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A New Zealand funded eco-tourism project in Lao People’s Democratic Republic (formerly Laos) won a United Nations Development Award for “significant achievement in the area of sustainable development and poverty alleviation”.

A new approach to the New Zealand Government’s aid programme in Indonesia will see a shift towards direct poverty intervention in the country’s poorest areas, Associate Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Matt Robson announced today.

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This is the first time I have addressed the psychological service staff as a group, although I have come across some of you individually in my role as Minister of Corrections.

16 October 2001 Embargoed until 8pmMedia Statement

"Because of the work that you do, there are people going about their daily lives today who could have been victims of crime, but are not," Corrections Minister Matt Robson told the Psychological Service Conference in Rotorua tonight.

"Whether faced with nuclear weapons, germ warfare, chemical weapons or the illegal trade of guns, all countries need to work together now to keep weapons out of the hands of terrorists," says Disarmament Minister Matt Robson.

"Landonline is a ground-breaking project which moves the registration of New Zealand land transactions from an unsustainable paper environment to the new world of digital exchange, says Land Information Minister, Matt Robson.

Tena koutou katoa

"Landonline is a ground-breaking project which moves the registration of New Zealand land transactions from an unsustainable paper environment to the new world of digital exchange, says Land Information Minister, Matt Robson.

New Zealand and its partners in the New Agenda initiative reaffirmed their determination to pursue global nuclear disarmament in New York yesterday.

The Government is addressing the changes needed to detain serious violent offenders like Taffy Hotene through its Sentencing Reform Project, says Minister of Corrections Matt Robson.

Mrs Pauline Tangiora of Mahia has been appointed to the Public Advisory Committee on Disarmament and Arms Control (PACDAC) Disarmament Minister Matt Robson and Foreign Minister Phil Goff announced today.

New laws passed by Parliament yesterday will give court registrars the power to waive, refund or postpone civil court fees if either the applicant is unable to pay, or the case concerns a matter of public interest and would not otherwise proceed.

New laws passed by Parliament yesterday will give court registrars the power to waive, refund or postpone civil court fees if either the applicant is unable to pay, or the case concerns a matter of public interest and would not otherwise proceed.

5 October 2001

Main Common Room, Student Union, University of Otago

I want to talk about the Alliance position on the fight against terrorism, and I want to talk about the role that New Zealand can play in that fight.

"The Government will phase out its Aotearoa Scholarships Scheme for tertiary Pacific Island students," Minister in charge of aid, Matt Robson announed today.

Prime Minister Helen Clark and Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs Matt Robson announced today that New Zealand will contribute $1 million to the United Nations Consolidated Appeal for Afghanistan.

Speech to the Salvation Army Court and Prison Conference
(Trentham
Wellington)

INTRO

I am honoured to speak to your conference today.

The Pacific is not - if it ever was, a tranquil place says Disarmament Minister and Minister in charge of Aid Matt Robson.

INTRO

Tena kotou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa

I would like to welcome you all here today, and thank the New Zealand Red Cross for organising this international seminar.

Tragedy in the States

New Zealand is the only country in the world with a Minister for Disarmament.

In the wake of last week's horrific terror attacks in the United States, how does the government use this Ministry to fight terrorism?

"New Zealand is the only country in the world with a Minister for Disarmament.

"We expect to have a chief executive to head the new aid agency early next year," says Minister in charge of aid, Matt Robson.

Opening address to the Schizophrenia Fellowship Conference
Novotel Tainui Hotel, Hamilton

It's a sad commentary on where we have come to, that the Minister of Corrections is here to open your conference.