Media Release Index 2005

December
21 - Government climate change bill in tatters?
16 - High Court decision offers better future for endangered giant land snail
12 - Media Advisory - Fight to save threatened snail heads to High Court
07 - School pupils commended for new marine reserve
07 - Fisheries Minister reduces allowable sea-lion kill
02 - New research confirms the scale of slaughter of albatrosses

November
22 - High Court to rule on protection of threatened giant land snail
10 - Hoki fishery not yet sustainable
08 - Sustainable fish guide launched with celebrity chips
08 - Best Fish Guide 05-06: Key background information
07 - Tribute to Rod Donald
04 - Set net ban needed to protect Hector's Dolphin

October
31 - Lakeside lands at Tekapo should stay in Crown ownership
20 - Tui is New Zealand's Bird of the Year 2005
05 -Voting opens for New Zealand's Bird of the Year 2005

September
29 - Solid Energy's haste risks giant land snail's extinction
21 - World class wetland protected in Horowhenua
13 - Will National chop DOC to fund tax cuts?
12 - Labour's conservation policy welcomed
08 - Power generation proposal would ruin the Wairau River
07 - Kakapo Hatch a Name 2005 competition winners announced
07 - Campaign leaflet undermines kiwi protection

August
31 - National urged to state conservation land agenda
26 - Environment Court's dismissal of Solid Energy's costs application welcomed
26 - Dolphin plan must include four new sanctuaries
25 - National's forest logging policy major threat to conservation lands
24 - Political parties urged to back new marine strategy
24 - Thar statue at Aoraki/Mr Cook as silly as a rabbit statue in Twizel
17 - Kevin Smith - A mighty kahikatea has fallen
16 - Solid Energy is the "emergency" threatening land snails
04 - Hauraki Gulf Forest and Bird to celebrate Te Matuku Marine Reserve
03 - Parliament fast tracks changes to weaken the RMA
02 - Business writes own rules

July
31 - Mainstream New Zelanders excluded from RMA standards development
29 - New Marine Reserve contributes to Gulf protection
28 - Seal shooters suitably slapped
27 - Farm deer escapes threaten native forests
25 - Mainstream NZ would be excluded by National's RMA changes
15 - Abel Tasman Park Foreshore Reserve welcomed
08 - Solid Energy and Landcare Research's excuses don't stack up
08 - Solid Energy pressure leads to instruction to mislead court and casues witness to withdraw

June
29 - Catlin's mataitai supported
23 - Forest and Bird lodges High Court appeal on Cypress mine decision
20 - National's fisheries policy will lead to further fishing job losses
20 - Less say on a power station than a garage
19 - Scientist elected new Forest and Bird President
16 - Great Barrier Marine Reserve proposal welcomed
15 - Antarctic liability measure welcomed
15 - Eyre Mountains/Taka Ra Kaka Conservation Park celebrated
14 - Six Pack of new High Country Parks launched
12 - National Party commits to retaining DOC
08 - Media Advisory - Election Year Conservation Forum
07 - High Country left vulnerable by Overseas Investment Bill
02 - Moth find shows need to overhaul container inspections
01 - Nine native bird species edge closer to extinction - global assessment

May
26 - Dismal decision on Cypress mine
25 - Greens energy policy welcome
20 - Regulations to reduce seabird deaths welcome
18 - Media Backgrounder - Issues for Seafood Industry Conference
16 - New Forest and Bird magazine published
16 - Fishing industry urged to condemn thuggery
07 - Forest and Bird applauds Project Hauraki
06 - Media Backgrounder - Action to reduce seabird deaths welcomed
06 - Decisive action to save albatross welcomed
04 - Carbon charge welcomed but more action needed
03 - Media Backgrounder - Albatross rescue plan endangered
03 - Albatross rescue plan endangered

April
19 - Supreme Court Decision Victory for Public Participation
18 - Imminent Closure of Squid Fishery
17 - Extinction Threat for Giant Land Snail from Solid Energy's Stockton Mine
16 - Ark in the Park Returns Robins to the Ranges
13 - Marine Reserve Bill commitment welcomed
12 - Deer Repellent Bait Will Take Money From Saving Nature
01 - Labour's Pot Call's National's Kettle Black

March
31 - Nuggets Not Large Enough
23 - English Backtracks on Marine Reserves Commitment
17 - Billion Dollar Asset Deserves National Party Support
16 - Don Brash Announces High Country Privatisation Agenda
11 - High Country Accord Threat a "smokescreen"
08 - Ahuriri Conservation Park a Stunning Achievement
08 - North Nelson Marine Reserve Approval Welcomed
08 - New Zealand Part of Regional Fisheries Organisation Failing to Safeguard World's Threatened Albatrosses
06 - New Zealand Should Heed HRH The Prince of Wales' Call to Action to Stop Albatross Slaughter
03 - MED Paper Confirms Fears About RMA Changes

February
24 - National Supports High Country Farmers Paying Less Rent Than State House Tenants
23 - Call-in - No to Marsden B, But Yes to Future Pet Projects?
22 - New Island Sanctuary Welcomed
21 - Marsden B Will Pollute Forest and Marine Reserves
15 - Cabinet Warned that RMA Changes Could Increase Costs
10 - New Editor for Forest & Bird Magazine
10 - Forest and Bird Appoints Accomplished Manager to New Executive Position

January
30 - Bottom Trawling Threatens Potential Cancer Cures
19 - Tapuae Marine Reserve Proposal Welcomed