This Regulatory Impact Statement provides an assessment of proposed legislative amendments to streamline the stewardship land reclassification process. Published May 2023.
This Regulatory Impact Statement provides an assessment of the proposal to modernise the publication requirements for conservation management planning documents. Published May 2023
This Regulatory Impact Statement provides an assessment of the proposal to introduce a threshold for the auditing of reserve boards and reserve administrative bodies. Published May 2023
This Regulatory Impact Statement provides an assessment of options to enable more proactive, transparent, and efficient concessions management through amendments to Part 3B of the Conservation Act 1987. Published May 2023
This Regulatory Impact Statement was prepared by DOC to provide an analysis of options to manage the effects of (non-fishing) impacts on Hector’s and Māui dolphins as part of a revised Hector’s and Māui Dolphin Threat Management Plan. Published November 2020
This Regulatory Impact Statement provided an analysis of options to allow commercial upland game preserves to continue operating until the end of the 2021-2022 game bird hunting season. Published July 2019
This Regulatory Impact Statement provides an analysis of options to manage the importation of trout meat and trout products after the current importation prohibition expires. Published August 2018
This Regulatory Impact Statement provides an assessment of the costs and benefits of the proposed legislation. Published August 2018
This Regulatory Impact Statement provides an assessment of the costs and benefits of the proposed legislation to introduce an infringement notice system for less serious instances of offending under conservation legislation. Published February 2017
These Regulatory Impact Statements provide an analysis of options to improve the protection provided by the Wildlife Act 1953, in particular through the enforcement powers used to manage offending. Published 2015
This Regulatory Impact Statement provides an analysis of options to enable the effective management of the Taupo Sports Fishery by making it practical to more frequently change the conditions for fishing. Published August 2015
This Regulatory Impact Statement has been prepared by the Department of Conservation to provide an analysis of options to undertake the next statutory steps in the creation of five marine reserves on the West Coast South Island. Published 2014
This Regulatory Impact Statement has been prepared by the Department of Conservation to provide an analysis of options for the management of timber harvest from South Island West Coast forests on public conservation land recently affected by cyclonic winds (Cyclone Ita). Published June 2014
Read an analysis of the options for implementing the key components of the Kaikōura Marine Strategy, submitted to the government by Te Korowai o Te Tai ō Marokura in 2012. Published December 2013
This Regulatory Impact Statement provides an analysis of options to provide a public notification process for applications for significant minerals access arrangements on public conservation land. Published 10 August 2012
Read an analysis of options to provide improved marine protection through the establishment of a marine reserve in the territorial sea along the Auckland coastline east of Warkworth, north of the Tāwharanui peninsula. Published August 2011
This Regulatory Impact Statement provides an analysis of options to create marine reserves in the territorial sea around three of New Zealand's subantarctic island groups. Published June 2011
This Regulatory Impact Statement provides an analysis of options for the future management of the Canada goose. Published 1 February 2011