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The Government is reviewing agency responses to the Report of the Commissioner for Children on the death of James Whakaruru, the Minister of Social Services and Employment Steve Maharey said today.

Community organisations dealing with family violence prevention have received a $2.25 million funding boost, Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey announced today.

Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey today released Department of Work and Income (DWI) job seeker register statistics as at 30 November 2000 and details of placements.

Women's Refuge is to get a 25% increase in funding this financial year, Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey said this evening.

Associate Education (Tertiary Education) Minister Steve Maharey has welcomed indications from the New Zealand Vice-Chancellors' Committee that they intend to work constructively with Government to find ways to address their concerns with the Education A

Questions and Answers

What is Heartland Services?

Hon Steve Maharey
Minister of Social Services and
Employment

10 May
2001

Speech Notes

Hon Steve Maharey
Minister of Social Services and
Employment

Hon Jim Sutton
Minister for Rural Affairs

10 May
2001

Hon Steve Maharey
Minister of Social Services and
Employment

Hon Jim Sutton
Minister for Rural Affairs

13 December 2000

Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey and Rural Affairs Minister Jim Sutton said today the Heartland initiative aimed to improve face to face' contact with government agencies for people in rural areas.

The initiative will improve government service delivery through government staff synchronising their visits to remote towns once or twice a month as part of an "outreach" service, and through the establishment of or participation in service centres in some smaller provincial towns.

Rural people will get improved access to government services through the “Heartland Services Initiative”.

Rural people will get improved access to government services through the "Heartland Services Initiative".

New appointments to the Tertiary Education Advisory Commission were announced today by Associate Education (Tertiary Education) Minister Steve Maharey.

The Education Amendment Bill (No. 2) introduced to Parliament this week matches tertiary institution governance and management capabiities with the demands of the 21st century, says Associate Education (Tertiary Education) Minister Steve Maharey.

Information charting the decline of New Zealand's tertiary education system is further proof of the need to move the sector on to a more sustainable footing, says Associate Education (Tertiary Education) Minister Steve Maharey.

Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey is welcoming new poverty research saying it meshes well with work the Government is doing to a more accurate picture of New Zealander's living standards.

Presentation to the Institute of Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington.

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Local solutions to local welfare problems are being promoted in 2001 through the Government's new $1.5 million Stronger Communities Action Fund, Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey said today.

A package of measures to support Wanganui Regional Community Polytechnic over 2000 and 2001 was announced today by Associate Education (Tertiary Education) Minister Steve Maharey.

Associate Education (Tertiary Education) Minister Steve Maharey announced today that the Government is to increase the maximum membership fees which can be paid to members of tertiary councils.

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