budget 2000: Nurturing the environment
New Zealand's clean, green environment must be maintained. It is important not just to the quality of life of our
citizens but also to our image overseas and therefore to our tourism trade and to our export markets, especially for
food.
Biodiversity
$187 million New Zealand Biodiversity Strategy announced 8 June.
Energy efficiency
$3 million a year funding boost to the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority. The new money virtually doubles
the Authority's budget, taking it to $7.1 million a year.
Climate change
An extra $2.3 million a year for work to enable New Zealand to ratify the Kyoto Protocol.
Public transport
The annual expenditure “cap” of $46.2 million on public transport will be lifted.