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Burglary response times have been cut after Police were issued with a Government expectation that burglaries ought to be responded to within 24 hours.

Education Minister Trevor Mallard has praised the work of the Fire Service in providing quality resource material to help teach the fire safety message in New Zealand schools.

Education Minister Trevor Mallard today lent his support to a campaign aimed at encouraging teenagers to eat a decent breakfast each day.

The Get Going with Breakfast campaign was launched at Auckland's Aorere College this morning.

Thanks for the invitation to speak to you today.

Jim and Carol Anderton will be using Vogel house to host nine students from Christchurch Girls High School this weekend. The students are attending the Model UN conference to be held at Victoria University.

The Minister of Housing Mark Gosche announced appointments to Housing New Zealand and the Housing Corporation today.

"Government is working to reintegrate housing policy and delivery into one agency," said Mr Gosche.

Responding to petrol companies justification for high petrol prices Deputy Prime Minister Jim Anderton said 83% of petrol sold in New Zealand comes directly from crude oil imports and that there was no excuse to continue charging high petrol prices.

Almost $6 million in Lottery profits will go to help keep Kiwis safe in the great outdoors this year, Lottery Grants Board Chairperson and Internal Affairs Minister Mark Burton announced today.

Chairman Neil Managh, Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you for inviting me to speak with you today.

Last time I spoke to an audience of pork producers – the World Pork Conference in May – things were not looking so good for your industry.

Thank you for the invitation to speak with you this morning. I welcome the opportunity to be talk with people who actually walk the walk of provincial development. People like you - who take the theory of regional economics and make it happen.

The Deputy Prime Minister is calling for lower petrol prices following data that shows petrol prices are 14% higher now than they were in February despite crude oil prices being 2% lower now than they were then.

Associate Minister Laila Harré is considering a report on how the government should deal with security of payment within the building industry, including pay-when-paid provisions and adjudication processes.

The key focus of the New Zealand government¡¦s social policy is to address social exclusion, Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey said today.

"I am aware of the concerns of community boards about the present provisions allowing dual membership of territorial authorities and community boards.

I would like to begin by paying tribute to your outgoing President Rex Jones.

I am delighted to have this opportunity to meet with Tourism Ministers from around Australia and to outline to you some of the key issues facing the New Zealand Tourism Industry.

Community housing tenants will benefit significantly from a $3 million fund to help them pay their rents Housing Minister Mark Gosche announced today.

Thank you for the opportunity to address your conference. Your industry is facing a number of environmental issues and I will touch on a few today: climate change, food safety and marketing, research, soil erosion and water use.

Foreign Minister Phil Goff leaves tomorrow for Bangkok to attend the 7th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Ministerial Meeting and the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference (PMC).

Mr Goff will be away from 25 July to 1 August.

Foreign Minister Phil Goff will meet with Indonesian Foreign Minister Dr Alwi Shihab in Bangkok in the next couple of days to voice New Zealand's deep concern over the death of a New Zealand soldier in East Timor.

Prime Minister Helen Clark announced today that the Labour caucus had elected Hon Parekura Horomia as the next Minister of Maori Affairs.

My colleague Michael Cullen has recently taken on the task of promoting new ways of solving our superannuation problems. The difficulty we have with superannuation of course is that there is no cross-party agreement on the essentials.

Prime Minister Helen Clark today extended her sympathy and deepest condolences to the family of Private Leonard Manning, who was killed yesterday in a gun battle with bandits in East Timor.

Mana Motuhake leader and Deputy Alliance leader Sandra Lee has welcomed Parekura Horomia's promotion to Cabinet, and offered her congratulations on his appointment as the new Minister of Maori Affairs.