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Ministry for the Environment
Manatū Mō Te Taiao
Agency overview
Formed	1986
Jurisdiction	New Zealand
Headquarters	8 Willis St,; Wellington 6011
Annual budget	Vote Environment; Total budget for 2019/20; $994,991,000
Ministers responsible	Hon Penny Simmonds, Minister for the Environment; Hon Simon Watts, Minister for Climate Change;
Agency executive	James Palmer, Chief Executive and Secretary for the Environment;
Website	environment.govt.nz

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The Ministry for the Environment (MfE; Māori: Manatū Mō Te Taiao) is the public service department of New Zealand charged with advising the New Zealand Government on policies and issues affecting the environment, in addition to the relevant environmental laws and standards. The Environment Act 1986 is the statute that establishes the Ministry.

Description

Functions assigned by Section 31 of the Environment Act 1986 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 climate change.^[3]

The Environmental Protection Authority was set up in 2011 to carry out some of the environmental regulatory functions of the MfE as well as other government departments.

The Ministry for the Environment administer a number of environmental funds:^[4]

Waste Minimisation Fund
Environmental Legal Assistance Fund
Contaminated Sites Remediation Fund

It runs the Green Ribbon Awards, which have been given out by the Minister for the Environment since 1990.^[5]

The Ministry owns the Environmental Choice New Zealand ecolabel,^[6] but it is administered independently by the New Zealand Ecolabelling Trust.^[7]

In 1997 the Ministry released New Zealand's first State of the Environment report.^[8] This was followed up in 2008 by a second report titled Environment New Zealand 2007.^[9] Chapter 13 of this report was removed before final publication but was leaked to the Green Party. After news media reported the existence of the omitted chapter, the Ministry placed the contents on its website.^[10]

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.^[11] 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.^[12]

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.^[13] 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.^[14]

Ministers

The Ministry serves three portfolio and five ministers.^[15]

OFFICEHOLDER	PORTFOLIO(S)	OTHER RESPONSIBILITY(IES)
Hon Penny Simmonds	Lead Minister (Ministry for the Environment) Minister for the Environment
Hon Simon Watts	Minister for Climate Change
Hon Chris Bishop	Minister Responsible for RMA Reform
Hon Andrew Hoggard		Associate Minister for the Environment
Hon Nicola Willis		Associate Minister for Climate Change

List of ministers for the environment

Key

National Labour

	Name	Term of office
1	Duncan MacIntyre	9 February 1972	8 December 1972	Marshall
2	Joe Walding	8 December 1972	10 September 1974	Kirk
3	Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan	10 September 1974	12 December 1975	Rowling
4	Venn Young	12 December 1975	12 February 1981	Muldoon
5	Ian Shearer	12 February 1981	26 July 1984	Muldoon
6	Russell Marshall	26 July 1984	17 February 1986	Lange
7	Phil Goff	17 February 1986	24 August 1987
8	Geoffrey Palmer	24 August 1987	2 November 1990
				Palmer
				Moore
9	Simon Upton	2 November 1990	3 October 1991	Bolger
10	Rob Storey	3 October 1991	29 November 1993
(9)	Simon Upton	29 November 1993	10 December 1999
(9)	Simon Upton	29 November 1993	10 December 1999	Shipley
11	Marian Hobbs	10 December 1999	19 October 2005	Clark
12	David Benson-Pope	19 October 2005	27 July 2007
–	David Parker (acting)	27 July 2007	31 October 2007
13	Trevor Mallard	31 October 2007	19 November 2008
14	Nick Smith	19 November 2008	21 March 2012	Key
–	Chris Finlayson (acting)	21 March 2012	2 April 2012
15	Amy Adams	3 April 2012	6 October 2014
(14)	Nick Smith	8 October 2014	26 October 2017
(14)	Nick Smith	8 October 2014	26 October 2017	English
16	David Parker	26 October 2017	27 November 2023	Ardern
16	David Parker	26 October 2017	27 November 2023	Hipkins
17	Penny Simmonds	27 November 2023	present	Luxon

Notes

^ "Total Appropriations for Each Vote". Budget 2019. The Treasury.
^ ^a ^b "Ministerial List". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
^ Ratnasiri; et al. (12 June 1996). "Report on the in-depth review of the national communication of New Zealand". UNFCCC. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
^ "Sources of funding for projects and participation". Ministry for the Environment. 14 February 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
^ "The Green Ribbon Awards". Ministry for the Environment. 15 April 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
^ "About Environmental Choice New Zealand". Environmental Choice New Zealand. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
^ "The New Zealand Ecolabelling Trust". Sustainable Business Council. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
^ The State of New Zealand’s Environment 1997 Archived 9 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Report Ref. ME612, Ministry for the Environment, Wellington, New Zealand.
^ "State of Environment New Zealand report welcomed". New Zealand Government. 31 January 2008. Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 30 January 2008.
^ "Ministry stands by decision to drop conclusion chapter Media release: 11 February 2008". Ministry for the Environment. 11 February 2008. Archived from the original on 2 April 2008. Retrieved 28 March 2008.
^ "Environment Act 1986". New Zealand Legislator. New Zealand Government. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
^ "About the Ministry for the Environment". Ministry for the Environment. New Zealand Government. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
^ "Resource System management reform". Ministry for the Environment. New Zealand Government. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
^ "Resource System management reform". Ministry for the Environment. New Zealand Government. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
^ "Summary of Ministers and Cabinet portfolios". Ministry for the Environment. Retrieved 16 November 2020.

References

Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.

External links

[1] "Total Appropriations for Each Vote". Budget 2019. The Treasury.

[Ministerial_List-2] "Ministerial List". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 16 November 2020.

[3] Ratnasiri; et al. (12 June 1996). "Report on the in-depth review of the national communication of New Zealand". UNFCCC. Retrieved 15 July 2012.

[4] "Sources of funding for projects and participation". Ministry for the Environment. 14 February 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2011.

[5] "The Green Ribbon Awards". Ministry for the Environment. 15 April 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2011.

[ECNZ_About-6] "About Environmental Choice New Zealand". Environmental Choice New Zealand. Retrieved 19 July 2020.

[SBC-7] "The New Zealand Ecolabelling Trust". Sustainable Business Council. Retrieved 19 July 2020.

[8] The State of New Zealand’s Environment 1997 Archived 9 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Report Ref. ME612, Ministry for the Environment, Wellington, New Zealand.

[9] "State of Environment New Zealand report welcomed". New Zealand Government. 31 January 2008. Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 30 January 2008.

[10] "Ministry stands by decision to drop conclusion chapter Media release: 11 February 2008". Ministry for the Environment. 11 February 2008. Archived from the original on 2 April 2008. Retrieved 28 March 2008.

[11] "Environment Act 1986". New Zealand Legislator. New Zealand Government. Retrieved 14 June 2023.

[12] "About the Ministry for the Environment". Ministry for the Environment. New Zealand Government. Retrieved 13 June 2023.

[13] "Resource System management reform". Ministry for the Environment. New Zealand Government. Retrieved 13 June 2023.

[14] "Resource System management reform". Ministry for the Environment. New Zealand Government. Retrieved 13 June 2023.

[15] "Summary of Ministers and Cabinet portfolios". Ministry for the Environment. Retrieved 16 November 2020.

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 In 1997 the Ministry released New Zealand's first [[State of the Environment]] report.<ref>[http://www.mfe.govt.nz/publications/ser/ser1997/ The State of New Zealand’s Environment 1997] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091009134153/http://www.mfe.govt.nz/publications/ser/ser1997/ |date=9 October 2009 }}, Report Ref. ME612, Ministry for the Environment, Wellington, New Zealand.</ref>  This was followed up in 2008 by a second report titled ''Environment New Zealand 2007''.<ref>{{cite web| title =State of Environment New Zealand report welcomed| publisher =[[New Zealand Government]]| date =31 January 2008| url =http://feeds.beehive.govt.nz/release/state+environment+new+zealand+report+welcomed| access-date =30 January 2008| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20081017114601/http://feeds.beehive.govt.nz/release/state+environment+new+zealand+report+welcomed| archive-date =17 October 2008| df =dmy-all}}</ref> Chapter 13 of this report was removed before final publication but was leaked to the [[Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand|Green Party]]. After news media reported the existence of the omitted chapter, the Ministry placed the contents on its website.<ref>{{cite web| title =Ministry stands by decision to drop conclusion chapter Media release: 11 February 2008| publisher =Ministry for the Environment| date =11 February 2008| url =http://www.mfe.govt.nz/news/enz07-draft-conclusion-chapter-11feb08.html| access-date =28 March 2008| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20080402012228/http://www.mfe.govt.nz/news/enz07-draft-conclusion-chapter-11feb08.html| archive-date =2 April 2008| df =dmy-all}}</ref>
-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.<ref>{{citeweb|url=https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0127/latest/whole.html#:~:text=to%20encourage%20preventive%20measures%20and,the%20protection%20of%20the%20environment.|title= Environment Act 1986|website= New Zealand Legislator |publisher=New Zealand Government|access-date=14 June 2023}} </ref> 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.<ref>{{citeweb|url=https://environment.govt.nz/about-us/ministry-for-the-environment/ |title= About the Ministry for the Environment|website=Ministry for the Environment|publisher=New Zealand Government |access-date=13 June 2023}} </ref>
+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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0127/latest/whole.html#:~:text=to%20encourage%20preventive%20measures%20and,the%20protection%20of%20the%20environment.|title= Environment Act 1986|website= New Zealand Legislator |publisher=New Zealand Government|access-date=14 June 2023}} </ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://environment.govt.nz/about-us/ministry-for-the-environment/ |title= About the Ministry for the Environment|website=Ministry for the Environment|publisher=New Zealand Government |access-date=13 June 2023}} </ref>
-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<ref>{{citeweb|url=https://environment.govt.nz/what-government-is-doing/areas-of-work/rma/resource-management-system-reform/ |title= Resource System management reform |website=Ministry for the Environment|publisher=New Zealand Government|access-date=13 June 2023}} </ref>.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.<ref>{{citeweb|url=https://environment.govt.nz/what-government-is-doing/areas-of-work/rma/resource-management-system-reform/ |title= Resource System management reform |website=Ministry for the Environment|publisher=New Zealand Government|access-date=13 June 2023}} </ref>
+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.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://environment.govt.nz/what-government-is-doing/areas-of-work/rma/resource-management-system-reform/ |title= Resource System management reform |website=Ministry for the Environment|publisher=New Zealand Government|access-date=13 June 2023}} </ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://environment.govt.nz/what-government-is-doing/areas-of-work/rma/resource-management-system-reform/ |title= Resource System management reform |website=Ministry for the Environment|publisher=New Zealand Government|access-date=13 June 2023}} </ref>
 == Ministers==
-The Ministry serves two portfolios and four ministers.<ref>{{cite web |title=Summary of Ministers and Cabinet portfolios |url=https://www.mfe.govt.nz/about-us/our-ministers/summary-ministers-and-cabinet-portfolios |publisher=Ministry for the Environment |access-date=16 November 2020}}</ref>
+The Ministry serves three portfolio and five [[Ministers in the New Zealand Government|ministers]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Summary of Ministers and Cabinet portfolios |url=https://www.mfe.govt.nz/about-us/our-ministers/summary-ministers-and-cabinet-portfolios |publisher=Ministry for the Environment |access-date=16 November 2020}}</ref>
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