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"The OECD review of the New Zealand economy projects growth of 3.5 percent this calendar year, 2.9 percent next year and 2.8 percent in 2002," Finance Minister Michael Cullen said today.

Foreign Minister Phil Goff today welcomed the first surrender of around 40 weapons from a former militant group, the Isatabu Freedom Movement, to the International Peace Monitoring Team (IPMT) in the Solomon Islands as a promising start.

The Government is putting an additional $2 million into adult literacy for the calendar year 2001, Associate Education Minister Lianne Dalziel announced today.

Spouses and partners of long-term business migrants are now eligible for multiple entry open work visas and permits, the Immigration Minister Lianne Dalziel said today.

"The New Zealand Superannuation Bill is an opportunity to take super out of the political arena and to offer a much greater level of certainty to this and future generations of elderly," says Finance Minister Michael Cullen.

The Government has tabled an Electricity Industry Bill at Parliament today that will give effect to the Power Package decisions announced in October.

The trade mission to Turkey was a profitable trip for all involved, Trade Minister Jim Sutton said today.

The trade mission to India and Nepal was extremely successful, Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton said today.

The Minister of Local Government has introduced a publicly long-awaited Bill into Parliament today that provides for councils' local authority trading enterprises (LATES) to be able to operate beyond a narrow commercial focus and also be able to take in

Mexican visitors to New Zealand will no longer require visas from 1 December this year, Foreign Minister Phil Goff and Immigration Minister Lianne Dalziel announced today.

Mexican visitors to New Zealand will no longer require visas from 1 December this year, Foreign Minister Phil Goff and Immigration Minister Lianne Dalziel announced today.

Auckland Central MP and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on Auckland Issues, Judith Tizard, has expressed dismay over the decision by Fullers Group to cancel its daily ferry service between Gulf Harbour and Downtown Auckland.

The Government has approved the first phase of the response to the new discoveries of the exotic southern saltmarsh mosquito, on the East Coast near Gisborne, and in two sites in the Hawkes Bay, Mahia and Porangahau, the Minister for Biosecurity, Marian Hobbs, announced today.

The Government has approved a $2.75 million package of initiatives to enhance biosecurity, the Minister for Biosecurity, Marian Hobbs, announced today. The package includes a $1.25 million public awareness programme.

"The rebound in business confidence shown in the latest National Bank survey
suggests the winter of discontent is over and that the economy is in for a good summer," Finance Minister Michael Cullen said today.

New Zealand will extend its ban on sporting contacts with Fiji into next year, Foreign Minister Phil Goff and Sports Minister Trevor Mallard announced today.

The deadline for submissions on the Re-evaluation of Human Rights Protections in New Zealand has been extended to 9 February 2001.

The government is to make authoritative, accurate, and up-to-date versions of New Zealand legislation available without charge through the internet. Print access will continue to be provided at a reasonable price.

The Minister of Maori Affairs Hon Parekura Horomia said it is important to build on the buzz created by the Ngati Porou East Coast rugby team success in the NPC rugby competition.

The Minister of Labour Margaret Wilson says the latest Morgan and Banks job index survey demonstrates what the government has said all along about the Employment Relations Act.

ACC premiums are on the way down again, almost a year after the Government introduced legislation to remove private insurers from work place accident insurance.

Pete Hodgson, New Zealand's minister at the World Conference on Climate Change in The Hague, said today the failure of the conference to reach an agreement on implementing the Kyoto Protocol was disappointing but there was hope that more progress might

The regulatory framework of the apple and pear exporting industry is to be reviewed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton said today.

Finance Minister Michael Cullen said the Cabinet had approved the appointments today.