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The New Zealand and Australian governments have today committed to further business law integration.

Paper land records held in Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) branch offices will be moved to main centres once the offices are closed.

One of my key goals as Commerce Minister is to improve New Zealand confidence in investing in local business.

The Minister for Information Technology Paul Swain has unveiled the programme outline for the government's e-commerce summit in November.

Thanks for the invite to speak to you today. I'm here to talk to you about how we are going to plug New Zealand into the online world.

Information Technology Minister Paul Swain has encouraged unions to embrace the online world and take advantage of the benefits it has to offer their members.

Thanks for the invitation to speak to you today.

Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today in my role as Associate Minister of Justice.

The Minister of Commerce Paul Swain today announced the appointment of Paula Rebstock to the Commerce Commission.

Thank you for inviting me here today, this is my first opportunity to talk to you as Associate Minister of Energy – and Minister with responsibility for Crown Minerals.

Thanks for the opportunity to speak to you today. I'm just going to make some quick introductory remarks about my portfolios before talking about some of the key issues. Then we can get down to some questions.

Commerce Minister Paul Swain has welcomed the release of a discussion paper on the first stage of the Securities Regulations review.

The Ministry of Economic Development and the New Zealand Securities Commission are releasing the paper today.

Good morning and thank you for the invite today. I was told when I was invited that I could talk about whatever I liked for fifteen minutes. How could a Minister of Communications and IT resist such an invite like that to this audience!

The government acknowledges receipt of the draft report from the Ministerial Inquiry into Telecommunications, and welcomes the fact that the report is being circulated for further consultation.

The government has dedicated more than $11 million over the next four years to promote e-commerce in New Zealand.

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Thank-you for the opportunity to talk to you today about electronic commerce and government policy. In fact opportunity is the underlying theme of my speech - particularly the opportunity that change can open up.

Rimutaka MP and local member Paul Swain is returning to hospital this Tuesday for a planned operation.

This is a final planned procedure following his illness at the beginning of this year.

The Government intends to implement a takeovers code as soon as possible to ensure that small investors get fair treatment in takeovers situations and to improve overseas perceptions of our market Commerce Minister Paul Swain said today.

The latest statistics about the New Zealand Information Technology market show a booming industry worth billions of dollars to New Zealand.