Environment Minister Trevor Mallard has announced the opening of the 2009/2010 Sustainable Management Fund, which is designed to assist community groups, iwi, businesses and local government in making a positive difference to the environment.
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WAIKATO — Environment Minister Trevor Mallard yesterday visited homes in Taupo and Rotorua benefiting from government funding to replace inefficient wood burners with clean heating and install insulation - to reduce air pollution and protect people's health.
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A new design guide will help with setting up Resource Recovery Parks where New Zealanders can drop off unwanted appliances and goods instead of dumping them at landfills, Environment Minister Trevor Mallard said today.
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The government’s $33.75 million investment in Emirates Team New Zealand boosted the New Zealand economy by around $2 for every dollar of public funding, Associate Finance Minister Trevor Mallard said today.
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A New Zealand eco-labelling scheme that tells consumers if furniture or paper products come from recycled or sustainable sources has been given a big tick in an international study.
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Further improving productivity in the state sector is the focus of a new productivity kit launched by Labour Minister Trevor Mallard today at the P3 Productivity Partnership and Public Value Conference.
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Environment Minister Trevor Mallard today announced funding for aquaculture projects in Tasman, Northland and Marlborough aimed at progressing aquaculture planning and the sustainable development of the aquaculture industry in New Zealand.
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Broadcasting Minister Trevor Mallard says he is now waiting for the end of TVNZ's employment talks with television presenter Tony Veitch before making any substantive comment on the issue.
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The government and Atihau-Whanganui Incorporation (AWI) have agreed to a settlement of AWIs claims for costs and losses incurred as a result of its lands being subject to the vested lands regime, Associate Finance Minister Trevor Mallard announced today.Â
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A proposed National Environmental Standard to improve the environmental performance of domestic on-site wastewater systems is out for public comment, Environment Minister Trevor Mallard said today.
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The government is going to amend the Employment Relations Act to ensure employers meet their obligations to pay contributions to their employee's KiwiSaver accounts, Labour Minister Trevor Mallard said today.
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DUNEDIN — School children are teaming up with music star Che Fu to spread the word about recycling glass through rap, Environment Minister Trevor Mallard said today.
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Labour Minister Trevor Mallard today reminded workers of their new entitlements to flexible working arrangements - available from 1 July - for those who need to balance their work with caring for other people.
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Labour Minister Trevor Mallard today welcomed the opening of the Centre for High Performance Work as an important initiative to help boost workplace productivity through collaboration between workers and employers.
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Employment protections for temporary and casual workers are to be strengthened under proposed changes to the Employment Relations Act, Labour Minister Trevor Mallard announced today.
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New Zealand businesses are set to strengthen the kiwi presence and leadership on the United Nations' Climate Neutral Network - with 16 joining so far and others poised to sign up, Environment Minister Trevor Mallard said at a Wellington meeting of the international network today.
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Environment Minister Trevor Mallard said it was a pleasure and an honour for New Zealand to be hosting such a significant international event as today's World Environment Day.
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Two proposed national environmental standards aimed at improving the management and security of the national grid will be reconsidered and reworked following public feedback, Environment Minister Trevor Mallard said today.
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More than 80,000 old and unwanted agrichemical containers have been collected in the first year of a national rural recycling programme, thanks to the Agrecovery Foundation, Environment Minister Trevor Mallard said today.
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The National Party looks set to make workers in KiwiSaver pay the price for John Key’s big tax cut plans at the election, Labour Minister Trevor Mallard said today.
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Significant new investments in New Zealand’s arts, culture, and heritage are a feature of Budget 2008.
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Significant new investments in New Zealand’s arts, culture, and heritage are a feature of Budget 2008.
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NZ On Air’s annual Local Content report shows the highest ever levels of local content on New Zealand television for the second year in a row, Broadcasting Minister Trevor Mallard said today.
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CHRISTCHURCH — New Zealand is well placed to put sustainability at the heart of business thinking and decision-making and use it to gain the edge over others in the global market, Environment Minister Trevor Mallard today told delegates at the Small Business Expo in Christchurch.
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Broadcasting Minister Trevor Mallard and Associate Health Minister Damien O'Connor today welcomed new television food advertising guidelines for children as a step forward in tackling New Zealand’s obesity problems.
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State Owned Enterprises Minister Trevor Mallard and Commerce Minister Lianne Dalziel today announced a proposal to allow State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) and Crown Research Institutes (CRIs) to cooperate without breaching the Commerce Act.
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WEST COAST — Minister for the Environment Trevor Mallard has decided not to call in Meridian Energy’s proposal to construct a dam on the Mokihinui River on the West Coast of the South Island.
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A new research report on New Zealand children’s media use provides important information for caregivers, educators and broadcasters across all media genres, Broadcasting Minister Trevor Mallard said today.
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WELLINGTON — The tourism industry is to be congratulated for committing to recycling facilities to help New Zealand maintain its ‘clean and green’ reputation overseas, Environment Minister Trevor Mallard and Tourism Minister Damien O'Connor said today at the launch of Love NZ – Recycle with care at the YHA Wellington City.
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Inspiring youth to take action against climate change in their communities is the aim of the 2008 Sir Peter Blake Youth Environment Forum which kicks off today, Environment Minister Trevor Mallard said.
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More than 100 school and community projects around the country will mark New Zealand's hosting of World Environment Day on June 5 and receive government funding, Environment Minister Trevor Mallard announced today.
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Report to the Minister of Labour by the Department of Labour into employment of chinese Shanghai-based staff by Air New Zealand.
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Labour Minister Trevor Mallard said today that he was very unhappy with reports that some employers are attempting to pay those in KiwiSaver less than the people working alongside them who are not in the scheme.
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A new eco advice booklet is available off the internet from today to help the 91 per cent of New Zealanders who have said they want to know more about how they can protect the environment, Environment Minister Trevor Mallard said today.
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Land and water conservation, climate change, and sustainability are the focus of seven national projects and 32 regional projects which are set to receive grants under the Sustainable Management Fund, Environment Minister Trevor Mallard said today.
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Agencies in the core public service today released their carbon emissions inventories and carbon reduction plans as the first step in New Zealand's internationally ground-breaking Carbon Neutral Public Service programme, Environment Minister Trevor Mallard announced today.
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Eleven special environmental events and projects around the country have been awarded grants so far as part of the lead-up to New Zealand's first ever hosting of World Environment Day on June 5, Environment Minister Trevor Mallard announced today.
"It is great to see communities, organisations and individuals getting behind World Environment Day 2008 and helping to make New Zealand’s hosting of the event a memorable one," Trevor Mallard said.213 views
Labour Minister Trevor Mallard today urged all employers to make sure they start paying their youth workers the new adult minimum rate of $12 an hour - from today (April 1) - if they meet the key criteria.Â
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Environment Minister Trevor Mallard today welcomed the start of a pilot scheme for an energy advice helpline providing free, independent professional advice for people wanting to discuss their home energy needs.Â
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The government is supporting moves to raise workplace standards and protections for cleaners in the property services industry, with government departments to adopt a set of principles for all new contracts from April 1.
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The government is to boost protections for vulnerable workers and breastfeeding mothers by putting minimum meal and rest break requirements into the law, along with a code of practice to promote breastfeeding in the workplace.
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A proposed national environmental standard on ecological flows and water levels will help look after New Zealand's freshwater resources, Environment Minister Trevor Mallard said today.
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A new National Policy Statement on Electricity Transmission will require decision makers to consider the national significance of a reliable and secure electricity supply - as well as adverse environmental effects - when they assess proposals for New Zealand's national grid, Environment Minister Trevor Mallard said today.
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TAUPO — Environment Minister Trevor Mallard today announced the members of a Board of Inquiry to consider Contact Energy’s proposal for a new geothermal power station at Te Mihi near Taupo.
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Environment Minister Trevor Mallard today announced that Dr Rajendra Pachauri (UN Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change Nobel laureate), President Tong of Kiribati and Achim Steiner (United Nations Environment Programme Executive Director) will be coming to New Zealand to help celebrate the internationally recognised World Environment Day on 5 June this year.
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Current management of nutrient inputs and outputs at farm level is simply not enough to reverse decline in water quality, Environment Minister Trevor Mallard and Agriculture Minister Jim Anderton said today.
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A new requirement aimed at boosting the sustainable management of New Zealand's freshwater resource through the use of measurement devices has been approved by the government, Environment Minister Trevor Mallard and Agriculture Minister Jim Anderton announced today.
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New research out today reveals New Zealanders have widespread concern for environmental issues and are hungry to learn more about how they can make a difference in their own homes, Environment Minister Trevor Mallard said today.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Environment Minister Trevor Mallard will today visit Christchurch eco-fashion success story Untouched World to pay tribute to its global leadership in sustainable business.
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Environment Minister Trevor Mallard will today publicly notify two renewable energy development proposals that he has called in, and encourages anyone with an interest in them to make a submission.
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Councils are to receive assistance to improve their consent processing performance by focusing on best practice, Environment Minister Trevor Mallard said today.
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The report Environment New Zealand 2007 provides a timely check up on the health of our environment and charts New Zealand’s journey towards sustainability, Environment Minister Trevor Mallard said at the report's launch today.
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A review of digital broadcasting regulation in New Zealand is out now for public submissions and feedback, Broadcasting Minister Trevor Mallard and Communications and Information Technology Minister David Cunliffe said today.
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KAIKOURA — Kaikoura's first 'LoveNZ' recycling bins which encourage recycling in public places were unveiled today by Environment Minister Trevor Mallard.
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Environment Minister Trevor Mallard said today that he intends to call in two renewable energy development proposals under the Resource Management Act.
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A new guide to help employers manage shift work and the sometimes dangerous effects of fatigue in the workplace is out today, Labour Minister Trevor Mallard said.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Speech to Local Government NZ national council meeting, Local Government Offices, Lambton Quay, Wellington.
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The latest GDP data has encouraging signs for the New Zealand economy, which continues to show solid growth.
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The government today announced a new process for the sale of all Crown-owned land to ensure national interests including heritage, cultural, local and recreational values are better protected.
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Members of Parliament were today encouraged to get active in the lead up to Sport and Recreation New Zealand's (SPARC) 2007 Push Play Nation campaign which launches on Sunday 16 September 2007.
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