Speeches 

Opening of Taputeranga Marine Reserve

Steve Chadwick

07.09.2008

Speech by Hon Annette King on behalf of Conservation Minister Steve Chadwick at the opening of the new Taputeranga Marine Reserve and the beginning of Conservation Week. Wellington.

I am delighted to be able to open this new marine reserve, on the doorstep of our capital city.

And what a wonderful start to Conservation Week!  This year's theme for Conservation Week is "Meet the Locals, Tutakitia te Iwi Kainga", and as the recent marine bioblitz showed, this new m...  more +

NZ Deerstalkers Association conference

Steve Chadwick

18.07.2008

NZ Deerstalkers Association conference Speech by Conservation Minister Steve Chadwick to the New Zealand Deerstalkers Association conference.

Thank you for your welcome. It is a pleasure to be here with you this evening. When you first invited me to speak I was the MP for Rotorua, now I am here as Minister of Conservation, and have many more things to talk to you about now!

I know you are all keen to hear my decisions on the Min...  more +