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The Crown is handing back the land underlying its largest Crown lease forest to its Maori landowners, the Lake Taupo Forest Trust, Minister of Forestry Pete Hodgson and the Trust announced today.

New Zealand’s new Honorary Consul in French Polynesia is local Air New Zealand manager Alan Roman, Foreign Minister Phil Goff announced today.

The Deputy Prime Minister is asking the Commerce Commission to investigate comments by petrol companies that the recent reduction in crude prices will not necessarily result in overnight petrol price decreases.

A big jump in overseas tourist numbers in February has highlighted the economic benefit to this country of major events like the America's Cup, the Minister of Tourism Mark Burton said today.

Ladies and Gentlemen,
We are here to celebrate the launch of two publications on the fruit industry

Women's Affairs Minister Laila Harré says briefing papers released today show Muriel Newman's Shared Parenting Bill is unlikely to achieve its aim of improving the welfare of New Zealand children.

"I have today received confirmation of the resignation of the Mayor and five councillors of the Rodney District Council," the Minister of Local Government said.

Private sector workers will be afforded the same protection rights as state sector workers under the Protected Disclosures Bill following the release of a Supplementary Order Paper.

Welcome to the 2000 New Zealand Petroleum Conference convened by Crown Minerals.

Schools which are not bulk funded will receive news of a one-off payment next week as part of the Government's policy to move towards a fairer funding policy for schools.

The Minister for the Environment, Marian Hobbs, has accepted an application from the New Zealand and Central South Island Fish and Game Councils

Everyone has a responsibility to protect New Zealand’s fabulous water resources, the Minister for the Environment, Marian Hobbs, said today.

Thank you for your very warm welcome. It is most appropriate that I should be speaking to you on the eve of the United Nations designated "World Day for Water".

Prospective tenants should read their tenancy agreements carefully before they agreed to them the Minister of Housing Mark Gosche said today.

The Attorney-General, Hon Margaret Wilson, has announced the appointment of Philip Richard Connell and James Julian Weir, both of Hamilton, as District Court Judges.

Tena koutou katoa. Greetings to you all. Welcome to Palmerston North.

I want to thank the senior management team and staff throughout the country for the way you have worked with the new Labour/Alliance government.

Officials are meeting this evening to decide how best to handle another underwater threat to the Chatham Islands following the sinking of the fishing boat Seafresh 1, three kilometres offshore, the Minister for Biosecurity, Marian Hobbs.

Banks Peninsula District and Christchurch City Councils will not be united into one district, following separate polls of the electors in each area last Saturday. To proceed, over 50% of the votes cast in each poll had to be in favour of the union.

The Government announced today that it would not proceed with the arrangements to lease and purchase 28 F16 fighter aircraft entered into by the previous government.

Cabinet has received the Hon Derek Quigley’s independent report on the F-16 lease agreement. We are grateful to Mr Quigley for his very thorough report which works its way through the question of the F-16 arrangement and sets it in the broader context of the unsustainability of the Defence Force's capital expenditure plans.

Thank you for the opportunity to meet with you today.

I bring apologies from the Minister of Education, the Hon. Trevor Mallard, who wasn¡¦t able to attend, but I will report back to him any issues that you raise with me today.

Minister for Trade Negotiations Jim Sutton is to visit Australia on March 22-24
before travelling on to China and Korea to progress trade issues.
Mr Sutton will be the first minister from the new Government to visit China and

Students studying Chinese as a second language will be able to sit School Certificate in the subject for the first time this year.

Foreign Minister, Hon Phil Goff, today congratulated the successful candidate in Taiwan's Presidential election, Chen Shui-bian, and urged him to build on the momentum of his election victory to seek renewed dialogue with Beijing.