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The Ministry of Consumer Affairs is an operating division of the Ministry of Commerce.

"Labour-Alliance's Justice team, Matt Robson and Phil Goff, were deafeningly silent last week as report after report made it clear New Zealanders want tougher sentences for the worst criminals," Ju

Children will be among the main beneficiaries of a $150,000 assistance package for typhoon victims in Viet Nam and Laos announced today by Foreign Minister Don McKinnon.

ISSUES PAPERS for the MINISTER FOR SENIOR CITIZENS

prepared by the
SENIOR CITIZENS UNIT
October 1996

The Minister in Charge of Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, Hon D.A.M.

The Brazilian Governments announcement that it is to open its first Embassy in New Zealand has been warmly welcomed by Foreign Minister Don McKinnon.

In recent years, New Zealand has seen a considerable increase in the level of understanding and awareness of Maori issues. Some have gained more prominence than others.

Minister of Transport Maurice Williamson today welcomed signs of the opening up of the trans-Tasman shipping trade.

The Minister in Charge of Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, Hon D.A.M.

Acting Police Minister Don McKinnon said the vicious assault on two Levin police officers is utterly abhorrent.

The days of huge, centrally planned, taxpayer subsidised power stations are now officially over, the Minister of Energy, Hon Doug Kidd said today.

What seemed like science fiction a short while ago is now a reality.

Thank you John Milne ( Deputy Chairman of the Maritime Safety Authority)

It is a great pleasure to be with you today.

The reversal of a recent decision to ban the Crown from Waitangi Day commemorations in the Far North has been welcomed by Deputy Prime Minister Don McKinnon.

The Prime Minister, Rt Hon J B Bolger, announced today that the Government intends to expand the Family Service Centres and HIPPY (Home Instruction by Parents of Pre-school Youngsters) to six new s

The total catch level for the Auckland area snapper fishery for the 1996-97 year will be reset at 5,600 tonnes, with an allowance of 2600 tonnes for non commercial fishers and the Total Allowable C

Clive Tippins, Mike Sullivan, Bob Haddon, Your Worship the Mayor Noel Pope, Katherine O'Regan, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen.

The Prime Minister, the Rt Hon J B Bolger today announced a $1 million one-off allocation for iwi social services development.

Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu, Barry O'Connor, Tony Steel, Bob Simcock, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen.

Tom Mulligan, Georgina and Timoti Te Heuheu, Henry Randell, Kathryn Ward, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen.

The Future

"Up to 2,000 young unemployed New Zealanders will have the opportunity to improve their chances of getting a job as a result of the Government's decision to expand the Defence Force's Limited Service Volunteer scheme," the Prime Minister, Rt Hon J B Bolger, said today.

Mr Bolger announced the expansion of the scheme, from 720 trainees a year to up to 2,000, while visiting the New Zealand Army's Burnham Camp, where five, six week residential courses are run each year.