Pest problems: The view of the new zealand conservation authority

Abstract

Its functions include the provision of advice on conservation issues of national importance to Government and to the Department of Conservation (Doc). It has a statutory role in the approval of management plans for national parks and other important areas of the conservation estate. It advises the Minister and the Director-General of Conservation annually on priorities for the expenditure of money. One analogy that I like is that we are the Board of Directors of Doc. In that sense, Regional Conservation Boards, established in each conservation district, are the Boards of Directors of Regional Conservancies themselves. The Regional Conservators (at this meeting, Stella Penny for Waikato) are the Chief Executive Officers of those bodies. © 1993 The Royal Society of New Zealand.