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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.

"Labour-Alliance's Justice team, Matt Robson and Phil Goff, were deafeningly silent last week as report after report made it clear New Zealanders want tougher sentences for the worst criminals," Ju

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.

The Brazilian Governments announcement that it is to open its first Embassy in New Zealand has been warmly welcomed by Foreign Minister Don McKinnon.

Minister of Transport Maurice Williamson today welcomed signs of the opening up of the trans-Tasman shipping trade.

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

Acting Police Minister Don McKinnon said the vicious assault on two Levin police officers is utterly abhorrent.

The days of huge, centrally planned, taxpayer subsidised power stations are now officially over, the Minister of Energy, Hon Doug Kidd said today.

The reversal of a recent decision to ban the Crown from Waitangi Day commemorations in the Far North has been welcomed by Deputy Prime Minister Don McKinnon.

The Prime Minister, Rt Hon J B Bolger, announced today that the Government intends to expand the Family Service Centres and HIPPY (Home Instruction by Parents of Pre-school Youngsters) to six new s

The total catch level for the Auckland area snapper fishery for the 1996-97 year will be reset at 5,600 tonnes, with an allowance of 2600 tonnes for non commercial fishers and the Total Allowable C

The Prime Minister, the Rt Hon J B Bolger today announced a $1 million one-off allocation for iwi social services development.

"Up to 2,000 young unemployed New Zealanders will have the opportunity to improve their chances of getting a job as a result of the Government's decision to expand the Defence Force's Limited Service Volunteer scheme," the Prime Minister, Rt Hon J B Bolger, said today.

Mr Bolger announced the expansion of the scheme, from 720 trainees a year to up to 2,000, while visiting the New Zealand Army's Burnham Camp, where five, six week residential courses are run each year.

The Government will spend $19.9 million over the next three years on a new border control strategy to protect New Zealand's environment and primary industries from hazards such as fruitfly, Agricul