2020 consultations

Have your say in the first of two rounds of public consultation on the Remarkables Conservation Areas’ reclassification. Submissions closed 26 February 2021.

The Minister of Conservation invites tender applications for an opportunity to apply for a concession for a licence/lease at Titirangi Farm Park in the Marlborough Sounds. Applications closed 1 March 2021.

Have your say on the proposed renaming of Te Whanganui a Hei Marine Reserve. Submissions closed 29 October 2020.

Have your say on a proposal to vest Taia Bush Historic Reserve on Rēkohu/Wharekauri Chatham Island in Hokotehi Moriori Trust. Submissions closed 30 October 2020.

Have your say on the Draft Management Plan to manage the Taupō Waters. Submissions closed 1 October 2020.

Let us know if you’re interested in using the Officers’ Mess building in O Peretu/Fort Takapuna Historic Reserve in Auckland. Submissions closed 14 August 2020.

Have your say on the proposed regulations to control trade in extinct species such as moa. The last day for receiving submissions is Monday 28 September 2020.

In June 2020, the Minister of Conservation commissioned a review of the governance of Fish & Game New Zealand and regional Fish and Game councils. This was at the request of Fish and Game.

Have your say on proposals to change five Marine Mammal Sanctuaries and a proposal to ban seabed mining in Te Rohe o Te Whānau Puha/Kaikōura Whale Sanctuary. Submissions closed 21 July 2020.

Have your say on the proposed name of Wairarapa Moana for Lakes Wairarapa and Onoke and the wetland area around them. Submissions closed 26 March 2020.

The partial review of the Otago Conservation Management Strategy has been approved and became operative on 1 July 2022.

Public consultation on the proposal to establish a network of marine reserves and marine protected areas along the south-east coast of the South Island closed on 3 August 2020

Express your interest in the grazing land at Okiwi Recreation Reserve on Aotea/Great Barrier Island. Submissions closed 6 March 2020.

Submissions closed 16 March 2020. You can read the submissions people gave when the public was asked how we could manage whitebait in New Zealand.

View the authorisation (permit) applications received in 2020.

Find out about the previous review of the National Park Management Plan for Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park, which was paused in 2019.