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Deputy Prime Minister Don McKinnon today released the design for Parliaments new Ministerial Building, with construction due to start by April next year.

The Acting Minister of Agriculture Denis Marshall said today that Mike Moore has jumped the gun by asking the Minister of Agriculture to arbitrate in the consideration of Apple-Fields' application

Finance Minister Rt Hon Bill Birch said today that Reserve Bank Governor Don Brash's speech clearly focused on the pressures on monetary policy and the exchange rate if spending is increased substa

Labour force participation rates are at an all-time high and employment is continuing to grow, Minister of Employment, Wyatt Creech, said today.

The Prime Minister today announced the reallocation of the portfolios of the Ministers who retired from Parliament at the General Election.

Schools will from today receive details of the funding they will get from the $10 million property Financial Assistance Scheme, Education Minister Wyatt Creech announced today.

Education Minister Wyatt Creech has announced that the Caretaker Government has made an interim funding decision for tertiary institutions for 1997.

Attorney-General Paul East said today that he had every confidence in the ability of judges to exercise their powers to grant bail, based on all the information presented to them at the time.

Tourism Minister Murray McCully has paid tribute to Norman Geary who indicated his retirement today as inaugural Chairman of the NZ Tourism Board, saying "he has been an outstanding leader during t

Police Minister, Hon John Luxton today expressed support for Police in working on new strategies to enhance the safety of Police officers.

The Prime Minister today announced that he had accepted the resignation from Cabinet of the Hon John Banks, Minister of Tourism; Sport, Fitness and Leisure; Local Government; and Civil Defence.

The Government is to make an immediate grant of $200 000 in emergency funds for use in Eastern Zaire.

The Minister of Justice, Hon D.A.M. Graham, today expressed the Government's appreciation of Hon Justice John Wallace's outstanding contribution to the law.

The Minister of Justice, Hon D.A.M.

Social Welfare Minister Hon Peter Gresham has refuted claims by Labour's spokesperson Annette King that he has been unsuccessful in seeking funding for The Children, Young Persons and Their Familie

Foreign Minister Don McKinnon said he very much regretted Australia failed to win a Security Council seat during the elections in New York this morning.

New Zealanders visiting the Czech Republic will no longer need a visa following the Czech Governments announcement of a visa waiver arrangement today.

Finance Minister Rt Hon Bill Birch today welcomed improving underlying inflation figures for the September 1996 quarter.

The assassination of Premier Theodore Miriung has been described by Foreign Minister Don McKinnon as a major blow to hopes for peace on Bougainville.

The Minister of Justice, Hon D.A.M. Graham, today announced the appointment of Hastings Barrister and Solicitor Anthony Patrick Walsh as a District Court Judge.

The Crown will sell Christchurch's Wigram airbase to Ngai Tahu, which will keep most of it as an aviation estate, the Minister of Lands Denis Marshall announced today.

The Minister in Charge of Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, Hon D.A.M. Graham, today announced that agreement had been reached on the Ngai Tahu Treaty of Waitangi claim.

Children will be among the main beneficiaries of a $150,000 assistance package for typhoon victims in Viet Nam and Laos announced today by Foreign Minister Don McKinnon.

The Minister in Charge of Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, Hon D.A.M.