2019 Directory of Official Information P-R [pdf, 1.2 MB]
...provide an independent check on the capability of the New Zealand system of environmental management and the performance of public authorities in maintaining and improving the quality of the environment. The Commissioner has wide-ranging powers to investigate environmental concerns. ‘Independent’ means independent of the government of the day, so the Commissioner reports not to a Government Minister but to Parliament through the Speaker of the House and the Officers of Parliame...