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The latest information on New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions from the energy sector shows the importance of improving the country's energy efficiency, Minister of Energy Pete Hodgson said today.

The Minister of Local Government Hon Sandra Lee says the Government has moved to kick start long-awaited local authority reforms, with a 50% boost in Budget funding for local government policy advice.

Prime Minister Helen Clark today presented a cheque for $2 million to members of the newly-established Music Industry Commission at its inaugural meeting in Auckland.

Minister of Energy Pete Hodgson leaves New Zealand tomorrow for Warsaw, Poland, to represent New Zealand at international ministerial meetings on climate change and democracy.

Thank you for your invitation to speak this morning. We are all here to celebrate the opening of the Nelson/ Malborough Acute Mental Health Unit.

Thank you to the Aotearoa Post-Compulsory Students Union for giving me the opportunity to speak today. I have enjoyed a strong relationship with APSU over a number of years now and I am confident that that will continue for many more.

The Government has put a stop to National's annual tertiary funding cuts which fuelled the large fees increases of the 1990s, Steve Maharey told polytechnic student union representatives in Taupo this evening.

The Coalition Government's first budget is driven by a new paradigm offering opportunities for New Zealanders to escape disadvantage and succeed in today's society, Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey said today.

It is a pleasure to be here with you in South Auckland a week after the first Labour / Alliance coalition Budget.

It's a Budget we can be proud of.

The Government is seeking public input on the details of implementing its proposal to tax distributions of trust beneficiary income to minors at the rate of 33 percent.

The Minister of Immigration, Lianne Dalziel, said that for the first time ever, the Government is to put money into housing refugee status claimants.

The aim of bringing refugee status determinations down to a maximum waiting time of six months should be achieved by 1 July next year, the Minister of Immigration, Lianne Dalziel, said today.

The Government has signalled its support for groups that work with refugee status claimants, the Minister of Immigration, Lianne Dalziel, said today.

Funding for Masterton Intermediate School, to provide learning experiences outside the classroom (LEOTC) programmes to other schools in Wairarapa, has been extended until the end of the year, Education Minister Trevor Mallard said today.

The relationship between New Zealand and the United States was warm and friendly, Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton said today. Mr Sutton is the first minister from the Labour-Alliance coalition government to formally visit Washington DC.

Kia ora koutou. Greetings to you all.

Minister of Police Hon. George Hawkins said a Police operation that clamped down on truants could be considered by other districts.

It was with great pleasure that I accepted my invitation to address and welcome you to this workshop on tourism in Antarctica. My only regret is that it hasn't involved a trip to the "Ice" itself!

A proposed new Education Council will have a significant impact on the quality of children's learning, Education Minister Trevor Mallard said today.

Good morning, and thank you for the invitation to open this important summit on youth and alcohol.

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to highlight exciting initiatives announced in the Budget and to outline some of the Labour / Alliance Coalition Government priorities.

Foreign Minister Phil Goff will visit the Republic of Korea this week to represent New Zealand at the 50th Anniversary Commemoration of the Korean War in which over 6,000 New Zealanders served.

New Zealand is donating $100,000 to the International Federation for Red Cross (IFRC) to help strengthen the institutional capacity of Pacific Islands Red Cross societies, Associate Foreign Affairs Minister Matt Robson announced today.

New funding provided in the Budget for Technology New Zealand will help build stronger partnerships between business and researchers in the tertiary sector, Associate Education (Tertiary Education) Minister Steve Maharey said today.