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Ministers’ Priorities for 2006/07

The priority environmental issues for our Ministers in 2006/07 included a focus on:

  • Initiatives to improve New Zealand’s sustainability

  • Climate change policy advice and implementation

  • Climate change reporting

  • Waste minimisation and management

  • Initiatives to improve producer responsibility for their products and wastes

  • Sustainable Water Programme of Action

  • Flood risk management review

  • Oceans policy, particularly for the Exclusive Economic Zone

  • Improving our cities through quality urban design

  • Clean-up of contaminated land

  • Providing national direction under the Resource Management Act and improving the Act’s implementation

  • Environmental reporting.

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