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Education Minister, Wyatt Creech said today he hoped the lengthy and disruptive pay dispute with the secondary teachers was now at an end.

Auckland will benefit to the tune of $180 million for new school accommodation over the next 12 months, Education Minister Wyatt Creech announced today.

The Government today unveiled details of one of the largest school accommodation programmes the country has seen - with a price tag of almost half-a-billion dollars.

The claims that New Zealand will face electricity shortages within five years are absolute nonsense and ill-informed, Minister of Energy Doug Kidd said today.

The government has signed agreements with the five farmers at Aranga in Northland who claimed their land values had been affected by the Waitangi Tribunal's report on the Te Roroa claim, the Minist

The Education Minister has asked the Secretary for Education to investigate the circumstances surrounding the failure of tens of thousands of education staff to get paid.

A 60 bed unit is to be added to Mangaroa Prison in the Hawkes Bay, Minister of Corrections, Paul East, announced today.

Total employment in New Zealand continues to grow strongly, and unemployment has fallen slightly, Minister of Employment, Wyatt Creech, said today.

The taxpayer has not been ripped off through sales of Crown land to Ngai Tahu, the Minister of Lands, Denis Marshall, said today.

The Education Minister today clarified the time frame for negotiations between the State Services Commission and the PPTA - in case today's talks don't result in a settlement.

Foreign Minister Don McKinnon, having read the Slater Report, said he is pleased the Cook Islands have no problem with Mr Slater QC appearing before the Davison Commission.

The Education Minister is calling on the PPTA to think carefully and act responsibly over its pay negotiations with the State Services Commission.

A resource centre could be set up in Gisborne to help people affected by the partial closure of Cedenco, Minister of Employment, Wyatt Creech, said today.

Blaming the economy for Cedencos move offshore is blatantly political and almost inevitable Acting Prime Minister Don McKinnon said today.

Ministers are well aware of their responsibilities, Finance Minister Rt Hon Bill Birch said today.

The Attorney-General, Hon Paul East, said today that the Crown was closely considering the detail of the judgement in the Equiticorp case and would be announcing a decision on an appeal by the end

The Minister of Maori Affairs, Hon John Luxton responded to Federated Farmers claims of unfairness today by reiterating that the Government stands by the fairness of the decisions announced earlier

The Minister of Cultural Affairs, Hon D.A.M.

Minister of Defence, Paul East, today dismissed the Alliance's defence policy, describing it as introspective and naive."The Alliance's plan to withdraw New Zealand from all current international d

Rangitikei MP Denis Marshall said that homes will have to be found for one thousand Kaimanawa wild horses if all of the culled ones are to be saved.

The Minister of Maori Affairs, Hon John Luxton today released the Government's policy decisions relating to the Maori Reserved Land Amendment Bill 1996.

The Minister of State Services, Paul East, today introduced a Protected Disclosures Bill to give legal protection to "whistleblowers".

The Army is to be equipped with $18.5 million of new night vision and remote ground sensing equipment, the Minister of Defence, Paul East, announced in Parliament today.

New Zealand First's export policy would do nothing for farmers other than make them pay higher interest rates, Agriculture Minister Lockwood Smith said today.