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Government policy has taken a major step forward and for the first time is offering substantial more support for gifted and talented students.

  • Trevor Mallard
  • Education

Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton is to open a trade fair of New Zealand goods and services in Fiji on Wednesday.

  • Jim Sutton
  • Trade Negotiations

Labour’s rural affairs policy recognised the importance of rural communities to New Zealand as a whole, Rural Affairs Minister Jim Sutton says.

  • Jim Sutton
  • Rural Affairs

Genuine ownership of the tertiary education reforms and a system more focused on quality is seen as the key to improving the connections between industry, the community and the sector.

  • Steve Maharey
  • Education

Speech to schools' ICT conference

  • Trevor Mallard
  • Education

A recently-released survey shows that 93% of adult New Zealanders had in the last year engaged in at least one cultural activity.

  • Judith Tizard
  • Arts, Culture and Heritage

If Northland genetically modified tamarillo trials had been carried out under today's law, there would no concern about the level of containment and monitoring, Environment Minister Marian Hobbs said today.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Environment

Health Minister Annette King says dishonest misinformation about a proposal to set up a trans-Tasman agency to regulate therapeutic products is misleading the public.

  • Annette King
  • Health

Treaty settlements took another positive step forward today with the initialling of a Deed of Settlement by the Crown and Ngati Awa at Parliament, Treaty Negotiations Minister Margaret Wilson said.

  • Margaret Wilson
  • Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations

Former Dairy Board chairman Graham Fraser has been appointed as special agricultural trade envoy.

  • Jim Sutton
  • Agriculture

National’s tertiary education policy is full of sloppy thinking and would offer nothing to students, says Associate Education (Tertiary Education) Minister Steve Maharey.

  • Steve Maharey
  • Education

“Marie Hasler’s release of National’s immigration policy, confirms that she has been so sound asleep on the job for the past few months, it’s no wonder she’s number 32 on their list,” Immigration Minister Lianne Dalziel said today.

  • Lianne Dalziel
  • Immigration

It’s time National leader Bill English “fessed-up” over claims about cancer patients, Health Minister Annette King says.

  • Annette King
  • Health

New Zealand has protested over shipments of nuclear material due to pass through the Pacific

  • Phil Goff
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

National’s welfare policy released today is devoid of any new ideas and long on rhetoric, says Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey.

  • Steve Maharey
  • Social Development and Employment

Richard Prebble is totally inaccurate in claims regarding the Victims of Crime survey

  • Phil Goff
  • Justice

New Zealand's largest combined feral cat and rat eradication project has got underway on Raoul Island, 1000km northeast of Auckland, Conservation Minister Sandra Lee announced today.

  • Sandra Lee
  • Conservation

Economic Development Minister Jim Anderton today welcomed the announcement of one of the largest single jobs machine successes with the news that Gisborne will be home for New Zealand’s largest wood processing plant.

  • Jim Anderton
  • Economic Development

A survey shows the majority of alcohol outlets are not requesting to see proof of age ID from young people when buying alcohol

  • Phil Goff
  • Justice

Phil Goff says imposing a long sentence does not preclude setting a minimum period before parole.

  • Phil Goff
  • Justice

Conservation Minister Sandra Lee has approved a resource consent for a 2465 hectare mussel farm in Hawke Bay.

  • Sandra Lee
  • Conservation

Prime Minister Helen Clark said today that Auckland-based Virionyx Corporation’s clearance to begin multi-dose trials for the HIV-AIDS drug it has developed was an exciting breakthrough for the New Zealand biotechnology sector.

  • Helen Clark
  • Prime Minister

“Hawke’s Bay is destined to be a world-class powerhouse in food production, processing and exporting,” said Industry and Regional Development Minister Jim Anderton.

At today’s launch of the Food Hawke’s Bay Regional Initiative, Jim Anderton announced $2 million in funding from Industry New Zealand’s Regional Partnerships Programme to establish Hawke’s Bay as a food-processing Centre of Excellence.

  • Jim Anderton
  • Industry and Regional Development

“I look forward to Bill English’s support for the new regional prison which might be build in his electorate of Clutha/Southland, Corrections Minister, Matt Robson says.

  • Matt Robson
  • Corrections