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A new fund will help remove barriers and improve opportunities for the most underserved tertiary students in New Zealand, Education Minister Jan Tinetti has announced today.

  • Education

The Government has today passed the next key piece of legislation required to ensure affordable, safe, and sustainable publicly owned water services for New Zealanders for generations to come.

  • Local Government

A multi-million investment package in teacher supply announced in September last year has already exceeded its goal of 1,000 new teachers.

  • Education

The Government is ensuring that owners of flood and cyclone-damaged properties who take up voluntary buy-out offers are not inadvertently caught by tax rules.

  • Revenue

Wellington barrister and solicitor Dale Robert La Hood has been appointed a Judge of the High Court, Attorney‑General David Parker announced today.

  • Attorney-General

A primary sector employer that focuses on helping young people reach their potential is the Supreme Winner of the 2023 Primary Industries Good Employer Awards, Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor announced last night.

  • Agriculture

Rapid action taken by the Government to improve attendance is working, Minister of Education Jan Tinetti said today.

  • Education

New regulations to limit youth vaping have been confirmed and will come into effect on 21 September this year, Health Minister Ayesha Verrall has announced.  

  • Health

The Government’s mental health and addiction programme Access and Choice has hit the one millionth support session since it started delivering services in 2020.

  • Health

The Government’s cost of living policy of making most prescriptions free is working, with almost 3 million free scripts provided to around 900,000 New Zealanders since the $5 co-payment was removed on July 1.

  • Health

The Government is taking action to make sure every child leaves school with a bright future and equipped with a foundational knowledge in maths, reading and writing by making their teaching requirements compulsory and consistent.

  • Education

A new agreement that will mean a pathway to work in aviation engineering has been signed today, representing a step forward for tertiary education in the upper South Island.

  • Education

The Government is changing the roadside drug testing regime to ensure Police have the right tools to get dangerous drug-impaired drivers off the road, Ministers Damien O’Connor and Ginny Andersen have announced.

  • Justice
  • Police
  • Transport

The Government has delivered the next step to protect renters and property owners by introducing a regulatory regime for residential property managers.

  • Housing

New Zealand’s first-ever national freight and supply chain strategy will improve the productivity and resilience to disruptions of our ports, freight and shipping sectors.

  • Transport

The Chris Hipkins Government has worked with farming leaders to design a final plan to reduce agricultural emissions, Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor has announced today.

  • Agriculture

Defence Minister Andrew Little has marked the arrival of the fourth and final P-8A Poseidon aircraft at the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s Base Ohakea today.

  • Defence

The Government will pay Alan Hall just under $5 million in compensation for wrongful conviction and imprisonment, Acting Justice Minister Deborah Russell announced today.

  • Justice

The Government has committed $150 million for the seismic strengthening of three of New Zealand’s busiest courtrooms, Justice Minister Ginny Andersen has announced.

  • Justice

I kitea e Te Whakatōhea te pānuitanga tuatahitanga o Te Whakatōhea Claims Settlement Bill i te Pāremata i tēnei rā mō ā rātou kerēme Tiriti o Waitangi nō mai rā anō.

  • Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations

Transport Minister David Parker has today released the draft Government Policy Statement (GPS) on land transport for consultation.

  • Prime Minister
  • Transport

The Chris Hipkins Government today announced a nation-building transport programme which will grow the economy and create jobs, help Kiwi households and businesses cut emissions, and help Kiwis get around our regions and cities faster and safer.

  • Prime Minister
  • Transport

Mark Mitchell has demonstrated himself entirely unfit to be Minister of Police today by characterising serious offences laid as part of Operation Cobalt as “minor infringements”, Police Minister Ginny Andersen says.

  • Police

Legislation establishing an independent body to strengthen and protect the integrity of the sport and recreation system has passed its final reading in Parliament with almost unanimous support.

  • Sport and Recreation