Vote for the Environment

- Environmental Charter 2002 -

Results 2002
Key Committments
Charter 2002 (PDF 335k)
Legislation Analysis
1999 Summary
Performance Review
 N E W S
July 23, 2002 Survey: Coalition Choices Crucial for Environment
The make-up of any coalition after the election will be crucial for the environment according to a report which contains an analysis of party policies released today by environment, conservation and recreation organisations.  MORE
Labour's environment policy scores a bare pass, but the conservation policy
Labour's environment policy is long on generalities but short on specifics, however, the conservation policy is much better, says Forest and Bird.  MORE
July 04, 2002 - Coalition throws down the environmental gauntlet
The Vote for the Environment Campaign today released its comprehensive portfolio of preferred environmental policies, the Environmental Charter, for the 2002 Election.  MORE

Kia Ora and Welcome

This is the fifth election that ECO, Forest and Bird, Federated Mountain Clubs and Greenpeace have combined to promote good environmental policies to political parties, members, the public and officials. This year we will again be asking political parties to say whether they support or not these policies. Results of the questionnaire and a comparison of the parties policies will be update on this web site. The groups will also be commenting on party policies as they are released.

Past performance:
Before the last election the groups published the "Environmental Charter 1999" and asked all the major parties to commit to the policies that we had developed. Since then, ECO has pressed for the policies in the charter and have raised them with both officials and Ministers. It is timely that we take a look to see how the government has performed. [ Download 1999 Summary ] ECO gives the government a mixed report card - with some notable achievements and some significant disappointments. The disappointments largely reflect the anti-environmental stance of some in the Cabinet, election year jitters, bureaucratic inertia or down-right opposition to Ministerial wishes, and in one case, a Minister who has felt apparently no sense of commitment to either the policies or to environmental group aspirations. You can read the review of the labour - Alliance Government's performance in ECOlink here

Environmental Performance Review: The Labour - Alliance Government 1999 - 2002 [ Download 1999 Summary ]

Environmental Performance Review:
The Labour - Alliance Government 1999 - 2002 [ Download ]

The Vote for the Environment campaign is a non-partisan campaign promoting the adoption of key environmental policies by political parties. Information will be published to assist voters assess where the parties stand. The environment and recreation groups supporting the campaign are ECO, Federated Mountain Clubs, Greenpeace and the Royal Forest & Bird Protection Society.