Tourism and the environment

New Zealand’s natural environment and landscapes motivate many people to visit.

Environment

The natural environment plays an important role in New Zealand’s economic development.

Managing the environmental impacts of development, and leveraging our natural assets, underpins a lot of the Ministry's work in one way or another.

What we do

Some of the areas we advise on include:

Environmental policy

For more information on
environmental policy,
visit the Ministry for the Environment website.

Growing our economy while caring for the environment.

Growing our economy while caring for the environment is the goal of “Green Growth” – an idea growing in popularity around the globe.