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The Government's approach to funding health services suitable for young people has lead to $2.5 million being pumped into the innovative One Stop Shops this year, says Hon Deborah Morris.
- Deborah Morris
- Youth Affairs
Health Minister Bill English announced today that children would be given priority on hospital waiting lists for assessments and surgery with the new money the Government was planning to allocate t
- Bill English
- Health
Health Minister Bill English said today steps were being taken to further reduce the cost of administering the public health service.
- Bill English
- Health
Health Minister Bill English said today solving the underlying causes of youth suicide was extremely difficult and it was not a problem that could be pinpointed as a failing of the health system.
- Bill English
- Health
Cabinet today authorised the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister responsible for overseeing Waitangi Day activities, Hon Winston Peters, to approve spending of up to $100,000 for the celebration of
- Winston Peters
- Deputy Prime Minister
Government House, Wellington
5.00pm Friday 6 February 1998
- Jenny Shipley
- Prime Minister
The $59 million higher than forecast operating surplus recorded in the Government's Financial Statements for the five months to November 1997 are further evidence the Government is in a healthy fin
- Winston Peters
- Treasurer
More young New Zealanders will be able to experience the thrills of reading and books thanks to extra Government funding announced today for the Alan Duff "Books in Homes" programme.
- Wyatt Creech
- Education
A new law passing its final hurdle in Parliament today helps ensure school aged students don't miss out on the quality education they need, Education Minister Wyatt Creech said today.
- Wyatt Creech
- Education
Schools in high cannabis growing regions in New Zealand will be the first to benefit from drug education programmes from the beginning of the new school year Minister of Education, Wyatt Creech, an
- Wyatt Creech
- Education
Conservation Minister, Nick Smith today released scientific research from a joint Department of Conservation and Auckland University project, indicating that the remnants of the once numerous New Z
- Nick Smith
- Conservation
The new Minister for Biosecurity, Hon John Luxton today commended the Ministry of Health's initiation of prompt follow-up action to a MAF inspector's detection of Asian tiger mosquito larvae on an
- John Luxton
- Biosecurity
"The Environmental Protocol to the Antarctic Treaty, which comes into effect on 14 January 1998, will usher in a strict new regime of environmental management for Antarctica", the Associate Ministe
- Simon Upton
- Environment
INFANT PRODUCTS SAFETY
Acheiving The Goal - Safe Products And Safe Use
AN AGENDA FOR ACTION
- Robyn McDonald
- Consumer Affairs
Minister of Fisheries, Hon John Luxton, said this afternoon that any fishing boat which was fishing illegally could be confiscated, along with its fish catch and even other assets of registered own
- John Luxton
- Fisheries and Aquaculture
Minister of Fisheries, Hon John Luxton, said today that he will be taking a paper to Cabinet next Tuesday considering officials advice on what could be done to make progress with Maori Customary fi
- John Luxton
- Fisheries and Aquaculture
Associate Health Minister Hon Tuariki Delamere said today that, contrary to a grossly misleading New Zealand Herald headline, the Government's policy of free doctors' visits for children under six
- John Delamare
- Associate Minister of Health
The Minister of Agriculture, Lockwood Smith, today praised the efforts of farmers, Federated Farmers and the local community for the way they had pulled together to cope with the effects of the dro
- Jenny Shipley
- Prime Minister
The Government has been formally notified that the Chinese State Council has designated New Zealand as an approved destination for Chinese tourists, Tourism Minister Murray McCully announced today.
- Murray McCully
- Tourism
Minister of Agriculture, Lockwood Smith, will visit drought affected Marlborough tomorrow to see first hand the extent and seriousness of the drought.
- Dr Lockwood Smith
- Agriculture
The Bougainville Peace Process and drought relief will be at the top of the agenda when the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Don McKinnon meets with Papua New Guinea Prime Minister, Bill Skat
- Don McKinnon
- Foreign Affairs and Trade
"Penalties and remedies under the Commerce Act must deter anticompetitive conduct," Minister responsible for competition policy, the Minister of Commerce, Hon John Luxton said today.
- John Luxton
- Commerce
The Minister of Maori Affairs, the Hon Tau Henare, said today he had some sympathy for Waitangi Tribunal claimants frustrated by the speed in which claims are processed.
- Tau Henare
- Maori Affairs
The old Chinese saying 'May you live in interesting times' has recurred to me several times since I became Prime Minister six months ago.
- Jenny Shipley
- Prime Minister