RECENT GOVERNMENT POLICY -- PLANNING FOR A BETTER ENVIRONMENT.

The article focuses on a series of draft documents and discussion papers on environmental policy including climate change measures, energy and contaminated land remediation released by the New Zealand government. A range of options to reduce emissions caused by the transportation sector are being proposed in the Draft Energy Strategy. It cites the proposed changes to the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act (HSNO) 1996. The government plans to increase the level of national information collection on contaminated land.