Speeches & presentations

Commissioner Dr Jan Wright and her team deliver a number of presentations and speeches to interest groups and the public each year. A selection of these is presented here. If you cannot find a presentation or speech you are looking for, please email us.

Speech and presentation Date
Smart Meters Presentation to Commerce Committee

This is the Commissioner's speech to the Commerce Select Committee responding to submissions on her report "Smart electricity meters: How households and the environment can benefit"

Dec 2009
Letter to the International Energy Agency

Prior to a meeting with the International Energy Agency in early December, the Commisisoner sent this letter summarising the issues she wanted to discuss.

Dec 2009
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association

This is the Commissioner's presentation on Climate Change to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. Attending were MPs from New Zealand, Australia, and the Pacific.

Nov 2009
ANZ School of Government conference

This is Dr Wright's climate change presentation to the Australia and New Zealand School of Government conference in Wellington on 30 October 2009.

Oct 2009
Change in the High Country: Environmental stewardship and tenure review

On the release of her report 'Change in the high country: Environmental stewardship and tenure review', the Commissioner presented her findings and recommendations to a group of interested parties at Lincoln University.

Apr 2009
Blueprints for Sustainable Infrastructure Conference

The Commissioner addresses the topic: "Chipping Away at Sustainability", to open this conference hosted by the New Zealand Society for Sustainability Engineering and Science.

Dec 2008
Lincoln Biofuels Forum

The Commissioner addresses the topic: "Biofuels - Some big questions", at the NZ Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences

Aug 2008
State of the Environment Conference

The Commissioner addresses the topic: "Prioritising Environmental Challenges: What Matters Most?" as the first in a series of presentations on this topic. This transcript is from her address at Lincoln University.

Aug 2008