40674 (2025). Hon Rachel Brooking to the Minister of Foreign Affairs

40674 (2025). Hon Rachel Brooking to the Minister of Foreign Affairs: What positions, if any, did New Zealand oppose during the August 2025 international treaty on plastic pollution negotiations in Geneva?

Rt Hon Winston Peters: The New Zealand delegation engaged in the negotiations in accordance with the Cabinet mandate 15 April 2024, which has been proactively released and is available on the Ministry for the Environment's website: https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fenvironment.govt.nz%2Fwhat-government-is-doing%2Fcabinet-papers-and-regulatory-impact-statements%2Fupdated-negotiating-mandate-for-an-international-treaty-on-plastic-pollution%2F&data=05%7C02%7CSally.Zhang%40mfat.govt.nz%7C853f1ab5f02242c3e51908dde372f48e%7C1aaaec2a4cb748cca7da41e33f622781%7C0%7C0%7C638916805054560927%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=f04%2BC1LPDuKTwEBqlv%2BEhAOCjZI68Z861RuL7TiYpAI%3D&reserved=0 The New Zealand delegation advocated for an effective, science-based treaty with provisions on remediation of plastic pollution and waste management, while also including "upstream measures" to avoid and reduce plastic waste in the first place.