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Minister of Defence Mark Burton today announced appointments to two senior Defence positions.

Tourism continues to be a steady driver of economic growth across New Zealand.

The Cabinet has approved several Army acquisition projects outlined in the Defence Long Term Development Plan

Our NZDF service personnel, Police, and civilians are making a very important contribution to re-establishing safety, security, and infrastructure in both Iraq and the Solomon Islands.

We can now offer the families of those who lost their lives serving New Zealand appropriate acknowledgement of their loved ones’ service.

Minister of Defence and Tourism Mark Burton returned today from a highly successful two-week programme in the United Kingdom.

Tourism Minister Mark Burton today congratulated the UK travel industry for their innovation and excellence in marketing New Zealand as a top tourism destination.

New Zealand will be on show at London’s prestigious Chelsea Flower Show for the first time next year.

Minister of Tourism Mark Burton says that the value film has added to New Zealand’s tourism sector is “difficult to overstate.”

New Zealand’s military contingent in the Solomon Islands will decrease over coming months

Minister of Defence Mark Burton will today officially accept the first of New Zealand’s new Light Armoured Vehicles (NZLAVs)

The public is being consulted over the future of Whenuapai Air Base

148,420 visitors arrived in New Zealand in September of this year—the highest September figure on record, and an impressive nine percent increase on 2002.

New Zealand’s accommodation sector remained steady for the month of August--a clear indication that the tourism sector is well on the road to recovery in the post-SARS period.

It is vital that we put a process in place that will enable consultation with all interested central and local government agencies, as well as local communities.

Prime Minister Helen Clark and Defence Minister Mark Burton today farewelled 53 New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel deploying to Southeast Iraq.

Minister of Defence Mark Burton today presented the New Zealand General Service Medal (Solomon Islands) to officers of the Vanuatu Police Force.

Total visitor numbers in August increased two percent on 2002.

New Zealand has been voted the UK’s favourite holiday destination—three times in a row.

The results of today’s Accommodation Survey are a clear indication that the industry’s future is sound.

Minister for Industry and Regional Development Jim Anderton, and Minister of Tourism Mark Burton are welcoming the release of a joint study into the effects of tourism demand on water and sewerage infrastructure.

The Royal Albatross Centre on Dunedin’s Otago Peninsula today became the 1000th business to sign up to Qualmark, the tourism industry’s official quality assurance system.

The Tourism Research Council New Zealand’s (TRCNZ) latest forecasts show that the tourism sector is headed in the right direction, with visitor yield increasing at a rate nearly double that of visitor numbers

Acting Leader of the House Mark Burton today demanded the National leader Bill English force his MP, Shane Ardern, to apologise for his act of ‘reckless stupidity’ in driving a tractor without a roll bar up Parliament’s front steps yesterday.