Hon EUGENIE SAGE (Minister of Conservation): Yes, in the context in which they were made or taken. As Minister of Conservation, I stand by the work that the Department of Conservation is doing to implement the Himalayan Tahr Control Plan to ensure that the tahr population in the iconic Southern Alps is managed in accordance with that statutory plan. Over the last 2½ years there has been extensive consultation with hunting groups and control is now under way to bring tahr numbers down to a more sustainable level.