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Prime Minister Helen Clark today announced that the Government has approved the investment of $38.2 million to complete the upgrade of Rotorua Hospital as part of New Zealand's largest ever health

  • Helen Clark
  • Prime Minister

Northland Regional Council (NRC) is to receive funding of $52,400 to continue with specific aquaculture development projects, Environment MinisterTrevor Mallard announced today.

  • Trevor Mallard
  • Environment

Fisheries Minister Jim Anderton has agreed to the request for a further two-year closure of green-lipped mussel beds in Ohiwa Harbour, Bay of Plenty.

  • Jim Anderton
  • Fisheries and Aquaculture

Sharks are vulnerable to over-fishing, and a new national plan of action will strengthen measures to conserve and manage them, Fisheries Minister Jim Anderton says.

  • Jim Anderton
  • Fisheries and Aquaculture

Customs Minister Nanaia Mahuta and Police Minister Annette King  today congratulated the NZ Customs Service and NZ Police for the interception of  a 100-kilo shipment of pseudoephedrine, a princi

  • Annette King
  • Police

Prime Minister Helen Clark said today that in consultation with the family of the late Sir Edmund Hillary agreement has been reached on initiatives to commemorate Sir Ed's extraordinary life.

  • Helen Clark
  • Prime Minister

Labour Minister Trevor Mallard announced today the government is changing the definition of 'serious harm' under the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992.

  • Trevor Mallard
  • Labour

Speech to the Apprentice of the Year, Boatshed, Wellington

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  • Shane Jones
  • Building and Construction

The Government's special drought recovery measures will finish on 31 December this year, Agriculture Minister Jim Anderton said today.

  • Jim Anderton
  • Agriculture

A new process for capital investment in tertiary institutions will be overseen by a panel that includes sector experts, Tertiary Education Minister Pete Hodgson announced today.

  • Pete Hodgson
  • Tertiary Education

Sport and Recreation Minister Clayton Cosgrove has announced additional funding to ensure that next year's South Island Independence Games for disabled athletes goes ahead, as the government works

  • Clayton Cosgrove
  • Sport and Recreation

Energy Minister David Parker says Contact Energy's move to double its directors fees would be an extraordinary move at a time when most people are having to tighten their belts.

  • David Parker
  • Energy

Education Minister Chris Carter today announced $9 million over two years to develop nine new early childhood education services on existing school sites in South Auckland.

  • Chris Carter
  • Education

The signing of the Conservation Accord is a significant milestone for conservation management in the lower Waikato River catchment, Conservation Minister Steve Chadwick said today.

  • Steve Chadwick
  • Conservation

Statistics New Zealand this morning confirmed forecasts by the Treasury and private sector economists on the level of consumer price inflation in New Zealand in the September Quarter, Finance Minis

  • Michael Cullen
  • Finance

 

  • Steve Chadwick
  • Health

Prepared ahead of delivery at Te Papa, Wellington

  • Michael Cullen
  • Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations

Projects protecting coastal habitats, lowland forest, wetlands and threatened species will benefit from the latest funding round of the Biodiversity Funds, Environment Minister Trevor Mallard and C

  • Steve Chadwick
  • Conservation

Projects protecting coastal habitats, lowland forest, wetlands and threatened species will benefit from the latest funding round of the Biodiversity Funds, Environment Minister Trevor Mallard and C

  • Trevor Mallard
  • Environment

Ten of New Zealand's best young carpentry apprentices are to be honoured at a national awards dinner in Wellington tomorrow night, with prizes presented by the Building and Construction Minister Sh

  • Shane Jones
  • Building and Construction
  • David Cunliffe
  • Health

The Minister of Health David Cunliffe today announced an immediate $13 million injection to jump start the reform of the Aged Care Sector.

  • David Cunliffe
  • Health

The Minister of Health David Cunliffe has today conditionally approved a clinical trial for eight diabetes sufferers by the company Living Cell Technologies Ltd.

  • David Cunliffe
  • Health

Acting Foreign Minister Helen Clark today announced that $5.95 million has been allocated from within the budget of NZAID to help fund responses to humanitari

  • Helen Clark
  • Foreign Affairs