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No public money will be used in any proposed legal action relating to appointments at Southern Health, Crown Health Enterprises Minister Bill English said today.
- Bill English
- Health
The Government is pleased to announce the following appointments to the Board of Te Mangai Paho, the Maori Broadcasting Funding Agency:
- Maurice Williamson
- Communications
The Minister of Justice, Hon D.A.M.
- Doug Graham
- Justice
Food Amendment Bill No 2 has had its 3rd reading in the House today and in speaking to the Bill, Mrs O'Regan, Associate Minister of Health, said that "The Food Amendment Bill No 2 proposes a comple
- Katherine O'Regan
- Associate Minister of Health
The Credit (Repossession) Bill 1996 was introduced to the House today. The Bill corrects credit law shortcomings in the area of repossessions.
- Katherine O'Regan
- Consumer Affairs
Career diplomat John Mills is to be New Zealand's next High Commissioner to the Republic of Kiribati Foreign Minister Don McKinnon announced today.
- Don McKinnon
- Foreign Affairs
New Zealand's next High Commissioner to the Cook Islands will be career diplomat James Kember Foreign Minister Don McKinnon said today.
- Don McKinnon
- Foreign Affairs
The Minister of Maori Affairs, Hon John Luxton today welcomed the introduction to Parliament of the Maori Reserved Land Amendment Bill 1996 and also announced the Government's decisions to initiate
- John Luxton
- Maori Affairs
The Government has agreed to a large new capital investment in Manawatu Polytechnic.
- Wyatt Creech
- Education
The Minister of Justice, Hon D.A.M. Graham, today introduced legislation to restrict the activities of gangs and provide the public with better protection from harassment.
- Doug Graham
- Justice
Strenuous efforts have been made on behalf of the the Waterloo Teachers Childcare Centre in Lower Hutt, which has to shift premises, Associate Minister of Education Bill English said today.
- Bill English
- Associate Minister of Education
The health sector will be concerned and confused at Helen Clarks appointment as Labour health spokesperson, Crown Health Enterprises Minister Bill English said today.
- Bill English
- ACC
The Government today sold its shares in Forestry Corporation of New Zealand Limited to a Fletcher Challenge Ltd consortium in a deal which valued the assets at $2.026 billion, Finance Minister Rt H
- Bill Birch
- Finance
Education Minister, Wyatt Creech said today he hoped the lengthy and disruptive pay dispute with the secondary teachers was now at an end.
- Wyatt Creech
- Education
Auckland will benefit to the tune of $180 million for new school accommodation over the next 12 months, Education Minister Wyatt Creech announced today.
- Wyatt Creech
- Education
The Government today unveiled details of one of the largest school accommodation programmes the country has seen - with a price tag of almost half-a-billion dollars.
- Wyatt Creech
- Education
The claims that New Zealand will face electricity shortages within five years are absolute nonsense and ill-informed, Minister of Energy Doug Kidd said today.
- Doug Kidd
- Energy
The government has signed agreements with the five farmers at Aranga in Northland who claimed their land values had been affected by the Waitangi Tribunal's report on the Te Roroa claim, the Minist
- Denis Marshall
- Lands
The Education Minister has asked the Secretary for Education to investigate the circumstances surrounding the failure of tens of thousands of education staff to get paid.
- Wyatt Creech
- Education
A 60 bed unit is to be added to Mangaroa Prison in the Hawkes Bay, Minister of Corrections, Paul East, announced today.
- Paul East
- Corrections
Total employment in New Zealand continues to grow strongly, and unemployment has fallen slightly, Minister of Employment, Wyatt Creech, said today.
- Wyatt Creech
- Employment
The taxpayer has not been ripped off through sales of Crown land to Ngai Tahu, the Minister of Lands, Denis Marshall, said today.
- Denis Marshall
- Lands
The Education Minister today clarified the time frame for negotiations between the State Services Commission and the PPTA - in case today's talks don't result in a settlement.
- Wyatt Creech
- Education
Foreign Minister Don McKinnon, having read the Slater Report, said he is pleased the Cook Islands have no problem with Mr Slater QC appearing before the Davison Commission.
- Don McKinnon
- Foreign Affairs