Nick Smith

With Ashburton Mayor - Bede O'Malley. Forest and amp; Bird's South Island Conservation Manager - Chris Todd. Environment and Climate Change Minister - Nick Smith. Audio

Councillors from the Canterbury Regional Council have met with two Government ministers in the wake of a report highlighting major problems with the council's management of water allocation. Audio

The Prime Minister has announced the Government will meet the deadline in the Copenhagen Accord to provide a target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Audio

Federated Farmers is warning the Government's intervention in plans for big indoor dairy farms is a"litmus test"of its commitment to economic growth. Audio

Tax is back on the Government's agenda for the start of 2010 with the Tax Working Group due to release its final report tomorrow. Audio

Climate change talks in Copenhagen are stalling just days before world leaders arrive to try to finalise a deal. Audio

The Council of Trade Unions says the Government is pushing through larger hikes in ACC levies than are needed. Audio

Opponents of the Government claim the original increases proposed for ACC levies were massively overblown, to soften the public up for the levy hikes just unveiled. Audio

The Government denies it has scaremongered over ACC levy increases, saying it has just followed due process. Audio

The chair of the Wellington Regional Council, Fran Wilde, takes exception to a suggestion within that package that such incidents should come under the control of the Environmental Protection Agency. Audio

The National-led Government's amended Emissions Trading Scheme has just passed its final reading in Parliament. Audio

Iwi have failed to get the government to agree to a key demand for flexible land use. This would have meant that when pre-1990 trees are cut down re-planting can be done in a different place. Audio

The Minister for Climate Change Issues Nick Smith is asked why he was opening up conservation land to the possibility of carbon farming by foreign companies Audio

Plans to allow foreign-owned companies to collect carbon credits from trees planted on Department of Conservation land are being described as 'reprehensible', with the potential to cheat New… Audio

Thousands of motorcyclists, angry at proposed hikes in ACC levies have vented their frustration at parliament this afternoon and they're promising this is just the start of nationwide action. Audio

The environmental lobby group, the Sustainability Council is predicting the cost of the emissions trading scheme could blow out by billions more than the 100 billion dollars extra already predicted by… Audio

The Minister for Climate Change Issues Nick Smith joins us. Audio

It's been revealed that National's plan to tackle climate change will add more than a hundred billion dollars to Government debt by 2050. Audio

Joining us is Environment Minister, Nick Smith. Audio

ACC Minister Nick Smith has been listening to that and joins us. Audio