Media Release Index 2002

MSC Hoki appeal shows fishery should never have been certified (16 December 2002)
If in doubt, keep it out! (16 December 2002)
Forest and Bird to launch save the albatross campaign in New Zealand (13 December 2002)
Fiordland should be a marine park (10 December 2002)
Recreational hunting won't save nature from thar (6 December 2002)
Water conservation order recommendation for Rangitata River welcomed (30 October 2002)
Parrot disease could wipe out kakapo (25 October 2002)
More backward steps on Resource Management Act (17 October 2002)
Government selling off native forests (13 October 2002)
Blue Duck slides closer to extinction (9 October 2002)
The Resource Management Act - Investment in the Future (8 October 2002)
Orange roughy cut welcomed but elephant fish increase opposed (3 October 2002)
Review shows sneaky pests beyond the border (25 September 2002)
Forest and Bird welcomes Painted Apple Moth decision (10 September 2002)
Forest and Bird supports measures to limit thar (4 September 2002)
Undaria, blackberry of the sea, found in Firth of Thames (21 August 2002)
Little Barrier Island rat eradication good news for conservation (13 August 2002)
Important kiwi habitat set to be rolled, crushed and burned (6 August 2002)
PCE’s sustainable development report: Government should release its own sustainable development draft strategy (5 August 2002)
Fisheries fails to consider potential impacts of deepwater prawn fishery (25 July 2002)
Labour’s environment policy scores a bare pass, but the conservation policy is much better (18 July 2002)
Forest and Birds welcomes Green’s marine policy (5 July 2002)
National attacks the RMA (4 July 2002)
Forest and Birds welcomes painted apple moth decision (3 July 2002)
Bare pass for National's environmental policies (2 July 2002)
Stronger controls needed on overseas land ownership (27 June 2002)
Forest and Bird welcomes Cabinet delay on painted apple moth (25 June 2002)
MAF plans to abandon Painted Apple Moth eradication (24 June 2002)
Sandra Lee an inspirational Minister of Conservation (17 June 2002)
Keep out the spiders (14 June 2002)
Billionaire asked to help expand new tussockland park (12 June 2002)
Marine Reserves Banners Presented to Prime Minister (7 June 2002)
Extra funding for thar control welcome (6 June 2002)
Kakapo recovery shows the way for ecosystem restoration (22 May 2002)
Wellington marine reserve announcement welcomed, but... (15 May 2002)
Government SILNA package welcomed (12 May 2002)
Forest and Bird welcomes Hector's dolphin initiative by Department of Conservation (9 May 2002)
Quicker action needed to clean up dairy streams (3 May 2002)
Greater action needed on North Island Hector's dolphin (1 May 2002)
Japanese Prime Minister's visit: PM asked to put extinction of albatross on the agenda (1 May 2002)
New Zealand's leading conservation organisation joins BirdLife International's albatross and petrel campaign (20 April 2002)
World Earth Day: Let's save New Zealand's albatross and petrels from extinction (20 April 2002)
Ban on feral deer recovery a threat to forests (19 April 2002)
Closure of squid fishery welcomed - sea lions safe...for now (11 April 2002)
A clear vision required for Auckland's transport system - Central Auckland Branch (8 April 2002)
Aucklanders don't seem to realise that Auckland's (North Island) Hector's dolphin now as rare as the kakapo - Waitakere Branch (8 April 2002)
Ferret ban welcomed (28 March 2002)
Okarito declaration launched (25 March 2002)
End of state sponsored logging and protection of West Coast native forests is major conservation gain (25 March 2002)
Forest and Bird recognises efforts of those involved in the Hunua kokako project (22 March 2002 - Auckland)
1080 reassessment (20 March 2002)
Hurunui River threatened by dam proposal (14 March 2002)
Waiheke marine reserve decision welcomed (13 March 2002)
Locals and conservation groups rally to save Hector's dolphin (12 March 2002)
Select committee fails to safeguard coastal commons (8 March 2002)
Seaweek 2002: new Zealanders want more marine reserves (8 March 2002)
Urgent action needed on Hector's dolphin (6 March 2002)
Marine farms affect dusky dolphins (27 February 2002)
ECAN Plan "fatal" for Central Plains Water (26 February 2002)
Ministerial letters reveal government concerns about water (22 February 2002)
Dolphin deaths alarming - emergency action needed on set nets (21 February 2002)
Aquaculture moratorium strongly supported (21 February 2002)
Kapiti Island homestay risks island's ecology (20 February 2002)
Reserve a valentine (14 February 2002)
Marine reserves needed to help solve the Marlborough Sounds fisheries crisis (5 February 2002)
World Wetland Day 2002: New Zealand lags behind developed nations in terms of wetland protection (1 February 2002)
Nelson Launch of Forest and Bird's Marine Reserve Campaign (1 February 2002)
Taranaki launch of Forest and Bird's Marine Reserve Campaign (1 February 2002)
Dolphin deaths alarming - action needed on set nets (31 January 2002)
Changes to Marine Reserves Act welcomed (30 January 2002)
Great Barrier incident highlights need for ferret ban (22 January 2002)
Painted apple moth an environmental danger (18 January 2002)
DoC's air leniency on air access criticised (8 January 2002)