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Maori Affairs Minister Parekura Horomia said Maoridom is poorer for the loss of Te Arawa koroua Bishop Manuhuia Augustus Bennett and Ngati Kuri (Te Aupouri, Te Rarawa) kuia Dame Miraka Raharuhi Petricevich Szaszy.

  • Parekura Horomia
  • Maori Affairs

Expressions of interest are being invited from people to be appointed as members of the new Tertiary Education Commission.

  • Steve Maharey
  • Education

The Government would monitor the effects of new regulatory regimes on the provision of agricultural chemicals and the introduction of new plants and animals, Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton said today.

  • Jim Sutton
  • Agriculture

The Government has received the report from the Waitangi Tribunal on the Taranaki Maori claim following the restructuring of the dairy industry and will be considering it carefully, Maori Affairs Minister Parekura Horomia and Agriculture Minister Jim Su

  • Jim Sutton
  • Agriculture

The Government has received the report from the Waitangi Tribunal on the Taranaki Maori claim following the restructuring of the dairy industry and will be considering it carefully, Maori Affairs Minister Parekura Horomia and Agriculture Minister Jim Su

  • Parekura Horomia
  • Maori Affairs

Legislation introduced into the Parliament is intended to encourage much greater union and employee participation in industry training.

  • Steve Maharey
  • Social Development and Employment

New legislation strengthening New Zealand¡¦s industry training system has been sent to a select committee for public submissions.

  • Steve Maharey
  • Education

Mr Speaker, I move that the Social Security (Working Towards Employment) Amendment Bill be now read a first time. At the appropriate time I will be moving that the Bill be referred to the Social Services Committee.

  • Steve Maharey
  • Social Development and Employment

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.

  • Mark Gosche
  • Transport

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.

  • Mark Gosche
  • Pacific Island Affairs

The Minister of Local Government's First Reading speech for the Local Government Bill 2001.

  • Sandra Lee
  • Local Government

Conservation Minister Sandra Lee today said she was alarmed at the death of 304 seabirds killed by a commercial longline vessel on a recent fishing trip for ling.

  • Sandra Lee
  • Conservation

A biologist with specialist knowledge in business and the environment, Dr Lin Roberts, has been appointed to the Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA), Environment Minister, Marian Hobbs, announced today.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Environment

New Zealanders need to learn to celebrate our successes in the boardroom and market place in a similar way to the way we those on the sporting ground, Economic Development Minister Jim Anderton says.

  • Jim Anderton
  • Economic Development

The long awaited Fair Trading Amendment Bill has been introduced into Parliament.

  • Jim Anderton
  • Consumer Affairs

Justice Minister Phil Goff today released the results of a survey commissioned by the Ministry of Justice to ascertain public attitudes towards the physical discipline of children.

  • Phil Goff
  • Justice

Communications Minister Paul Swain today announced the government's decision to auction spectrum rights suitable for a range of telecommunications services in mid-2002.

  • Paul Swain
  • Communications and Information Technology

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.

  • Mark Burton
  • Defence

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.

  • Mark Burton
  • Tourism

Associate Energy Minister Paul Swain says the government will make an immediate contribution of $10 000 to the Hauraki District Council’s mayoral relief fund for those affected by the subsidence in Waihi.

  • Paul Swain
  • Energy

19 December 2001 Media Statement
New Rules To Boost Vehicle Safety

  • Mark Gosche
  • Transport

New changes to actively assist sole parents on the domestic purposes and widows benefits to move back into the workforce when family responsibilities allow are backed by international experience, says Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Mahare

  • Steve Maharey
  • Social Development and Employment

The New World wine agreement, signed today in Canada, would protect the expanding international wine trade from unnecessary regulatory barriers,Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton said today.

  • Jim Sutton
  • Trade Negotiations

The broad make-up of the committee which will decide who gets a share of the government’s new Centres of Research Excellence fund has been welcomed by Associate Education (Tertiary Education) Minister Steve Maharey.

  • Steve Maharey
  • Education