The Bluegreens Forum took place on the weekend of October 6th-7th 2007 and was a great success, with over 80 delegates. The Forum was hosted at the Distinction Te Anau Hotel and Villas in the magnificent Te Anau.
A gallery of candid photos taken during the Forum sessions and the Forum fieldtrip can be browsed below. Please also find a selection of presentations from the Forum below.
The weekend of October 6-8, 2006, saw the launch of the National Party discussion paper on environment policy, a key topic of discussion at the Forum on October 7-8. The Forum was hosted at the Out of Styx Cafe in the magnificent Maungatautari Ecological Reserve, 40 minutes drive from Hamilton.
For the discussion document itself -- A Bluegreen Vision for New Zealand -- click here (880KB PDF)
Hon Dr Nick Smith talks briefly about the National Party environment policy discussion document.. (1:04)
Peter Neilson, chief executive of the NZ Business Council for Sustainable Development. At the Bluegreens Forum (7 October) he shared some of his insights about National's new environment policy discussion paper, calling it "the most impressive document that's been released on the environment in the last 10 years." (29 seconds)
Former Green Party MP Ian Ewen-Street recently made the move to National -- and to the leaderhip cadre of the Bluegreens. Here he shares some thoughts about the importance of National's new environment policy discussion paper. (27 seconds)
