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Hon Marie Hasler, the Minister of Cultural Affairs, extends her warmest congratulations to Cheryll Sotheran, Chief Executive of the Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa, on receiving the 1999 N

Introducing competition and choice into the accident compensation arena will benefit all New Zealanders, former factory inspector the Hon Marie Hasler Associate Minister of ACC said today.

Health Minister Bill English said today Otago Medical School's decision to offer specialised rural health training showed there was a bright future for Balclutha's community hospital and others lik

Health Minister Bill English said today Otago Medical School's decision to offer specialised rural health training showed there was a bright future for Balclutha's community hospital and others lik

"Breast screening can save lives," Prime Minister Jenny Shipley said today at the launch of the national screening programme, BreastScreen Aotearoa.

Prime Minister Jenny Shipley today announced key new appointments in her office.

Judicial review proceedings brought against the Attorney General and the Minister for Food, Fibre, Biosecurity and Border Control by the Travel Industry Coalition (TIC) over consultation relating t

The value of New Zealand's exports is up again and that bodes well for a return to strong, sustainable economic growth, Acting Trade Minister John Luxton said today.

Foreign Minister, Don McKinnon, today welcomed the establishment of a new coalition Government in Cambodia.

The Government appointed Literacy Taskforce charged with providing advice on ways to ensure every child can read and write by the time they are 9 years old has started its hard graft, Education Min

Austria and Switzerland have been added to the growing number of European countries with which New Zealand has negotiated air services agreements this year", the Minister of Transport, Mr Maurice W

The strength of the economic up-turn in the next three years is due in significant part to rises in disposable income including the 1996-8 tax cuts, said Max Bradford, Revenue Minister and Minister

The Government's electricity reforms are cutting costs for households and businesses, Enterprise and Commerce Minister Max Bradford said today.

Health Minister Bill English said the Government had not ruled out the possibility of extending the breast screening programme to a wider age group of women at some stage in the future.

A new regime to handle claims for compensation from people who have been wrongly convicted and imprisoned has been approved by the Cabinet and will come into effect immediately.

"Government Ministers and Members of Parliament are keen to work with the churches and other organisations to find practical solutions to social concerns," the Prime Minister said following a meeti

"My Government intends to work with the whole community to strengthen families and build a stronger New Zealand," Prime Minister Jenny Shipley said today.

"The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is both a mirror of and a challenge to our common humanity," Prime Minister Jenny Shipley said today in a keynote address to mark the 50th Anniversary of

Foreign Minister Don McKinnon this morning expressed his shock at news that New Zealander Stanley Shaw and his three British colleagues have apparently been murdered by their kidnappers.

Today's NZ Herald Digipoll survey showing almost three out of five New Zealanders aged 18-39 oppose Labour's tax hike comes a day after a leading economist said a Labour-Alliance government would s

Labour's claims about the numbers of students with unprocessed Work and Income New Zealand applications are wildly exaggerated.

"It comes as no surprise to me that Native Forest Action's political agenda has been exposed and it is not a "supposedly neutral lobby group," says Associate Minister for Food, Fibre, Biosecurity a

Hon John Luxton, Minister in Charge of Land Information New Zealand, today announced that the Auckland Area Health Board Leaseholders Association had been successful with their bid of $5 million fo

"The Working Party set up to look into schooling in Rotorua is now ready to get down to business," Education Minister Wyatt Creech said today.