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A Ministry of Education review of schools' operational funding released today shows schools are managing their finances well

  • Steve Maharey
  • Education

Government funding has been confirmed for a multi-million dollar revamp for New Lynn rail station and full trenching of a twin-tracked rail line through central New Lynn in West Auckland.

  • David Cunliffe
  • Economic Development

Finance Minister Michael Cullen has approved $120m for the grade separation option for the New Lynn rail station, complementing funding commitments from Waitakere City Council and the Auckland Regional Transport Authority.

  • Michael Cullen
  • Finance

William McLeod Wilson QC has been appointed a Judge of the Court of Appeal and will be sworn in early next year.

  • Michael Cullen
  • Attorney-General

Health Minister Pete Hodgson has announced new board member appointments at Taranaki and Southland District Health Boards (DHBs).

  • Pete Hodgson
  • Health

The Minister of Health releases an annual report detailing progress on the New Zealand Health Strategy. This year's report was released at a PHO in Porirua on Monday 18 December.

  • Pete Hodgson
  • Health

Jim Anderton and David Parker say Ngati Porou venture is what New Zealand needs

  • Jim Anderton
  • Forestry

New Zealand's deployment of defence personnel to the Solomons will continue until March 2008

  • Helen Clark
  • Prime Minister

His Royal Highness the Duke of York will visit New Zealand in March 2007.

  • Helen Clark
  • Prime Minister

New Zealand’s next Ambassador to Mexico will be career diplomat Cecile Hillyer

  • Winston Peters
  • Foreign Affairs

The National Party have responded to the government's climate change initiatives announced today with an all too familiar hysterical response

  • Jim Anderton
  • Forestry

More fines and reparation have been collected than ever before.

  • Rick Barker
  • Courts

Immigration Minister David Cunliffe says the reported case of hundreds of potential migrants allegedly owed money by a failed recruitment company highlights the need for his bill to licence immigration agents.

  • David Cunliffe
  • Immigration

The Code of Good Faith for the Public Health Sector contains an obligation for employers to provide for patient safety during industrial action

  • Ruth Dyson
  • Labour

The minimum wage will increase from $10.25 to $11.25 an hour from 1 April 2007

  • Ruth Dyson
  • Labour

The Government is consulting on proposals for agriculture and forestry in tackling the threat of climate change

  • David Parker
  • Climate Change Issues

The government released today the discussion document Sustainable Land Management and Climate Change, which outlines policy options to address the risks and opportunities of climate change in the land management sectors

  • Jim Anderton
  • Forestry

Unemployment and Domestic Purposes Benefit numbers are continuing to fall

  • David Benson-Pope
  • Social Development and Employment

The century old bridge is a vital part of the West Coast rail and road network which cannot be allowed to deteriorate any further.

  • Michael Cullen
  • Finance

Many of us dream the impossible but so few make the impossible possible. In New Zealand we have dreamers. Kiwis that every day make the impossible possible. These people are truly inspirational. We are blessed to live in a country that inspires such talent and encourages such dreams.

  • Michael Cullen
  • Deputy Prime Minister

NZ leads 27 countries in the largest ever diplomatic protest against Japanese whaling programme

  • Chris Carter
  • Conservation

The release of the 2006 report on Public Perceptions of our courts has been released

  • Rick Barker
  • Courts

New Zealand Defence Force personnel will deploy to Lebanon in the new year as part of a UN force to clear unexploded ordnance.

  • Phil Goff
  • Defence

More New Zealanders are studying in the workplace and achieving a tertiary qualification in 2005, compared to 2004, and this will help accelerate economic transformation.

  • Michael Cullen
  • Tertiary Education