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Guest accommodation is booming, according to a report released today by Statistics New Zealand. The latest Accommodation Survey shows that all regions recorded more guest nights in June 2002 than in June 2001.

  • Jim Anderton
  • Economic Development

New Zealand’s latest unemployment figures place us tenth on the OECD scale, up four places in just two years.

June 2002 unemployment rates are at 5.1%, a 14-year low that ties New Zealand with Sweden and the United Kingdom.

  • Jim Anderton
  • Economic Development

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.

  • Jim Anderton
  • Industry and Regional Development

Jim Anderton welcomes a second term for the Labour Progressive Coalition.

  • Jim Anderton
  • Customs

Jim Anderton speech.
Opening of new Customs Inspection Base
20 Brigade Rd, Airport Oaks, Mangere
Te Mana Arai House

  • Jim Anderton
  • Customs

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.

  • Jim Anderton
  • Industry and Regional Development

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.

  • Jim Anderton
  • Industry and Regional Development

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.

  • Jim Anderton
  • Industry and Regional Development

The wood processing industry presents a major opportunity for the New Zealand economy to become the ‘pacific tiger’ says Industry and Regional Development Minister Jim Anderton who today attended the last formal meeting of the Wood Processing Strategy Steering Group he convened.

“By 2015, the wood from New Zealand's planted forests will double to 30-35 million cubic metres and ten years later, will have doubled again. Wood processing has the potential to go from our third largest export earner to our largest.

  • Jim Anderton
  • Economic Development

Economic Development Minister Jim Anderton today welcomed the announcement of one of the largest single jobs machine successes with the news that Gisborne will be home for New Zealand’s largest wood processing plant.

  • Jim Anderton
  • Economic Development

“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.

  • Jim Anderton
  • Industry and Regional Development

Transfunds investment in New Zealand’s regional roading network is a huge benefit to economic development says Economic Development Minister Jim Anderton.

  • Jim Anderton
  • Economic Development

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’.

  • Jim Anderton
  • Industry and Regional Development

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.

  • Jim Anderton
  • Industry and Regional 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.

  • Jim Anderton
  • Industry and Regional Development

Jim Anderton says he has proposed Pokarekare Ana be given status as a national song, alongside our National Anthem.

“Sport should not be the only source of New Zealand identity and pride,” Deputy Prime Minister Jim Anderton said.

  • Jim Anderton
  • Deputy Prime Minister

Government Ministers, steel industry and union leaders have jointly expressed their strong resolve to prevent New Zealand’s steel industry from being harmed by surges in steel imports.

  • Jim Anderton
  • Customs

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.

  • Jim Anderton
  • Industry and Regional Development

Export company growth and innovation have as much to do with attitude and relationships as they do with technology, R&D and capital according to a report released today by Economic Development Minister Jim Anderton, Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton and Research, Science and Technology Minister Pete Hodgson.

  • Jim Anderton
  • Economic Development

The National Party’s defence policy makes airforce jet fighters more important than jobs, deputy Prime Minister Jim Anderton says.

  • Jim Anderton
  • Deputy Prime Minister

Jim Anderton confirmed that he always understood from the Progressive Coalition that the new party would not qualify for broadcasting funding unless it had been registered for three months before the dissolution of parliament.

  • Jim Anderton
  • Deputy Prime Minister

Deputy Prime Minister Jim Anderton is amazed that Bill English is promising National would help small businesses if they got anywhere near Government.

“After spending nine years destroying businesses, National now wants people to believe they will help them.

  • Jim Anderton
  • Deputy Prime Minister

Deputy Prime Minister Jim Anderton welcomed Customs’ newest partner in the innovative FrontLine programme today in Christchurch.

Cameron Air & Seafreight Ltd is the first South Island based freight forwarding company to join the FrontLine initiative.

  • Jim Anderton
  • Customs

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.

  • Jim Anderton
  • Industry and Regional Development