Nick Smith

DOC is backing a monorail that cuts into Fiordland National Park, arguing its impacts on conservation land will be minor. Audio

The Government is selling off 400 state houses in the provinces and offering first home buyers a 20-thousand dollar subsidy to buy them. Only first-home buyers are eligible for the scheme. They have… Audio

Solid Energy restructure announced; Govt's $20K subsidy for first home buyers; US government shuts down; ACC levies could fall as Corporation posts $4.9 billion surplus. Audio

An email circulated to senior Department of Conservation staff says the Minister Nick Smith wanted to see the submission DoC proposed to make on the Ruataniwha dam before it was lodged. Audio

Housing Minister Nick Smith discusses the rising house prices. Audio

The Government's latest plan to save the world's rarest dolphin has already been rubbished by some experts who say it will not be enough to keep them from extinction. Audio

More on our top story now - with the Conservation Minister declining a Milford Dart project to put a tunnel through the Fiordland and Mt Aspiring National Parks. Audio

Arsenic contamination that's a threat to human health and the environment has been discovered at an abandoned gold mine on the West Coast. Audio

The International Whaling Commission says the world's rarest dolphin - the Maui - could be extinct in less than 20 years if more isn't done to stop it being caught by fishers. Audio

Parliamentary chief reporter Jane Patterson takes a look at the push from the National-led government for more mining in New Zealand, and the tensions between creating jobs and revenue, the… Audio

Housing Minister Nick Smith on new mechanisms to tackle the residential housing shortage and rising prices. Audio

Anti-mining protesters are promising to camp in front of the bulldozers to stop an open cast coal mine on the Denniston Plateau on the West Coast. Audio

More now on the Government's plan to rapidly double the number of homes being built in Auckland and the warning that if it fails, the economic pain could be felt across the country. Audio

Housing New Zealand will get a $320 million insurance payout to repair more than 5500 quake-damaged state homes in Canterbury. Audio

The Housing Minister says the shortage of homes in Christchurch is a challenge, not a crisis. Audio

Gary Taylor, chair of the Environmental Defence Society; and Conservation Minister, Nick Smith. Audio

Insiders within the Auckland Council believe that the Government is preparing to sideline them and impose its own plan for the future shape of the city. Audio

Insiders within the Auckland Council believe that the Government is preparing to grant itself the power to intervene in planning the future shape of the city. Audio

The Minister of Housing has acknowledged tension between the Government and the Auckland Council over how to boost the supply of homes in the city. Audio

With Nick Smith - Minister for housing. Andrew King - President of the New Zealand Property Investors Association. Audio