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EPISODE · Jun 22, 2026 · 9 MIN

Explainer: What actually is the Conservation Amendment Bill?

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We're going to keep you right across the All Whites game against Egypt which is happening as I speak, so don't have any worries about missing out. But we're starting the show talking about the Conservation Amendment Bill. This passed it's first reading at Parliament last month, and is currently out for submissions from the public. But there seems to be a lot of confusion about exactly what this Bill sets out to do. Lobby group Forest and Bird has released maps of New Zealand, showing large areas of potentially affected land that could be put up for sale should the Bill be passed. But the Minister of Conservation, Tama Potaka, was on Morning Report this morning saying that DOC is not embarking on a programme of selling conservation land and that this is all in the name of achieving better conservation outcomes. Here to help explain exactly what's going is RNZ In Depth reporter Farah Hancock. [picture id="4JMW1XI_00_Thumb__public_conservation_land_jpg" crop="16x10" layout="full"]  

We're going to keep you right across the All Whites game against Egypt which is happening as I speak, so don't have any worries about missing out. But we're starting the show talking about the Conservation Amendment Bill. This passed it's first reading at Parliament last month, and is currently out for submissions from the public. But there seems to be a lot of confusion about exactly what this Bill sets out to do. Lobby group Forest and Bird has released maps of New Zealand, showing large areas of potentially affected land that could be put up for sale should the Bill be passed. But the Minister of Conservation, Tama Potaka, was on Morning Report this morning saying that DOC is not embarking on a programme of selling conservation land and that this is all in the name of achieving better conservation outcomes. Here to help explain exactly what's going is RNZ In Depth reporter Farah Hancock. [picture id="4JMW1XI_00_Thumb__public_conservation_land_jpg" crop="16x10" layout="full"]

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