A new International Monetary Fund report confirms Government measures to control debt have left us well placed compared with other developed countries, Finance Minister Bill English says.
Read full release >>State-sector wide procurement reforms are continuing apace, with contracts for printing, copying, fax and scanning machines set to save taxpayers more than $20 million dollars over the next five years, Economic Development Minister Gerry Brownlee says.
Read full release >>Health Minister Tony Ryall has welcomed a cancer drug agreement between Pharmac and pharmaceutical company Roche that will enable more patients to get new cancer drugs, and more cancer patients overall to receive treatment.
Read full release >>Health Minister Tony Ryall says the Tairawhiti District Health Board (DHB) has posted big improvements in key services over the past year.
Read full release >>Over 55,000 four year olds have now received B4School health checks - 40,000 of them in the past 12 months.
Read full release >>The hard work and sacrifice of New Zealand merchant seamen during WWII made an important contribution to Allied victory in 1945, Veterans Affairs Minister Judith Collins said today.
Read full release >>Hon David Carter addresses the NZ Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Science, Canterbury.
Read full speech >>Raising awareness of the impact of falls and alcohol on injuries in the home is the aim of ACC's annual home safety campaign, Safety NZ Week.
Read full release >>Associate Health Minister Tariana Turia will attend the Healing our Spirit Worldwide conference in Honolulu next week.
Read full release >>Minister for Courts Georgina te Heuheu has announced that everyone entering the Auckland District Court will be subject to security screening from today.
Read full release >>Environment Minister Nick Smith today announced the decision to refer the New Zealand Transport Agency's proposal for the Waterview Connection Project to an independent Board of Inquiry under the new national consenting process.
Read full release >>Transport Minister Steven Joyce says confirmation today that the application for resource consent and route designation for Auckland’s Waterview Connection – part of Western Ring Route road of national significance – will be assessed by a Board of Inquiry is an important day for Auckland transport and the economy.
Read full release >>A proposed National Environmental Standard to provide consistency to how district and regional councils manage plantation forestry has been released today by Minister for the Environment Nick Smith.
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