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18 July, 2008

Peters to attend ASEAN meetings in Singapore

Foreign Minister Winston Peters will discuss a range of political and security issues at Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) meetings in Singapore next week.

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18 July, 2008

Dr Chris Eichbaum appointed to Reserve Bank Board

Dr Chris Eichbaum, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy in the School of Government at Victoria University, has been appointed to the Reserve Bank Board.

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18 July, 2008

Dunne welcomes move towards reducing tax return complexity

A consultation paper on company tax return is issued

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18 July, 2008

Cosgrove welcomes rugby league review committee

Cosgrove says review of rugby league will address the challenges facing this bedrock sport

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17 July, 2008

State services productivity in focus

Further improving productivity in the state sector is the focus of a new State Services Productivity Kit launched today.

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17 July, 2008

Australia, NZ imputation and franking credits

The Australian and New Zealand governments are open to the idea of moving toward mutual recognition of imputation and franking credits between firms that invest in each other’s country

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17 July, 2008

Trans-Tasman retirement savings portability

Officials from Australia and New Zealand will finalise the text of a deal by the end of October that will facilitate the portability of private retirement savings across the Tasman

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17 July, 2008

Australia, NZ progress bilateral economic interests

Finance Minister Michael Cullen and Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan discuss how to progress the shared goal of a Single Economic Market, and made several SEM-related announcements

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17 July, 2008

Australian ETS similar to New Zealand’s

The New Zealand government welcomes the Australian government’s proposal for a Carbon Pollution Reduction scheme.

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17 July, 2008

Air Ambulance Report released

The Minister of Health David Cunliffe and the Minister for ACC Maryan Street are supporting a set of recommendations from the Air Ambulance Reference Group, but they say much more work is needed before any changes should be made.

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17 July, 2008

Public Defence Service will employ permanent staff

The decision to authorise the employment of permanent staff represents the first stage of making the pilot permanent.

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17 July, 2008

Mobility dog training programme in prisons

Corrections Minister Phil Goff launches programme which involves prison inmates helping train mobility dogs to help people in the community

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17 July, 2008

Photocopier assembly employment for prisoners

Corrections Minister Phil Goff launches prisoner employment partnership between the Department of Corrections and Canon New Zealand

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16 July, 2008

Kawarau Water Conservation Order special tribunal announced

A special tribunal has been appointed to consider an application to amend the Kawarau Water Conservation Order, Associate Environment Minister Nanaia Mahuta announced today.

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16 July, 2008

Families and young people focus of regional plan

Youth Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta says helping families and young people in the Taranaki, King Country and Wanganui regions is a priority for the Ministry of Social Development.

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16 July, 2008

Outstanding Tertiary Teaching Celebrated

This year’s Tertiary Teaching Excellence Award recipients form an extraordinarily high calibre and motivated group of teachers, Tertiary Education Minister Pete Hodgson said tonight.

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16 July, 2008

New Zealand signs new science agreement with EU

Minister of Research Science and Technology Pete Hodgson announced today the signing of an agreement between New Zealand and the European Union that will broaden New Zealand’s collaboration with the European Union’s science community.

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16 July, 2008

Phil Goff to travel to Geneva for WTO ministerial meeting

Trade Minister Phil Goff will travel to Geneva tomorrow to meet with other Trade Ministers with the aim of progressing the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) Doha Development Round trade negotiations.

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16 July, 2008

Successful test flights for Air Force C-130 Hercules

The first of the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s upgraded C-130 Hercules has completed a series of successful test flights, Defence Minister Phil Goff said today.

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16 July, 2008

New Zealand Defence Force officer to assist UN in Darfur

The Government has approved a request from the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) to redeploy a New Zealand military liaison officer from Sudan’s capital Khartoum to Darfur, Defence Minister Phil Goff said today.

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16 July, 2008

US Secretary of State to visit New Zealand

Condoleezza Rice is to visit New Zealand in late July, Foreign Minister Winston Peters has announced.

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16 July, 2008

Minister opens Benneydale treatment plant

A new upgraded water treatment plant in the small Waitomo village of Benneydale was officially opened today by Associate Health Minister Damien O’Connor.

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16 July, 2008

Approval granted for Vector Wellington network sale

Consent has been granted to the joint bid by Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Limited (CKI) and Hongkong Electric Holdings Limited (HKE) to acquire up to 100 percent of the shares of Vector Wellington Electricity Network Limited (VWENL).

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15 July, 2008

NZ and PNG Sign New Aid Strategy

The New Zealand-Papua New Guinea aid strategy signed in Port Moresby today marks a major milestone in the relationship between the two countries, says Foreign Minister Winston Peters

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15 July, 2008

New aquaculture initiatives announced

Funding has been announced for aquaculture projects in Tasman, Northland and Marlborough aimed at progressing aquaculture planning and the sustainable development of the aquaculture industry in New Zealand.

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15 July, 2008

Ancestry visa access to UK safe for Kiwis

New Zealanders who have grandparents born in the United Kingdom will continue to be able to live and work in the UK for up to five years using ancestry visas

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15 July, 2008

Good management key to weathering dry winter

The electricity industry’s success in weathering the dry winter has been due to good management, not a lucky ‘gamble’, Energy Minister David Parker said today.

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15 July, 2008

Pathways to Inclusion making new ground

Thousands of disabled New Zealanders are experiencing improved access to the workplace and community services.

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15 July, 2008

Youth Employment News positive

Reports released today show that youth labour market indicators have improved markedly in the past seven years.

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15 July, 2008

Waikato part of huge investment in public health

Official opening of the first facilities to be completed at Waikato Hospital -- part of the Waikato District Health Board’s $215 million redevelopment programme

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