Last updated:
3 April 2008
Commissioner Dr Jan Wright and her team deliver numerous
speeches, presentations, briefings and
papers annually. A selection are presented here - to download one, click this icon on the list below:

| Speech, presentation or briefing |
Presenter |
Date |
Download |
|
PCE review of Cawthron Report on Emissions Trading Scheme |
Jan Wright |
May 2008 |

361 KB pdf |
|
Biofuel Bill.
Briefing to Parliament's Local Government and Environment Committee. |
Jan Wright |
April 2008 |

158 KB pdf |
|
Dairy farming impact on water quantity and quality. A briefing to Parliament's Primary Production Select Committee |
Jan Wright |
Oct 2007 |

1.85 MB pdf |
|
Housing affordability: housing's long-term energy costs and other environmental impacts.
A select committee briefing to Parliament's Commerce Committee for its Inquiry into Housing Affordability in New Zealand |
Jan Wright |
Sept 2007 |

43 KB pdf |
|
Resource diplomacy through Gaian eyes - how natural resources will increasingly shape the diplomacy frontline over the next five years. Major Foreign Policy Issues, Wellington |
Morgan Williams |
Feb 2006 |

900 KB pdf |
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Future currents: Electricity scenarios for New Zealand 2005-2050.
Future currents launch, Wellington |
Nick Potter |
July 2005 |

410 KB pdf |
|
Proposed Waitakere Ranges legislation - notes from public meeting. Henderson High School, Auckland |
Mike Moodie |
Apr 2005 |

130 KB pdf |
|
Growing for good: Intensive farming, sustainability and New Zealand's environment. The Lincoln Resource, Christchurch |
Morgan Williams |
Dec 2004 |

1.9 MB ppt |
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Growing for good: Intensive farming, sustainability and New Zealand's environment. NZARM Conference, Gore |
Morgan Williams |
Oct 2004 |

2.1 MB ppt |
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Are we eating our rivers? Agriculture and food market impacts on the health of nature's arteries. Living Rivers Seminar, Timaru |
Morgan Williams |
Sep 2004 |

2.3 MB ppt |
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Water Obesity: The Sustainability Challenge. Water Rights Trust, AGM, Dunedin |
Morgan Williams |
Jul 2004 |

2.0 MB ppt |
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Freshwater: the natural capital account we must keep in credit. RSNZ Freshwater Conference, Auckland |
Morgan Williams |
Nov 2003 |

1.3 MB pdf |
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Learning to be a more sustainable citizen - but learning what? University of Otago, Dunedin |
Morgan Williams |
Oct 2003 |

1.5 MB pdf |
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Sustaining New Zealand's bio-future; improving our navigation skills. NZ Plant Protection Society Conference, Christchurch |
Morgan Williams |
Aug 2003 |

1.4 MB pdf |
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Ways forward through the labyrinth of desires. Reclaiming Our Heritage, The NZ Landscape Conference, Auckland |
Morgan Williams |
Jul 2003 |

870 KB pdf |
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The journey or the destination; where is the RMA taking us? NZPI Conference, Hamilton |
Morgan Williams |
May 2003 |

8.5 MB pdf |
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Sustaining NZ's natural capital; getting beyond environmentalism. National Soil and Health Organic 2020 Conference |
Morgan Williams |
May 2003 |

890 KB pdf |
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Beyond environmentalism to sustainability; fresh water implications. Environment Summit, Wellington |
Morgan Williams |
Mar 2003 |

1.4 MB pdf |
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Sustaining what? Our lifestyles, our natural capital, our economic systems. Canterbury Sustainability Expo |
Morgan Williams |
Feb 2003 |

900 KB pdf |
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A contribution from a global waters group; the International Water Association (IWA). |
Morgan Williams |
Dec 2002 |

3.7 MB pdf |
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Communities showing the way: NZ's sustainable development progress since the Earth Summit in 1992. ANZSEE Conference 2002, ESD strategies in action |
Morgan Williams |
Dec 2002 |

1.2 MB pdf |
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Natural capital: the account we all continue to plunder. International Water Association Conference, Venice, Italy |
Morgan Williams |
Nov 2002 |

1.6 MB pdf |
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Sustaining food and fibre QA systems for pampered palates. Sustainable Management Systems Network (SAMSN) Launch, Wellington |
Morgan Williams |
Sep 2002 |

3.2 MB pdf |
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Sustaining sustainability; New Zealand's progress since Rio. Auckland University's 'Sustaining New Zealand' series, Auckland |
Morgan Williams |
Aug 2002 |

1.2 MB pdf |
|
Lincoln University State of the Nation's Environment Address |
Morgan Williams |
Jul 2002 |

7.6 MB pdf |
|
Sustainability - It's got to be good for you. Address to the New Zealand Association of Environmental Education Conference, Hamilton |
Rochelle Selby-Neal |
Jan 2002 |

1.8 MB pdf |
|
Enhancing the ecological sustainability of NZ's agricultural systems; what role for our native plants? Address to Nature Farming for the 21st Century, 7th International Conference on Kyusei Nature Farming, Christchurch |
Morgan Williams |
Jan 2002 |

1.3 MB pdf |
|
Ecological literacy and institutional capacity - Keys to respecting the quality of life. Address to Asia Pacific Earth Charter Conference, Brisbane |
Morgan Williams |
Dec 2001 |

1.0 MB pdf |
|
Navigation challenges; What course for genetic sciences in NZ's biotic futures? Address to Biotech Industry, Auckland |
Morgan Williams |
Nov 2001 |

1.3 MB pdf |
|
Navigation challenges; What course for genetic sciences in NZ's biotic futures?
Address to the Grasshoppers Club, Ashburton |
Morgan Williams |
Oct 2001 |

950 KB pdf |
|
Innovative Transport Solutions Workshop.
Infrastructure Auckland |
Morgan Williams |
Oct 2001 |

1.8 MB pdf |
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Aotearoa, a first class berth to a more sustainable future - provided...
Sustainable Auckland Congress, Auckland |
Morgan Williams |
Sep 2001 |

3.1 MB pdf |
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Leadership, knowledge and partnership: key ingredients of a more sustainable city - Curitiba, Brazil.
Sustainable Auckland Congress, Auckland |
Morgan Williams |
Sep 2001 |

2.1 MB pdf |
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Roads, sustainability and the environment: the short and long haul.
Address to Bitumen Contractors' Association, Wellington |
Doug Clover |
Aug 2001 |

800 KB pdf |
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Communities, sustainability, environment; how to think about, link and measure them.
Address to Society of Local Government Managers, Wellington |
Morgan Williams |
Sep 2001 |

1.7 MB pdf |
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Sustaining a gondwanan remnant, and its people, through the 21st century; some navigation challenges.
New Zealand Ecological Society Conference, Christchurch |
Morgan Williams |
Aug 2001 |

1.2 MB pdf |
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Leadership, knowledge and partnership: key ingredients of a more sustainable city - Curitiba, Brazil.
Address to New Zealand Institute of Architects, Auckland |
Morgan Williams |
Aug 2001 |

4.3 MB pdf |
|
Crafting sustainable futures needs skilled "builders"; are we fostering them?
Futures Resource Base Conference |
Morgan Williams |
Apr 2001 |

850 KB pdf |
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Address to International Society for Ecological Economics.
Conference 2000, Canberra, Australia |
Morgan Williams |
Jul 2000 |

1.3 MB pdf |