As succinctly noted in Pānui 13/2026, last month the Minister of Conservation, Tama Potaka, introduced the Conservation Amendment Bill to Parliament. He described this as an ‘overhaul’ of New Zealand’s conservation system. Three of the key proposed changes are as follows. Introducing a single National Conservation Policy Statement (NCPS) to
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