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Economic, Industry and Regional Development Minister Jim Anderton is welcoming the first in-depth study of New Zealand’s designer fashion industry as an excellent starting point for getting more New Zealand fashion on catwalks and in fashion stores around the world.

Minister for Economic, Regional and Industry Development Jim Anderton today announced a $30,000 Industry New Zealand grant for economic development in the Thames Valley Region.

The funding comes on top of $88,000 for strategy development in the region and a $75,000 grant for a pilot programme working with language learners and tourism.

A joint venture between New Zealander John Corner and American beef jerky company Jack Link’s will result in 400 new jobs over the next two years, Deputy Prime Minister Jim Anderton announced today.

Products from the new Jack Link’s factory in Mangere will be exported to the American market.

Deputy Prime Minister Jim Anderton today announced what is likely to be the last round of enterprise awards before the election on the same day as he has announced 200-400 new jobs at Jack Links a new Mangere factory.

“These 30 enterprise awards show again the success of the Enterprise Awards Scheme in supporting and encouraging small businesses with good ideas.

“In the last two years Industry NZ has allocated 552 awards totalling $5 million and I have visited many of these award winners, meeting innovative and entrepreneurial kiwis doing what they do best,” said Jim Anderton.

“Hawke’s Bay is destined to be a world-class powerhouse in food production, processing and exporting,” said Industry and Regional Development Minister Jim Anderton.

At today’s launch of the Food Hawke’s Bay Regional Initiative, Jim Anderton announced $2 million in funding from Industry New Zealand’s Regional Partnerships Programme to establish Hawke’s Bay as a food-processing Centre of Excellence.

Deputy Prime Minister Jim Anderton today announced Industry New Zealand funding of $100,000 for capability building in Southland.

Funding was approved upon completion of Venture Southland’s ‘Strategy for Development 2002-2005’.

Deputy Prime Minister Jim Anderton today announced Industry New Zealand funding of $100,000 for capability building in Otago.

Funding was approved upon completion of Otago’s Regional Strategy for Development.

Deputy Prime Minister Jim Anderton today announced nearly $68,000 to help fund the Nelson Enterprise Loan Trust’s (NELT) plans to become financially self-sufficient.

Today I want to talk about New Zealand.

I want to talk about who we are.

And I want to talk about where we are going.

What makes New Zealanders unique is our identity – as individuals, as communities and as a nation.

Deputy Prime Minister Jim Anderton presented awards to six of the South Island’s leading scientific scholars at a ceremony in Christchurch last night.

The minister commended both the recipients of the awards and the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology, New Zealand’s biggest investor in this area.

Deputy Prime Minister Jim Anderton reported today that all 14 regions of New Zealand are showing positive growth, with nine of them growing at over four percent.

He also announced the completion of the Tararua Regional Partnership agreement.

Minister for Economic Development Jim Anderton congratulated the Canterbury Development Corporation (CDC) today for their successful bid to bring Apple Computer’s Ultralab to Christchurch.

Eleven business incubators have received $1.19 million from Industry New Zealand’s Incubator Development Programme to help them provide tailor-made services to fledgling companies.

The Minister for Economic Development Jim Anderton announced today a government grant of more than $333,000 today to help establish a cutting edge research facility at Canterbury University.

The Minister for Economic Development Jim Anderton announced today a government grant of more than $333,000 to help establish a cutting edge research facility at Canterbury University.

Minister of Education, Trevor Mallard and Industry and Regional Development Minister, Jim Anderton, today released details of the tender process for the Government’s broadband initiative.

Keri Keri-based Reef-Rite Reefing Co has designed an innovative rotary milking platform that is easier to install, maintain and clean than existing models. Clever design means the Rota-Rite unit uses about a third less power than competing products and comes in an easy-to-install kitset form.

The government is to spend tens of millions of dollars to get fast speed internet access in provincial and rural communities.

Budget 2002 will target more domestic and foreign investment through the establishment of a new world class investment promotion agency - Investment New Zealand - and the creation of a Strategic Investment Fund.

The government is supporting science partnerships with new funding for research consortia.

Polytechnics around the country will be able to take a more active role in regional development thanks to new funding to be announced in Budget 2002, Industry and Regional Development Minister Jim Anderton and Associate Education (Tertiary Education) Minister Steve Maharey said today.

Economic Development Minister Jim Anderton today announced funding for ten projects to stimulate business success among young people.

The ten projects have been collectively awarded $1.7m by Industry New Zealand’s through the Enterprise Culture and Skills Activities Fund.

An integrated transport plan for Northland is the first step in giving the region the best possible opportunity to create jobs from the wall of wood, and improving the local transport network says Jim Anderton.

Marlborough’s reputation as a premier wine-producing region is set to be enhanced with the establishment of a wine industry research centre in Blenheim.