendry (PDF, 54 KB) |
19 February |
| 39 |
Submission by Meridian Energy (PDF, 484 KB) |
28 February 2011 |
| 40 |
Submission by Mighty River Power (PDF, 550 KB) |
28 February 2011 |
| 41 |
Submission by Mobil Oil NZ (PDF, 36 KB) |
28 February 2011 |
| 42 |
Submission by Patrick Morgan (PDF, 60 KB) |
14 February 2011 |
| 43 |
Submission by Ross Muir (PDF, 145 KB) |
24 February 2011 |
| 44 |
Submission by NZ Business Roundtable and Major Electricity Users’ Group (PDF, 57 KB) |
28 February 2011 |
| 45 |
Submission by NZ Forest Owners Association (PDF, 113 KB) |
17 February 2011 |
| 46 |
Submission by NZ Green Building Council (PDF, 162 KB) |
25 February 2011 |
| 47 |
Submission by NZ Institute of Forestry (PDF, 104 KB) |
28 February 2011 |
| 48 |
Submission by NZ Steel (PDF, 93 KB) |
28 February 2011 |
| 49 |
Submission by Joe Nowak (PDF, 50 KB) |
25 February 2011 |
| 50 |
Submission by Ora Taiao (PDF, 113 KB) |
28 February 2011 |
| Report: The Greenhouse Development Rights framework (appendix to Ora Taiao submission) (PDF, 389 KB) |
November 2008 |
| Oxfam report: Hang together or separately (appendix to Ora Taiao submission) (PDF, 472 KB) |
June 2009 |
| Article in NZ Medical Journal: Why NZ must halve its greenhouse gas emissions (appendix to Ora Taiao submission) (PDF, 499 KB) |
9 October 2009 |
| Ora Taiao: NZ Climate and Health Policy Statement (appendix to Ora Taiao submission) (PDF, 2.61 MB) |
19 November 2010 |
| 51 |
Submission by Oxfam NZ (PDF, 149 KB) |
28 February 2011 |
| 52 |
Submission by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment (PDF, 261 KB) |
25 February 2011 |
| 53 |
Submission by Stuart Peat (PDF, 48 KB) |
20 February 2011 |
| 54 |
Submission by Dr. Anthony Raizis (PDF, 108 KB) |
15 February 2011 |
| 55 |
Submission by Gareth Renowden (PDF, 66 KB) |
28 February 2011 |
| 56 |
Submission by Ronald Richards (PDF, 72 KB) |
27 February 2011 |
| 57 |
Submission by Malcolm Rollinson (PDF, 55 KB) |
20 February 2011 |
| 58 |
Submission by Bill Sayer (PDF, 284 KB) |
25 February 2011 |
| 59 |
Submission by Royal Society of NZ (PDF, 121 KB) |
28 February 2011 |
| 60 |
Submission by the Seafood Industry Council (PDF, 421 KB) |
28 February 2011 |
| 61 |
Submission by Liz Springford (PDF, 93 KB) |
1 March 2011 |
| 62 |
Submission by Andrew Stewart (PDF, 137 KB) |
20 February 2011 |
| 63 |
Submission by Straterra (PDF, 95 KB) |
28 February 2011 |
| 64 |
Submission by Sustainability Council (PDF, 157 KB) |
28 February 2011 |
| Sustainability Council Report - ETS: Bill to a Future Generation (appendix to Sustainability Council submission) (PDF, 416 KB) |
12 November 2009 |
| Sustainability Council media statement (appendix to Sustainability Council submission) (PDF, 22 KB) |
23 June 2010 |
| 65 |
Submission by Alan Sutherland (PDF, 64 KB) |
21 February 2011 |
| 66 |
Submission by Andrew Thomson (PDF, 348 KB) |
24 February 2011 |
| 67 |
Submission by Richard Treadgold (PDF, 46 KB) |
27 February 2011 |
| 68 |
Submission by Dr. Ry Tweedie-Cullen (PDF, 61 KB) |
14 February 2011 |
| 69 |
Bryan Walker (PDF, 95 KB) |
28 February 2011 |
| 70 |
Submission by Wellington City Council (PDF, 242 KB) |
3 March 2011 |
| 71 |
Submission by Westpac Banking Corporation (PDF, 22 KB) |
28 February 2011 |
| 72 |
Submission by WWF-NZ (PDF, 129 KB) |
28 February 2011 |
| 73 |
Submission by 350 Aotearoa (PDF, 1.60 MB) |
28 February 2011 |
| 74 |
1664 submissions were generated through Greenpeace’s Sign-on website (PDF, 40 KB) |
Between 22 February and 3 March 2011 |
