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Saturday 15 December 2001Speech Notes

Embargoed Until Delivery noon Saturday
Kia orana, Ni sa bula, Taloha ni, Fakaalofa lahi atu, Malo e lelei, Halo Oketa, Ia orana, Kia ora, Talofa lava, and warm Pacific greetings to you all.

  • Mark Gosche
  • Pacific Island Affairs

Tena tatou, e whakarauika nei i raro i te mana o nga tupuna rangatira o Ngati Porou. Tena koutou o Te Whanau o Ruataupare ki Tokomaru, koutou e awhi nei i era o tatou e mauiui ana i tenei ao hurihuri.

  • Tariana Turia
  • Health

Two local authorities will be given the opportunity to pilot an initiative aimed at using immigration policy to enhance regional growth, the government announced today.

  • Lianne Dalziel
  • Immigration

The annual report of the student loan scheme was tabled in Parliament this afternoon.

  • Steve Maharey
  • Education

Health Minister Annette King has praised outgoing Mental Health Commission chair Barbara Disley for the significant role she played in developing New Zealand's mental health sector.

  • Annette King
  • Health

The United States’ announcement today of its withdrawal from the Anti Ballistic Missile Treaty, signed between the US and the USSR in 1972, is disappointing, Disarmament and Arms Control Minister Matt Robson said today.

  • Matt Robson
  • Disarmament and Arms Control

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade has engaged an international executive search agency to find a head for New Zealand’s reformed overseas aid agency to be established on 1 July 2002, Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Responsible fo

  • Matt Robson
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

A vitally important week for the Alliance in parliament…

  • Jim Anderton
  • Deputy Prime Minister

Foreign Minister Phil Goff said he was appalled by the terrorist attack on the House of Parliament in New Delhi and sent New Zealand’s sympathies and condolences to the people of India.

  • Phil Goff
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

Health Minister Annette King has praised outgoing Mental Health Commission chair Barbara Disley for the significant role she played in developing New Zealand's mental health sector.

  • Annette King
  • Health

Maori Affairs Minister Parekura Horomia said an audit report by Te Puni Kokiri shows Maori families welcome the idea of collaborative case management by government agencies, but the service delivery process needs more work.

  • Parekura Horomia
  • Maori Affairs

December 14 2001Media Statement

Lifejackets are likely to be required to be carried on all recreational craft from mid next year, Transport Minister Mark Gosche said today.

  • Mark Gosche
  • Transport

14 December 2001Media Statement
Pacific FM Network Gets Go-Ahead

Embargoed until noon Saturday 15 December 2001

  • Mark Gosche
  • Pacific Island Affairs

Friday, 14 December 2001Media Statement
Crown response to Ngai Tahu

  • Margaret Wilson
  • Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations

Hon Steve Maharey
Associate Minister of Education (Tertiary Education)

13 December 2001

  • Steve Maharey
  • Associate Minister of Education (Tertiary Education)

A unique Auckland rock forest at Almorah Road in Epsom has been saved from land developers.

  • Sandra Lee
  • Conservation

Local Government Forum media advisory, December 2001.

  • Sandra Lee
  • Local Government

Women’s Affairs Minister Laila Harré has released for public consultation a draft report on New Zealand’s progress towards implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).

  • Laila Harré
  • Women's Affairs

A multi-storey development across the street, a motorway designation through the backyard, or noise from the nightclub next door - all factors that could potentially ruin the perfect property.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Environment

Today's laying up of three RNZAF squadron standards is a time to look to the future as well as reflecting on the past, Defence Minister Mark Burton said.

  • Mark Burton
  • Defence

The government will introduce legislation to ban parallel imports of films, videos and DVDs for nine months from a title’s first international release, Commerce Minister Paul Swain and Associate Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Judith Tizard said

  • Paul Swain
  • Commerce

Hello and welcome to the launch of the Ministry for the Environment’s new guide 'thinking of buying a property - some things to think about.’

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Environment

The government will introduce legislation to ban parallel imports of films, videos and DVDs for nine months from a title’s first international release, Commerce Minister Paul Swain and Associate Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Judith Tizard said

  • Judith Tizard
  • Arts, Culture and Heritage

The government’s plan to change legislation on parallel importing of films, videos and DVDs is a response to many concerns about the future of regional cinemas, Associate Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister Judith Tizard said today.

  • Judith Tizard
  • Arts, Culture and Heritage