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New Zealanders involved in the services industry will be consulted by the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade as part of the Government's
participation in international trade talks, Trade Negotiations Minister Jim

New Zealanders involved in the services industry will be consulted by the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade as part of the Government's participation in international trade talks, Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton said today.

More than 40 per cent of all people entering New Zealand with undeclared food and other risk goods are New Zealanders, Biosecurity Minister Jim Sutton said today.

New Zealand's next High Commissioner to Malaysia would be career diplomat
Mac Price, Acting Foreign Affairs Minister Jim Sutton said today.

The new social security agreement with Australia was signed today, Acting
Foreign Affairs Minister Jim Sutton said.

International trade officials have agreed this week to a work programme to

New Zealand's next Ambassador to the Philippines would be career diplomat
Terry Baker, Acting Foreign Affairs Minister Jim Sutton said today.

Two representatives have been appointed to the Biosecurity Council, acting Biosecurity Minister Jim Sutton said today.

Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton in Hawkes Bay today made public a report >analysing submissions on the future direction of apple exports.

The agreement reached between Meat New Zealand and the Central Marketing Agency for German Agricultural Products, on a package of measures to explain to German consumers that New Zealand does not have scrapie, was welcome, Agriculture Minister Jim Sutto

Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton has sought an explanation from the German government about the outrageous and incorrect claim alleging that New Zealand sheep have scrapie in a pamphlet distributed to all 33.5 million German homes.

Cabinet has approved extra measures to tighten New Zealand's border control, Prime Minister Helen Clark and Acting Biosecurity Minister Jim Sutton said today.

Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton plans to discuss United States' moves to liberalise trade when he visits Washington DC next month.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) will undertake two campaigns to educate New Zealanders about the dangers of foot and mouth disease, and what each individual can do to help protect New Zealand, acting Biosecurity Minister Jim Sutton said t

All New Zealanders needed to take responsibility for maintaining secure
national borders, Agriculture and acting Biosecurity Minister Jim Sutton
said today.

New Zealand's next High Commissioner to Singapore will be career diplomat Nigel Moore, Acting Foreign Affairs Minister Jim Sutton announced today. The relationship with Singapore is one of the closest we have with any country, Mr Sutton said.

The arrangement to implement a Working Holiday Scheme between New Zealand and Hong Kong was signed today in Hong Kong by Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton and Hong Kong Secretary for Education and Manpower Fanny Law.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is investigating prosecuting Jenny Wood, the woman used by National MP Eric Roy to scare-monger about foot and mouth disease yesterday, Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton said today.

A Waimate furniture manufacturer is showing that rurally-based New Zealand firms can meet the expectations of the world's most discerning consumers,Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton said today.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry veterinarians' strike is over, Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton said today.

Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton is to visit Japan and Hong Kong.
Mr Sutton will leave New Zealand on February 24, travelling to the Japanese capital city, Tokyo.

New Zealand is to seek World Trade Organisation permission to take action against Canada for its failure to conform to international trading rules related to its subsidised dairy exports, Minister for Trade Negotiations Jim Sutton said today.

The National Party is devoid of any original ideas, Rural Affairs Minister Jim Sutton said today.

The National Union of Public Employees, which represents MAF's striking vets, has rejected MAF's generous offer to bring settlement to the export meat dispute, Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton said today.