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Napier Barrister Max Courtney has been appointed a District Court Judge with a Family Court warrant, Attorney-General Christopher Finlayson announced today. 

The Crown today signed a framework agreement for negotiations towards settling shared historical Treaty claims in the Hauraki/Coromandel region, Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Christo

Whakatane barrister Sarah Lindsay has been appointed a District Court Judge with a Family Court warrant, Attorney-General Christopher Finlayson announced today.

Producer and director Chris Hampson and production house general manager Cameron Harland  have been appointed to the board of the New Zealand Film Commission, Minister for Arts and Culture Chr

The Government will contribute up to $10 million in addition to local funding to assist with the repair, restoration and strengthening of heritage and character buildings in the Canterbury region,

The Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill, which guarantees the rights of all New Zealanders in the marine and coastal area, has passed its first reading in the House.

Mark Anthony O'Donoghue has been appointed Crown Solicitor for Tasman, Attorney-General Christopher Finlayson announced today.

The Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill, which guarantees the rights of all New Zealanders in the marine and coastal area, has been introduced to Parliament by Attorney-General Christopher

‘Plain' English does not mean simplistic, dull or inexpressive English.

In the Second World War, New Zealand's Minister of Agriculture and Marketing described the Merchant Navy as "the axis around which the war effort has revolved."

The House this morning unanimously passed a bill to update and streamline New Zealand's outdated limitation law. 

Auckland barrister and solicitor Mark Woolford has been appointed a Judge of the High Court, Attorney-General Christopher Finlayson announced today.

The Crown and Ngāti Kuia have initialled a Deed of Settlement for historical Treaty claims, Treaty Negotiations Minister Christopher Finlayson announced today.

Former Environment Court Judge Shonagh Kenderdine has been appointed Chair of the Board of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust, Minister for Arts Culture and Heritage Christopher Finlayson announ

A bill which will streamline the governance of Creative New Zealand, improving its effectiveness and freeing up resources, passed its first reading in the House last night by a unanimous vote.

September 3 will be recognised by the Government as Merchant Navy Day, Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Christopher Finlayson announced today.

Philip Carter and Wendy Lai have been appointed to the Board of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Hon Christopher Finlayson announced today.

The Crown signed terms of negotiation with Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Te Rangi Iwi Trust in Tauranga today in a further step towards settling all historical Treaty claims in Tauranga Moana, Minister for T

Barrister Mary Peters has been appointed a Judge of the High Court, Attorney-General Christopher Finlayson announced today.

The Crown and claimant iwi will continue to discuss improving the Treaty of Waitangi settlement process at this year's Te Kokiri Ngatahi conference on September 23 in Wellington, Treaty Negotiation

The process for getting approval for archaeological consents will be made faster, simpler, and more efficient, Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Christopher Finlayson announced today.

Academic and historian Professor John Davidson has been appointed to the board of the Creative New Zealand Arts Council of New Zealand, and Alastair Carruthers has been re-appointed as chair of the

Artist and advocate Anne Rush and the former chair of the Whitirea Community Law Centre Jocelyn Afford have been appointed as members of the Creative New Zealand Arts Board, and current chair of th

Justice Lynton Laurence Stevens and Justice Rhys Harrison have been appointed Judges of the Court of Appeal, Attorney-General Christopher Finlayson announced today.