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Women’s Affairs Minister Lianne Dalziel agrees with women’s groups that protection orders must work effectively

Speech to the inaugural North Shore Pasifika Festival.

It's been two years since bars and restaurants have been smokefree and nine out of ten New Zealanders support the right to live and work in a smokefree environment, a report released today by Associate Health Minister Damien O'Connor shows.

The unofficial Minister for New Zealand Music Judith Tizard has congratulated Outward Sound which helps export our music on a successful first year of operation.

Treaty settlement process passes major milestone with the Treaty of Waitangi Amendment Act

Legislation has been introduced into Parliament which will update the Copyright act to include the impact of new technologies especially around copying music.

NZ and Korea eye Free Trade Agreement as key component of Partnership for the 21st Century

New Zealand is to pledge $US1million a year to the United Nations’ Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF)

First Reading speech

The Maori Purposes Bill was passed by Parliament.

All claims for historical Treaty of Waitangi claims must be lodged by 1 September 2008, under a new law just passed

The number of Maori on unemployment benefits has dropped by over 60% since 1999

Thank you for the opportunity to provide an overview of the recent APEC meeting I attended in Hanoi.

As Minister of Tourism, I recognise the important role that ITOC’s full members and supplier members play in taking New Zealand and tourism to international markets.

The selection of six default providers is an important step in the introduction of the scheme which aims to help New Zealanders develop long-term savings habits and will give them more choices for securing their financial futures.

A new library for prisoners at the Auckland Regional Women’s Corrections Facility was opened today by the Minister of Corrections Damien O’Connor.

The provision of library services to prisoners is just one of the many initiatives targeted towards providing prisoners with essential skills and habits to prepare them for a new life once they have completed their sentences.

Jim Anderton announced plans to change the fisheries legislation to ensure decisions can be more cautious and favour sustainability when there is little or poor information

Better resources for tertiary institutions for world-class education

Speech to 2006 graduating class of the New Zealand Defence Force Command and Staff College, Trentham, Upper Hutt

A formal memorandum of understanding has been signed between the government and representatives of Viet Nam veterans.

Finance Minister Michael Cullen and Commerce Minister Lianne Dalziel today named six default providers they intend to appoint for KiwiSaver

We need to continue developing healthy programmes that reach the margins of our Pacific communities in innovative ways.