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24 December 2001Media Statement
Auckland rail deal clinched

The Crown and Tranz Rail have completed the Crown’s purchase of the Auckland rail corridor.

21 December 2001Media Statement
Radio Network Expressions of Interest Wanted

December 20 2001Media Statement
Airlines To Pay For Security Screening
Airlines are to be charged to fund security screening arrangements for domestic air travellers, Transport Minister Mark Gosche announced today.

20 December 2001Media Statement
Government announces Pacific access scheme

Government Ministers today announced a limited access programme for residents from Tonga and the small Pacific atolls of Tuvalu and Kiribati.

19 December 2001 Media Statement
New Rules To Boost Vehicle Safety

19 December 2001Media Statement

An independent review into civil aviation medical standards was released by Transport Minister Mark Gosche today.

December 14 2001Media Statement

Lifejackets are likely to be required to be carried on all recreational craft from mid next year, Transport Minister Mark Gosche said today.

14 December 2001Media Statement
Pacific FM Network Gets Go-Ahead

Embargoed until noon Saturday 15 December 2001

December 7 2001Media Statement
Auckland Gets Transport Advocate
Embargoed Until 11.30 am.

7 December 2001Media Statement
Grafton Gully Goes Ahead
Embargoed Until 11.30am
Construction on Auckland’s Grafton Gully project is expected to be underway next month, Transport Minister Mark Gosche announced today.

Search and rescue vessels are to be refunded the money they currently pay on petrol excise duty, Transport Minister Mark Gosche announced today.

7 December 2001Media Statement

The Southerner passenger rail service would need a ninety per cent increase in passengers from 50,000 to 95,000 a year to have any chance of becoming viable, a viability study on the future of the service shows.

After a year of income related rents approximately 53,000 low income families are enjoying the benefits, Housing Minister Mark Gosche said today.

November 28 2001Media Statement

National’s opposition to road safety enforcement legislation could put lives at risk, Transport Minister Mark Gosche said today.

26 November 2001Media Statement

Problems regarding the use of breath-testing, speed measurement and weighing devices in the courts will be removed with a new Bill introduced into the House today.

November 19 2001Media Statement

Embargoed Until 1am, Nov 19 2001

November 16 2001Media Statement

The Government will commission a study of the market power of New Zealand’s shipping ports, Commerce Minister Paul Swain and Transport Minister Mark Gosche announced today.

14 November 2001 – embargoed until 3pmMedia Statement
350 more places in Pacific Early Childhood Education

7 November 2001Media Statement
Samoana Video Launched

Samoa’s first film history will have its New Zealand launch tonight.

Housing Minister Mark Gosche and Te Tai Tokerau MP Dover Samuels today open four new homes at Takou Bay in Northland, the first State houses to be completed on Maori land since 1992.

The current temporary measures for screening domestic air travellers and carry-on baggage in New Zealand are to become permanent, Transport Minister Mark Gosche announced today.

Housing and Pacific Island Affairs Minister Mark Gosche and Associate Health and Housing Minister Tariana Turia were delighted to attend a ‘healthy home’ opening in Otara for a family of nine including 7 children this morning.

October 26 2001Media Statement

The 34,000 drivers aged over 75 on New Zealand’s roads now have a guide advising them on road rules, the licensing process and the road environment.

October 19 2001Media Statement
Community Renewal Programme Launched

Housing Minister Mark Gosche today launched the government's Community Renewal programme in the Christchurch suburb of Aranui.