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A $2.7 million investment aims to double availability of Fulbright Scholarships for post-graduate study in the USA

$4.4m will be invested in non-commercial radio and regional TV over the next four years

The new Porirua Youth Transitions Service (YTS) will be a valuable resource for young people, their families and the wider Porirua community.

A new Housing Trust launched today will help to address the shortage of affordable housing in Nelson.

Radio New Zealand will demonstrate a new digital broadcast system for the first time in New Zealand today when it hosts 75 top broadcasters from around the world for a 3-day symposium.

The 50,000th DNA profile to be submitted for the DNA Profile Databank is a milestone in the use of science to fight crime in New Zealand.

National's Families spokesperson Judith Collins should either front up with evidence to support her claim the Families Commission is involved in electioneering, or stop making such ridiculous allegations.

A new AgResearch facility to be built in Palmerston North will enhance New Zealand's status as a world-leader in animal health research

Funding for the government's $3.2 million SAGES programme will now be available nation-wide.

Productivity, participation and skills would be a key focus for the government in a third term as it moved to address skill and labour shortages, Social Development and Employment Minister Steve Maharey said today.

Welfare hardliner Judith Collins was forced to backtrack on claims that National would deny the DPB to women who refused to name the father of their child after intervention from leader Don Brash.

The number of working-aged
New Zealanders on the Unemployment Benefit has dropped by a record 27% in one year and the number of sole parents on the DPB fell below 100,000 for the first time since 1995

Legislation passed today will further reduce the number of sole parents on the DPB who refuse to name the other parent of their child, Social Development and Employment Minister Steve Maharey said.

Muriel Newman's claim that benefit spending has increased under the Labour-led government is simply wrong, Social Development and Employment Minister Steve Maharey said today.

Extra assistance for thousands of families with children comes when the next phase of Working for Families kicks in on 1 April

More than 500 people have been helped off benefits and into skilled work in the first nine months of Industry Partnerships

Don Brash's announcement that he would scrap the PACE programme shows total disregard for New Zealand's thriving arts industry, Social Development and Employment Minister Steve Maharey and Associate Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister Judith Tizard said today.

Winston Peters is either intent on misleading older New Zealanders on the government's super policy, or he simply doesn't understand it, Social Development and Employment Minister Steve Maharey said.

Ocean Survey 20/20 will build a comprehensive picture of New Zealand's oceanic interests

Winston Peters is continuing his campaign of misleading older New Zealanders about the government's superannuation policy, Social Development and Employment Minister Steve Maharey said today.

Employers were urged to give disabled job seekers a go by Social Development and Employment Minister Steve Maharey and Disabilities Issues Minister Ruth Dyson today.

The $100 million BioPacificVentures fund is the largest life sciences fund ever promoted in New Zealand

Students using the Student Job Search service earned $50 million over the summer, Social Development and Employment Minister Steve Maharey announced today.

Benefits, superannuation and student allowances will increase from 1 April 2005 and income thresholds for the Community Services Card will rise, Social Development and Employment Minister Steve Maharey and Health Minister Annette King said today.