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The Education Minister is calling on the PPTA to think carefully and act responsibly over its pay negotiations with the State Services Commission.

  • Wyatt Creech
  • Education

A resource centre could be set up in Gisborne to help people affected by the partial closure of Cedenco, Minister of Employment, Wyatt Creech, said today.

  • Wyatt Creech
  • Employment

Blaming the economy for Cedencos move offshore is blatantly political and almost inevitable Acting Prime Minister Don McKinnon said today.

  • Don McKinnon
  • Acting Prime Minister

Ministers are well aware of their responsibilities, Finance Minister Rt Hon Bill Birch said today.

  • Bill Birch
  • Finance

The Attorney-General, Hon Paul East, said today that the Crown was closely considering the detail of the judgement in the Equiticorp case and would be announcing a decision on an appeal by the end

  • Paul East
  • Attorney-General

The Minister of Maori Affairs, Hon John Luxton responded to Federated Farmers claims of unfairness today by reiterating that the Government stands by the fairness of the decisions announced earlier

  • John Luxton
  • Maori Affairs

The Minister of Cultural Affairs, Hon D.A.M.

  • Doug Graham
  • Cultural Affairs

Minister of Defence, Paul East, today dismissed the Alliance's defence policy, describing it as introspective and naive."The Alliance's plan to withdraw New Zealand from all current international d

  • Paul East
  • Defence

Rangitikei MP Denis Marshall said that homes will have to be found for one thousand Kaimanawa wild horses if all of the culled ones are to be saved.

  • Denis Marshall
  • Conservation

The Minister of Maori Affairs, Hon John Luxton today released the Government's policy decisions relating to the Maori Reserved Land Amendment Bill 1996.

  • John Luxton
  • Maori Affairs

The Minister of State Services, Paul East, today introduced a Protected Disclosures Bill to give legal protection to "whistleblowers".

  • Paul East
  • State Services

The Army is to be equipped with $18.5 million of new night vision and remote ground sensing equipment, the Minister of Defence, Paul East, announced in Parliament today.

  • Paul East
  • Defence

New Zealand First's export policy would do nothing for farmers other than make them pay higher interest rates, Agriculture Minister Lockwood Smith said today.

  • Dr Lockwood Smith
  • Agriculture

Details of five South Pacific education projects funded under the new Education Initiatives programme foreshadowed in the 1996/97 overseas aid budget in May were announced by Foreign Minister Don M

  • Don McKinnon
  • Foreign Affairs

New Zealand and Indonesia launched an important new economic, trade and investment initiative in Jakarta yesterday.

  • Don McKinnon
  • Foreign Affairs

Minister of Commerce and Industry, Hon John Luxton, today said New Zealand business was to be applauded for its progress to date with managerial and business practices.

  • John Luxton
  • Commerce

The Minister of Justice, Hon D.A.M.

  • Doug Graham
  • Justice

Foreign Minister Don McKinnon delivered a strong message to Myanmars Foreign Minister U Ohn Gyaw at the ASEAN meeting in Jakarta yesterday evening.

  • Don McKinnon
  • Foreign Affairs

The Minister of Commerce, the Hon John Luxton, announced two re-appointments to the Securities Commission today.

  • John Luxton
  • Commerce

New Zealands hospitals are not for sale, Crown Health Enterprises Minister Bill English said today.

  • Bill English
  • Crown Health Enterprises

New Zealand and the European Union have initialled the main text of a Mutual Recognition Agreement on Conformity Assessment - the first of its kind in the world.

  • John Luxton
  • Commerce

The Government has decided to develop energy efficiency legislation providing for the introduction of minimum energy performance standards for some categories of appliances and equipment.

  • Doug Kidd
  • Energy

The signing of the Trans Tasman Mutual Recognition Arrangement by the Prime Minister, Rt Hon Jim Bolger, today was welcomed by the Minister of Commerce, Hon John Luxton.

  • John Luxton
  • Commerce

The Minister of Fisheries, Hon Doug Kidd, announced today a total funding of $14.5 million for fisheries research projects for the 1996/97 fishing year.

  • Doug Kidd
  • Fisheries and Aquaculture