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The Government will seek international agreement for up to three New Zealand vessels to catch toothfish in Antarctica's Ross Sea this summer, Foreign Minister Phil Goff and Minister of Fisheries Pete Hodgson announced today.

The Government will seek international agreement for up to three New Zealand vessels to catch toothfish in Antarctica's Ross Sea this summer, Foreign Minister Phil Goff and Minister of Fisheries Pete Hodgson announced today.

Thank you for your invitation to speak this morning.

A special greeting to Frank Jackson, the president of this branch of Grey Power, and also to Don Chapman, the national vice president.

The Government is to host a series of fono with Pacific communities throughout New Zealand the Minister of Pacific Island Affairs Mark Gosche said today.

Health Minister, Annette King, Disarmament Minister, Matt Robson, and Te Tai Tokerau MP, Dover Samuels, will open a new nuclear monitoring station at Kaitaia on Friday. The new station will help police a worldwide ban on nuclear testing.

Health Minister, Annette King, Disarmament Minister, Matt Robson, and Te Tai Tokerau MP, Dover Samuels, will open a new nuclear monitoring station at Kaitaia on Friday. The new station will help police a worldwide ban on nuclear testing.

Thank you for the invitation to open the 55th National Council/Conference today.

Foreign Minister Phil Goff said today that the Government was hopeful over signs that hostages would be released this Thursday after the public signing of an Accord between the military and the Speight Group.

Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey today released details of the first stage of reforms to the benefit system.

Thank you for inviting me here this evening. You will be aware, perhaps, that the Government is currently making a concerted effort to speak directly with business people around the country.

Health Minister, Annette King, has today announced a further $3m to be spent on palliative care in New Zealand. The new money is on top of the base of $13.5m in the current financial year.

Good morning, and thank you for the invitation to kick off the first gathering of youth council representatives from around New Zealand.

I would also like to extend the best wishes of other Government MPs from central Auckland. I speak specifically on behalf of my colleagues Phil Goff, the MP for Mt Roskill, Mark Gosche, the MP for Maungakiekie, and Judith Tizard, the MP for Auckland Central.

My colleagues are hardworking local Labour Members of Parliament. They are working to provide excellent local representation to all local residents. They wish you well for a most successful and pleasant evening

Saving whales from being hunted to extinction is proving as tough a political battle as any I have fought so far.

Energy Minister Pete Hodgson today announced changes to the building code to improve the energy efficiency of New Zealand houses and commercial buildings.

Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey today released background papers prepared for him by officials relating to the refocusing of the employment and income support functions within the Department of Work and Income.

Taupo MP and Minister of Tourism Mark Burton today handed over a cheque for $5,250 for further development of Te Waihou Walkway near Putaruru.

Programs and approaches taken by Australian youth prisons and prisons for female offenders are worth considering in New Zealand, says Minister of Corrections, Matt Robson.

The auction of the 2GHz spectrum has been postponed pending the Court of Appeal's decision on the appeals of the New Zealand Maori Council and Mrs Rangiaho Everton.

"I note that a District Court Judge has now ruled in a reserved decision that Moana Sinclair was not an unlicensed driver, and that there was no power for the Police to do what they did in removing her from her vehicle at Foxton, in February, " Cabinet

New Zealand remains firmly opposed to all shipments through its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of nuclear materials, Foreign Minister Phil Goff said today.

Thank you for inviting me here today, this is my first opportunity to talk to you as Associate Minister of Energy – and Minister with responsibility for Crown Minerals.

Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today. You’ve asked me to share some of the government’s thinking on the role of the financial services industry in general and in particular our thinking on whether the industry should be regulated.

Alliance leader and Deputy Prime Minister Jim Anderton says he will be keeping a very close eye on petrol prices over the next month.