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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Dunne welcomes move towards reducing tax return complexity
A consultation paper on company tax return is issued
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Cosgrove welcomes rugby league review committee
Cosgrove says review of rugby league will address the challenges facing this bedrock sport
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Photocopier assembly employment for prisoners
Corrections Minister Phil Goff launches prisoner employment partnership between the Department of Corrections and Canon New Zealand
Read full release >>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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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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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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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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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.
Read full release >>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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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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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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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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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).
Read full release >>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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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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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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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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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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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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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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