Environment

Links to our reports, articles, blog posts, and published letters about environmental agencies and environmental matters.
Cover image - Apr 30, 2007 Waste management planning by territorial authorities

April 2007: All territorial authorities must adopt a waste management plan. In this audit, we checked whether all had done so, and whether six were implementing them. Some of the plans were out of date or did not contain all the information we expected...

Cover image - Dec 14, 2002 Department of Conservation: Administration of the Conservation Services Programme

December 2002: We conducted this inquiry as a result of a complaint from a body that represents the interests of its shareholding fishing companies and associations. The complaint was supported by specific case studies illustrating the body’s concerns about the way that the Department of Conservation manages the Conservation Services Programme...

Cover image - Nov 14, 2002 Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry: Management of Biosecurity Risks

November 2002: In this report we assessed how MAF manages terrestrial biosecurity risks. We also examined seven case studies as illustrations of MAF’s application of biosecurity risk policies and procedures, and identified areas where we think improvements can be made...

Cover image - Nov 14, 2002 Management of Biosecurity Risks: Case Studies

November 2002: This report contains seven case studies that highlight how departments have managed specific biosecurity risks. The case studies illustrate how departments have worked together, and how the policies and procedures of the Biosecurity Programme have been applied in relation to specific biosecurity risks...

Cover image - Apr 14, 2001 Meeting International Environmental Obligations

April 2001: New Zealand is party to almost 50 multilateral environmental agreements. All impose obligations that New Zealand has agreed to meet - and none are easy to implement. They are often complex and their scientific basis is not always agreed or well understood...

Cover image - Dec 22, 1990 Marine Fisheries Management

December 1990, ISBN 0 477 02818 7. Jointly prepared by the Controller and Auditor-General and the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment.