Environment

Report of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Estimate of environmental expenditure 2025/26: Method and results November 2025

Final Report

Environment (Disestablishment of Ministry for the Environment) Amendment Bill

Final Report

Ministry for the Environment and Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Long-term Insights Briefing 2025

Final Report

2024/25 Annual review of the Department of Conservation

Final Report

2024/25 Annual Review of the Climate Change Chief Executives Board, the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment and Predator Free 2050

Final Report

2024/25 Annual review of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority

Final Report

2024/25 Annual review of He Pou a Rangi Climate Change Commission

Final Report

2024/25 Annual review of the Ministry for the Environment

Final Report

2024/25 Annual review of the Environmental Protection Authority

Final Report

Minister's response to the emissions reduction monitoring report for 2025

Final Report

Natural Environment Bill and Planning Bill

Interim Report

Fast-track Approvals Amendment Bill

Final Report

Petition of Forest & Bird: Stop the proposal to allow fishing in high protection areas

Final Report

Report of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Urban ground truths: Valuing soil and subsoil in urban development

Final Report

Reports of the Parliamentary Commissioner of the Environment, Estimate of environmental expenditure, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25

Final Report

Briefing on the Climate Change Commission’s reports and upcoming work programme

Interim Report

Report of the Controller and Auditor-General, Managing conflicts of interest in the Fast-track Approvals process

Final Report

Inquiry into seabed mining in New Zealand

Final Report

Briefing on BIOFIN

Final Report

Game Animal Council (Herds of Special Interest) Amendment Bill

Final Report

Report of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, How ministers and officials developed the first emissions reduction plan - and how to do it better next time

Final Report

Report of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Are we building harder, hotter cities? The vital importance of urban green spaces

Final Report

Report of the Controller and Auditor-General, How well four councils are responding to a changing climate

Final Report

Report of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Going with the grain: Changing land uses to fit a changing landscape

Final Report

Review briefing on the 2023/24 annual review of the Climate Change Chief Executives Board

Final Report

Petition of Alex Johnston: End free carbon credits by 2030 and undertake other actions to reduce emissions

Final Report

Report of the Controller and Auditor-General, Assessing New Zealand's climate change response with ClimateScanner

Final Report

Climate Change Response (Emissions Trading Scheme—Forestry Conversion) Amendment Bill

Final Report

Petition of Kevin Moran on behalf of Save Our Springs: Don't fast track Te Waikoropupū

Final Report

2025/26 Estimates for Vote Environment

Final Report

2025/26 Estimates for Vote Conservation

Final Report

2025/26 Estimates for Vote Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment

Final Report

Petition of Alva Feldmeier on behalf of 350 Aotearoa: Support community energy

Final Report

Briefing from the Climate Change Commission about its recent monitoring and progress reports

Final Report

Resource Management (Consenting and Other System Changes) Amendment Bill

Final Report

Environment Committee—First scrutiny activities report for the 54th Parliament

Final Report

Review briefing on the 2023/24 annual review of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment

Final Report

Petition of Casey Regtien: Require desexing of pet cats and dogs

Final Report

Petition of 350 Aotearoa: Ban new fossil fuel boilers in the state sector

Final Report

Petition of Hauraki Gulf Alliance: Ban mobile bottom-contact fishing methods in the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park

Final Report

Petition of Chlöe Swarbrick: Continue the ban on oil and gas exploration

Final Report

2023/24 Annual review of the Environmental Protection Authority

Final Report

2023/24 Annual review of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment

Final Report

2023/24 Annual review of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority

Final Report

2023/24 Annual review of He Pou a Rangi Climate Change Commission

Final Report

2023/24 Annual review of Predator Free 2050 Limited

Final Report

2023/24 Annual review of the Ministry for the Environment

Final Report

2023/24 Annual review of the Department of Conservation

Final Report

2023/24 Annual review of the Climate Change Chief Executives Board

Final Report

Minister's response to the emissions reduction monitoring report for 2024

Final Report

Petition of Repair Café Aotearoa New Zealand: Make it our right to repair

Final Report

Report of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Knowing what's out there: Regulating the environmental fate of chemicals

Final Report

Report of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Estimate of environmental expenditure 2019/20: Method and results, October 2022

Final Report

Report of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Wellbeing budgets and the environment: A promised land?

Final Report

Petition of Niki Gladding on behalf of Aotearoa Water Action: Push pause on water bottling

Final Report

Report of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment: Environmental reporting, research and investment: Do we know if we’re making a difference? and Report of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the environment: Estimate of environmental expenditure 2019/20: Method and results, October 2022

Final Report

Petition of Aaron Joyes on behalf of Forrest Hill School: Formally place Lake Pupuke within the care of the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park

Final Report

Petition of James Hita: Ban seabed mining

Final Report

Petition of Greenpeace Aotearoa (Juressa Lee): Ban single-use plastic beverage bottles

Final Report

Review briefing on the 2022/23 annual review of Predator Free 2050 Limited

Final Report

Report of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Erratum: A review of freshwater models used to support the regulation and management of water in New Zealand

Final Report

Fast-track Approvals Bill

Final Report

Report of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, A review of freshwater models used to support the regulation and management of water in New Zealand

Final Report

Review briefing on the 2022/23 annual review of the Spatial Planning Board

Final Report

Briefing on NZ ETS unit limits and price control settings

Final Report

Report of the Controller and Auditor-General, Regional councils’ relationships with iwi and hapū for freshwater management - a follow-up report

Final Report

Briefing on agricultural emissions pricing

Final Report

Briefing on biogenic methane

Final Report

Review briefing on the 2022/23 annual review of the Climate Change Chief Executives Board

Final Report

2024/25 Estimates for Vote Conservation

Final Report

2024/25 Estimates for Vote Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment

Final Report

2024/25 Estimates for Vote Environment

Final Report

Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana Marine Protection Bill

Final Report

Environment Committee Scrutiny Plan for the 54th Parliament

Final Report

Inquiry into climate adaptation

Final Report

2022/23 Annual review of the Climate Change Commission

Final Report

2022/23 Annual review of the Ministry for the Environment

Final Report

2022/23 Annual review of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority

Final Report

2022/23 Annual review of the Spatial Planning Board

Final Report

2022/23 Annual review of the Climate Change Chief Executives Board

Final Report

2022/23 Annual review of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment

Final Report

2022/23 Annual review of the Department of Conservation

Final Report

2022/23 Annual review of Predator Free 2050 Limited

Final Report

2022/23 Annual review of the Environmental Protection Authority

Final Report

Petition of Augusta Macassey-Pickard for Coromandel Watchdog of Hauraki: Moratorium on mining permits for conservation land

Final Report

Petitions of Paul Marshall: Save our Waiau River and say no to hydro exception in proposed NPSFM

Final Report

Briefing on environmental outcomes – fresh water

Interim Report

Petition of Royal Forest & Bird Protection Society: Every Wetland Counts: Double the extent of our natural wetlands by 2050

Final Report

Petition of Lydia Chai: Ban plastic waste exports to developing countries

Final Report

Report of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Te Kaitiaki Taiao a Te Whare Pāremata: Space invaders: A review of how New Zealand manages weeds that threaten native ecosystems

Final Report

Briefing into golden clam incursion in the Waikato

Final Report

Briefing on reducing construction and demolition waste going to landfill

Final Report

Climate Change Response (Late Payment Penalties and Industrial Allocation) Amendment Bill

Final Report

Petition of David Famularo: Protect the Longfin Eel/Tuna Kuwharuwharu under the Wildlife Act

Final Report

Petition of Erica Rowlands: Mandate the registration and desexing of pet cats and kittens

Final Report

Petition of Hannah Blumhardt: Take away throwaways for food and drink, and require reusable alternatives

Final Report

2023/24 Estimates for Vote Environment

Final Report

2023/24 Estimates for Vote Conservation

Final Report

2023/24 Estimates for Vote Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment

Final Report

Ministry for the Environment, Manatū Mō Te Taiao, Long-term Insights Briefing 2023

Final Report

Natural and Built Environment Bill

Final Report

Spatial Planning Bill

Final Report

Petition of Todd Muller: Review the proposed ban on fishing on the Astrolabe Reef

Final Report

Sustainable Biofuel Obligation Bill

Final Report

2021/22 Annual review of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment

Final Report

2021/22 Annual review of the Climate Change Commission

Final Report

2021/22 Annual review of the Earthquake Commission (EQC)

Final Report

2021/22 Annual review of the Environmental Protection Authority

Final Report

2021/22 Annual review of the Strategic Planning Reform Board

Final Report

2021/22 Annual review of the Department of Conservation

Final Report

2021/22 Annual review of the Ministry for the Environment

Final Report

2021/22 Annual review of Predator Free 2050 Limited

Final Report

Interim Report (Natural and Built Environment Bill and Spatial Planning Bill)

Interim Report

Climate Change Response (Extension of Penalty Transition for Forestry Activities with Low Volume Emissions Liabilities) Amendment Bill

Final Report

Emissions budgets published in 2022, and the first emissions reduction plan

Final Report

Petition of Tara Shepherd: Potential Environmental Catastrophe at Hector Landfill

Final Report

2022/23 Estimates for Vote Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment

Final Report

2022/23 Estimates for Vote Environment

Final Report

2022/23 Estimates for Vote Conservation

Final Report

Palmerston North Reserves Empowering Amendment Bill

Final Report

Petition of Karli Thomas, on behalf of the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition and its member groups: Save deep sea corals—ban bottom trawling on seamounts

Final Report

Petition of Steve Abel on behalf of Greenpeace: Cut Synthetic Fertilizer, for our Climate and Rivers

Final Report

Petition of Laurance Paterson ONZM: Rewrite the Essential Freshwater rules

Final Report

2020/21 Annual reviews of the Department of Conservation and the Ministry for the Environment

Final Report

2020/21 Annual review of Predator Free 2050 Limited

Final Report

Reports of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment on tourism

Final Report

Report of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Te Kaitiaki Taiao a Te Whare Pāremata: A review of the funding and prioritisation of environmental research in New Zealand

Final Report

Hazardous Substances and New Organisms (Hazardous Substances Assessments) Amendment Bill

Final Report

Petition of Michelle Carmichael for Fight the Tip: Tiaki te Whenua Incorporated: Ban landfills near waterways

Final Report

Briefing into the Department of Conservation's permit protocols and procedures

Final Report

Petition of Niamh Peren: Establish a unified nationwide waste and recycling strategy

Final Report

Petition of George Hobson for Forest and Bird Youth: Put nature at the heart of the COVID-19 recovery

Final Report

2020/21 Annual review of the Environmental Protection Authority

Final Report

2020/21 Annual review of the Climate Change Commission

Final Report

2020/21 Annual review of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment

Final Report

Petition of Vandana Erin Ryder for Parvati Foundation: Sign the Marine Arctic Peace Sanctuary Treaty to protect all life

Final Report

Resource Management (Enabling Housing Supply and Other Matters) Amendment Bill

Final Report

Report of the Controller and Auditor-General, Using different processes to protect marine environments

Final Report

Inquiry on the Natural and Built Environments Bill: Parliamentary Paper

Final Report

Petitions of Mark Patterson: Remove Aluminium Dross from the Mataura Paper Mill

Final Report

2021/22 Estimates for Vote Conservation

Final Report

2021/22 Estimates for Vote Environment

Final Report

2021/22 Estimates for Vote Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment

Final Report

Report of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment: Managing our estuaries

Final Report

Crown Pastoral Land Reform Bill

Final Report

Petition of Erin Hampson-Tindale: Ban the live export of our treasured native tuna/eels

Final Report

Petition of Conrad Tangaroa John House and 1,055 others: Save our bees

Final Report

2019/20 Annual review of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment

Final Report

2019/20 Annual review of the Department of Conservation

Final Report

2019/20 Annual review of Predator Free 2050 Limited

Final Report

2019/20 Annual review of the Climate Change Commission

Final Report

2019/20 Annual review of the Ministry for the Environment

Final Report

2019/20 Annual review of the Environmental Protection Authority

Final Report

Petition of Holly Dove: Establish a Nationwide Bottle Deposit Scheme

Final Report

Climate Change Response (Auction Price) Amendment Bill

Final Report

Building (Building Products and Methods, Modular Components, and Other Matters) Amendment Bill

Final Report

Petition of Kerry Worsnop for Fifty Shades of Green: Avoid Incentivising Farmland Afforestation For Emissions Offsetting

Final Report

Report of the Office of the Ombudsman, Official Information Act compliance and practice: Department of Conservation

Final Report

Report of the Office of the Ombudsman, Official Information Act compliance and practice: Ministry for the Environment

Final Report

Petition of Mark Patterson: Remove Aluminium Dross from the Mataura Paper Mill

Interim Report

Petitions of Niamh Peren: Introduce new & simple labels on food & drink packaging indicating recyclability

Final Report

Petition of Helen Moore for the Year 7/8 Girls' Class at Hikurangi School: Save Our Taonga

Final Report

Report of the Controller and Auditor-General, Sea Change - Tai Timu Tai Pari: Creating a marine spatial plan for the Hauraki Gulf

Final Report

Briefing on waste management

Final Report

2020/21 Estimates for Vote Environment

Final Report

2020/21 Estimates for Vote Conservation

Final Report

2020/21 Estimates for Vote Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment

Final Report

COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Bill

Final Report

International treaty examination of the Annex VI regulations for the prevention of air pollution from ships contained in the Protocol of 1997 to MARPOL

Final Report

Petition of Niamh O'Flynn - Stop Te Kuha Coal Mine

Final Report

Forests (Regulation of Log Traders and Forestry Advisers) Amendment Bill

Final Report

Urban Development Bill

Final Report

Climate Change Response (Emissions Trading Reform) Amendment Bill

Final Report

2018/19 Annual review of the Ministry for the Environment

Final Report

2018/19 Annual reviews of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority, NZ Walking Access Commission, and the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment

Final Report

2018/19 Annual review of Predator Free 2050 Limited

Final Report

2018/19 Annual review of the Environmental Protection Authority

Final Report

Resource Management Amendment Bill

Final Report

Briefing to investigate food waste in New Zealand

Final Report

Briefing on the Lake Horowhenua Project

Final Report

Report of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Te Kaitiaki Taiao a Te Whare Pāremata, Focusing Aotearoa New Zealand's environmental reporting system

Final Report

2018/19 Annual review of the Department of Conservation

Final Report

Report of the Controller and Auditor-General, Managing freshwater quality: Challenges and opportunities

Final Report

Report of the Controller and Auditor-General, Crown investment in freshwater clean-up

Final Report

Petition of Aaron Joyes for Long Bay Primary school - Tangaroa's Taniwha (Room 19): Extend the Okura Marine Reserve to include Waiake Beach

Final Report

Petition of Aaron Joyes for Long Bay Primary School - Tangaroa's Taniwha (Room 19) and 2,612 others: Extend the Okura Marine Reserve to include Waiake Beach

Final Report

Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Amendment Bill

Final Report

Petition 2014/0135 of Ann Ruxton and 3,596 others

Final Report

Briefing on the report of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Farms, forests and fossil fuels: The next great landscape transformation?

Final Report

Kāinga Ora—Homes and Communities Bill

Final Report

2019/20 Estimates for Vote Conservation

Final Report

2019/20 Estimates for Vote Environment

Final Report

2019/20 Estimates for Vote Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment

Final Report

Conservation (Indigenous Freshwater Fish) Amendment Bill

Final Report

Report of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment: A Zero Carbon Act for New Zealand: Revisiting Stepping stones to Paris and beyond

Final Report

Briefing on kauri dieback

Final Report

Briefing on the scale, impact and sources of plastic pollution in New Zealand's coastal waters

Final Report

Briefing on the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Overseer and regulatory oversight report

Final Report

2017/18 Annual Review of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA)

Final Report

2017/18 Annual Review of the Department of Conservation

Final Report

2017/18 Annual Review of the Environmental Protection Authority

Final Report

2017/18 Annual Review of the Ministry for the Environment

Final Report

2017/18 Annual review of the New Zealand Walking Access Commission

Final Report

2017/18 Annual Review of Predator Free 2050 Limited

Final Report

2017/18 Annual Review of The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment

Final Report

International exchange 2018: climate change legislation and policies

Final Report

Litter (Increased Infringement Fee) Amendment Bill

Final Report

Crown Minerals (Petroleum) Amendment Bill

Final Report

International Treaty Examination - Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

Final Report

Conservation (Infringement System) Bill

Final Report

America's Cup Road Stopping Bill

Final Report

2018/19 Estimates for Vote Environment

Final Report

2018/19 Estimates for Vote Conservation

Final Report

2018/19 Estimates for Vote Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment

Final Report

Briefing on the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects) Amendment Bill

Final Report

Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects) Amendment Bill

Final Report

Petition 2014/0149 of Laura O'Connell Rapira

Final Report

Report of the Controller and Auditor-General, Monitoring how water is used for irrigation

Final Report

Briefing on the Controller and Auditor-General, Draft Annual Plan 2017/18

Final Report

Briefing on the Environmental Protection Authority Annual Review

Final Report

Petition 2014/0137 of Grahame John Smith

Final Report

2016/17 Annual review of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA)

Final Report

2016/17 Annual Review of the Environmental Protection Authority

Final Report

2016/17 annual review of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment

Final Report

2016/17 Annual Review of Predator Free 2050

Final Report

2016/17 annual review of the New Zealand Walking Access Commission

Final Report

2016/17 annual review of the Ministry for the Environment

Final Report

2016/17 Annual review of the Department of Conservation

Final Report

Report of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Stepping stones to Paris and beyond: Climate change, progress, and predictability

Final Report

Christ Church Cathedral Reinstatement Bill

Final Report