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The State Services Commissioner's report into standards of behaviour in the New Zealand Defence Force has identified inappropriate behaviour by a small number of mainly army officers, but found no evidence of a systemic problem in the handling of offici

Defence Minister Mark Burton and the Chief of Defence Force Air Marshal Carey Adamson have this afternoon received the report they jointly commissioned from the State Services Commissioner.

Conclusions

5. The scale of the unauthorised release of official information

   (i)  Analysis of unauthorised disclosures

Introduction

55. We now turn to consider how the standards which we have identified in the
    preceding section of our report have been applied in practice in the Defence

General

December 2001

Defence Minister Mark Burton has released advice received from the State Services Commissioner Michael Wintringham, following a preliminary review of allegations surrounding the accessing of Ron Mark's military service records.

The visitor arrival figures for November confirm that the government and the industry have been correct to focus on reviving the flagging Japanese market, Tourism Minister Mark Burton said.

New Zealand has agreed to a United Nations request to maintain its current peacekeeping commitment in East Timor until November next year, Defence Minister Mark Burton announced today.

Tourism Minister Mark Burton will be hosting a visit to New Zealand this week by the Premier of Queensland, Peter Beattie.

The Premier will be in Wellington on Tuesday (18 December) and Auckland on Wednesday (19 December).

The Minister of Defence and Veterans' Affairs Mark Burton today presented a group of Navy veterans with the Naval General Service Medal to recognise their service during the Malayan emergency of the 1950s.The Naval General Service Medal with the clasp “

Today's laying up of three RNZAF squadron standards is a time to look to the future as well as reflecting on the past, Defence Minister Mark Burton said.

The combined pre-tax profit of the three state owned electricity generators for the first quarter of the financial year was approximately 15% down on last year and 38% below budget, the Minister for State Owned Enterprises Mark Burton revealed today.

The appointment of Air Commodore Bruce Ferguson as the new Chief of Defence Force was announced today by Defence Minister Mark Burton.

It is a pleasure to be here today for the official opening of this new viewing deck.

This is of course just the first stage in a major new development planned for this site.

Tourism Minister Mark Burton is today continuing his active support for Tourism in New Zealand, by officiating in Queenstown at the opening of a new development at one of New Zealand's best known tourism attractions.

An enhanced partnership between the public and private sector will result from changes to the formal structures and processes of Tourism New Zealand, the Minister of Tourism Mark Burton announced today.

Thank you Ross.

It is a pleasure to be here as Minister for SOEs, Tourism, Defence and as Associate Minister for Lord of the Rings.

Tourism Minister Mark Burton announced today that the government had allocated a further $2 million to Tourism New Zealand for a major marketing campaign aimed at boosting the number of Japanese tourists visiting New Zealand.

Thank you for coming, it’s a pleasure for me to meet with you today. As New Zealand’ s Minister of Tourism, I represent an industry that is vital to our country’s future.

Thank you for coming, it’s a pleasure for me to meet with you today. As New Zealand’ s Minister of Tourism, I represent an industry that is vital to our country’s future.

The Minister of Tourism Mark Burton flies to Japan tomorrow (Monday) as part of a concerted New Zealand effort to encourage Japanese to start travelling again.