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New Zealand has welcomed the European Union's agreement on reform of the Common Fisheries Policy as a step in the right direction.

Conservation Minister Chris Carter has called on the public to help protect New Zealand's wildlife sanctuaries from threats of sabotage.

Foreign Minister Phil Goff has paid tribute to diplomat Mac Price who died last week.

Threats to assault some of our most valuable conservation sanctuaries were nothing short of eco-terrorism, Conservation Minister Chris Carter says.

Associate Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage, Judith Tizard, is urging all New Zealanders with an interest in war history to support a project to chronicle the experiences of World War 2 veterans.

Foreign Minister Phil Goff says National MP Gerry Brownlees comments on the nuclear free legislation are fuelled by leadership ambitions and are in direct contradition with previous comments.

Too many people assume that economic growth equals damage to the environment. It doesn’t have to. You can have a healthy economy and a healthy environment – and that is what this government is aiming for.

A package of four new conservation reserves spanning over 1000 hectares throughout the country was announced by Conservation Minister Chris Carter today.

Customs Minister Rick Barker urges New Zealand importers and exporters to provide accurate and timely documentation of goods.

“Dr Hirini Melbourne was a great New Zealander, a distinguished scholar and artist, and one of the most important Mâori musicians in a generation,” said Associate Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister Judith Tizard.

Ethnic Affairs Minister Chris Carter wishes a Happy Orthodox Christmas to all New Zealanders who are celebrating the festival today (January 7).

Jim Anderton today announced 50 Enterprise Awards totalling $603,127.

Ethnic Affairs Minister Chris Carter wishes a Happy Orthodox Christmas to all New Zealanders who are celebrating the festival tomorrow (January 7).

The death of Professor Hirini Melbourne has silenced one of the greatest voices of modern Maoridom, said Associate Maori Affairs Minister Tariana Turia today.

The protection of New Zealand's high country has taken another step forward with the formal handover of Clarence Reserve in Marlborough to the Department of Conservation.

Transport Minister Paul Swain has welcomed the news that 2002’s road toll is the lowest in 40 years.

Over summer most New Zealanders spend more time sizzling the sausages than pondering the future of television, but big changes are afoot. This year the government is introducing major changes to the structure of television and its expectations of how TV1 and TV2 will operate. Broadcasting Minister Steve Maharey takes a break from the barbeque to explain.

As New Zealanders head to the coasts for summer holidays, Customs Minister, Rick Barker, is reminding people to keep an eye out for anything that looks “suspicious”.

This last year has been a particularly difficult time for multilateral disarmament. Many of the most sensitive international issues – Iraq, the Middle East, North Korea, and India/Pakistan – have had as a common element the possession and possible use of weapons of mass destruction. But perversely there seems to be little public clamour for governments to dispose of their weapons of mass destruction.

Foreign Minister Phil Goff has announced NZ is giving $70,000 as an initial contribution for relief aid to the cyclone

NZ Foreign Minister Phil Goff has asked New Zealand Cricket to request the ICC consider moving scheduled Cricket World Cup games out of Zimbabwe.

Health Minister Annette King says nearly half a million New Zealanders will get a broader range of primary health care services, many of them more cheaply, from January 1.