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The Hawke's Bay Museum and Art Gallery will receive a Government grant of $6 million for its redevelopment project, Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Christopher Finlayson announced today.

Arts Culture and Heritage Minister Christopher Finlayson has received the final report of award winning director and producer Sir Peter Jackson and film academic David Court, reviewing the New Zeal

The New Zealand Portrait Gallery will receive a grant of $750,000 from Government to help secure permanent premises for its collection of nationally significant works, Arts Culture and Heritage Min

Welcome to this conference. To those of you from overseas, it is good to have you with us. The Arts Council has organised a very good programme.

Chief Censor Bill Hastings has been appointed as a District Court Judge and will head the new Immigration and Protection Tribunal, Attorney-General Christopher Finlayson announced today.

The Crown signed Terms of Negotiation with Ngāti Korokī Kahukura and Ngāti Hauā at Pōhara marae near Pūtāruru yesterday in a further step towards settling historical Treaty claims in the Wai

Lawyer Timothy Charles Brewer has been appointed a Judge of the High Court, Attorney-General Christopher Finlayson announced today. 

Lawyer Cherie Evelyn Clarke has been appointed the new Crown Solicitor at New Plymouth, Attorney-General Christopher Finlayson announced today.

Legislation to repeal the contentious Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004, replacing it with a non-ownership model of the public foreshore and seabed and restoring the right of iwi to seek customary titl

President of the Court of Appeal Sir William Young has been appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court, Attorney-General Christopher Finlayson announced today.

Kerikeri  barrister and solicitor Greg Davis has been appointed a District Court Judge, Attorney-General Christopher Finlayson announced today. 

Arts Culture and Heritage Minister Christopher Finlayson paid tribute to the life and career of Dame Pat Evison, who passed away aged 85.

Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Christopher Finlayson today confirmed the government's commitment to the National War Memorial precinct at Buckle St in Wellington.

The government has addressed several urgent priorities in the Arts, Culture and Heritage sector - providing funding to ensure the future of significant heritage sites, film and taonga, Arts Culture

Budget 2010 provides an extra $6.5 million over the next three years to achieve the Government's goal of settling all historical Treaty of Waitangi claims by 2014.

I acknowledge and welcome the presence in the House of Kiingi Tuheitia and the distinguished kaumatua and kuia and the presence within the parliament buildings of many representatives of Waikato-Ta

Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Christopher Finlayson welcomed the Waikato-Tainui Raupatu Claims (Waikato River) Settlement Act, which was passed by Parliament today.

Rotorua lawyer Alayne Catherine Wills has been appointed a District Court Judge with a Family Court warrant, Attorney-General Christopher Finlayson announced today. 

Arts Culture and Heritage Minister Christopher Finlayson and Maori Affairs Minister Dr Pita Sharples have welcomed a decision today by the French National Assembly to adopt a law enabling ‘Toi mo

A declaration following a meeting of Attorneys-General in Washington DC this week will lead to greater cooperation between New Zealand, the United States, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom

Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Christopher Finlayson has welcomed the findings of a Ministry for Culture and Heritage report on giving and sponsorship in the cultural sector.

Wellington Crown Counsel Christina Inglis has been appointed a District Court Judge, Attorney-General Christopher Finlayson announced today. 

Reports that the Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous People could be used to support claims for the return of privately or trust-held land such as the Waitangi Treaty Grounds are nonsense, Mini