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Women’s Affairs Minister Lianne Dalziel agrees with women’s groups that protection orders must work effectively
- Lianne Dalziel
- Women's Affairs
Speech to the inaugural North Shore Pasifika Festival.
- Luamanuvao Laban
- Pacific Island Affairs
It's been two years since bars and restaurants have been smokefree and nine out of ten New Zealanders support the right to live and work in a smokefree environment, a report released today by Associate Health Minister Damien O'Connor shows.
- Damien O'Connor
- Health
The unofficial Minister for New Zealand Music Judith Tizard has congratulated Outward Sound which helps export our music on a successful first year of operation.
- Judith Tizard
- Arts, Culture and Heritage
Treaty settlement process passes major milestone with the Treaty of Waitangi Amendment Act
- Mark Burton
- Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations
Legislation has been introduced into Parliament which will update the Copyright act to include the impact of new technologies especially around copying music.
- Judith Tizard
- Commerce
NZ and Korea eye Free Trade Agreement as key component of Partnership for the 21st Century
- Helen Clark
- Prime Minister
New Zealand is to pledge $US1million a year to the United Nations’ Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF)
- Winston Peters
- Foreign Affairs
First Reading speech
- Judith Tizard
- Commerce
The Maori Purposes Bill was passed by Parliament.
- Parekura Horomia
- Maori Affairs
All claims for historical Treaty of Waitangi claims must be lodged by 1 September 2008, under a new law just passed
- Parekura Horomia
- Maori Affairs
The number of Maori on unemployment benefits has dropped by over 60% since 1999
- Parekura Horomia
- Social Development and Employment
Thank you for the opportunity to provide an overview of the recent APEC meeting I attended in Hanoi.
- Helen Clark
- Prime Minister
As Minister of Tourism, I recognise the important role that ITOC’s full members and supplier members play in taking New Zealand and tourism to international markets.
- Damien O'Connor
- Tourism
The selection of six default providers is an important step in the introduction of the scheme which aims to help New Zealanders develop long-term savings habits and will give them more choices for securing their financial futures.
- Michael Cullen
- Finance
A new library for prisoners at the Auckland Regional Women’s Corrections Facility was opened today by the Minister of Corrections Damien O’Connor.
- Damien O'Connor
- Corrections
The provision of library services to prisoners is just one of the many initiatives targeted towards providing prisoners with essential skills and habits to prepare them for a new life once they have completed their sentences.
- Damien O'Connor
- Corrections
Jim Anderton announced plans to change the fisheries legislation to ensure decisions can be more cautious and favour sustainability when there is little or poor information
- Jim Anderton
- Fisheries and Aquaculture
Better resources for tertiary institutions for world-class education
- Michael Cullen
- Tertiary Education
Speech to 2006 graduating class of the New Zealand Defence Force Command and Staff College, Trentham, Upper Hutt
- Phil Goff
- Defence
A formal memorandum of understanding has been signed between the government and representatives of Viet Nam veterans.
- Phil Goff
- Defence
Finance Minister Michael Cullen and Commerce Minister Lianne Dalziel today named six default providers they intend to appoint for KiwiSaver
- Lianne Dalziel
- Commerce
We need to continue developing healthy programmes that reach the margins of our Pacific communities in innovative ways.
- Luamanuvao Laban
- Pacific Island Affairs