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Ministry outcomes

The Ministry has adopted seven outcomes in order to show how it is contributing to the Government’s goals and fulfilling its responsibilities under the Environment Act. It is to these outcomes that the Ministry has aligned all its work programmes. It is also under these seven outcomes that the Ministry will base its future environmental reports.

The outcomes towards which the Ministry is working in the medium term are:

  1. New Zealand’s air, water and natural resources are protected, enhanced and used sustainably.
  2. New Zealanders are informed of the progress being made towards a healthy environment and participate actively through action on the ground.
  3. Our towns, cities and communities function well and are healthy and attractive for business, social and cultural life.
  4. Government and industry work together so that industry is competitive, profitable and grows sustainably.
  5. The Ministry fulfils international obligations and looks after New Zealand’s interests in climate change and preparation for climate change impacts.
  6. New Zealand has credible and effective environmental governance and legislation.
  7. The Ministry has the capability to deliver the advice and services the Government expects of it.

Details of the work programmes supporting these outcomes are described in the following pages. These set out what the Ministry will do, why we are doing it, what we will do over three years (2006-2009) and our progress markers over that period.

To present this clearly and simply, each outcome has a set of work areas assigned to it that best fit the objectives. In reality, of course, work areas usually contribute to more than one outcome.

Outcome 1. New Zealand’s air, water and natural resources are protected, enhanced and used sustainably

Outcome 2. New Zealanders are informed of the progress being made towards a healthy environment and participate actively through action on the ground

Outcome 3. Our towns, cities and communities function well and are healthy and attractive for business, social and cultural life

Outcome 4. Government and industry work together so that industry is competitive, profitable and grows sustainably

Outcome 5. The Ministry fulfils international obligations and looks after New Zealand’s interests in climate change and preparation for climate change impacts

Outcome 6. New Zealand has credible and effective environmental governance and legislation

Outcome 7 The Ministry has the capability to deliver the advice and services the Government expects of it.

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