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New Zealand's next High Commissioner to Tonga will be career diplomat Brian Smythe, Foreign Minister Don McKinnon announced today.

Defence Minister Max Bradford said today that the Army is taking a sensible approach to its vehicle replacement projects by seeking to get the best equipment at the best price rather than simply ru

The taxometer shows Labour's "credit card" of promises would require a tax rate of 44%, Education Minister Wyatt Creech and Health Minister Bill English said today.

Youth Affairs Minister Tony Ryall gave his support to the one-stop-shop concept proposed by Invercargill's Safer Community Council to bring local youth services under one banner.

On the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the Conservation Corps in New Zealand, the Minister of Youth Affairs, Tony Ryall, visited a conservation programme in Invercargill whose young gradu

Whereas Labour sold $10 billion worth of state assets to around 40 large companies, the first two sharefloats carried out by National have attracted 100,000 kiwi shareholders - 60,000 of them first

The decision by the Gore District Council this week to set-up a Safer Community Council programme, is a positive step towards tackling youth justice issues in the area, Minister of Youth Affairs To

Sport Minister Murray McCully said it was "ironic" that Richard Prebble is leader of a political party which wants the Government to spend less money, except when it comes to spending money in his

Prime Minister Jenny Shipley encouraged all New Zealanders to grab the chance to carry the Olympic Torch for New Zealand, when it toured the country in the year 2000.

Enterprise and Commerce Minister Max Bradford today supported ManFed's call for a fresh look at the manufacturing sector.

Education Minister Wyatt Creech today announced a full review of the length of the school year and school day.

"Labour is putting blind ideology before better education opportunities for students," Education Minister Wyatt Creech said today.

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APEC maintained its credibility last week, Trade Minister Lockwood Smith told the Wellington Chinese Community Forum tonight.

Health Minister Bill English today launched guidelines aimed at helping GPs recognise and treat anxiety disorders.

A recent survey of local councils has revealed that almost forty per cent of the country's local government politicians are newly elected, Minister of Local Government Tony Ryall said at a meeting

Gaping holes are emerging in the Labour Party on the issue of Timberland's sustainable beech plans as Labour MPs publicly undermine Helen Clark's opposition to sustainable logging, State Owned Ente

The Minister of Justice, Rt Hon D.A.M. Graham, urged Maori to respect the decision of the Court of Appeal in the trout case.

"No one in this country is above the law,'' he said.

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Nick Smith, Associate Minister of Social Services launched the first of three Family Start services in New Zealand when he visited Ma Te Whanau Timata Trust Family Start programme in Whangarei toda

The suggestion today by Damien O'Connor that I have set up a 'slush fund' to assist election year projects is complete rubbish for one very simple reason", Tourism Minister Murray McCully said toda

New Zealanders totally underestimate the benefits which the Sydney Olympics in the year 2000 will bring New Zealand, according to Sports Minister Murray McCully.

Over 47,000 Housing New Zealand tenants have been told their rents will be dropping, Hon Murray McCully, Minister Responsible for Housing New Zealand said today.

The Government has taken a significant step forward in maintaining the momentum of competition in the telecommunications sector, Minister of Communications Maurice Williamson announced today.