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The government's new transport package addresses decades of transport under-funding and streamlines decision-making processes

The Crown and central North Island iwi are gearing up to start Treaty of Waitangi settlement negotiations, having made dramatic progress since dialogue began this time last year.

National and ACT are contradicting their own policies on water allocation in the Waitaki, and simply do not understand the process proposed under the Resource Management (Waitaki Catchment) Amendment Bill, Environment Minister Marian Hobbs said today.

FBT on the private use of company-owned cars is to be reduced.

New approach lifts Maori students' achievement levels

Ross Mountain's appointment as the UN's Acting Sepcial Representative to Iraq is well deserved, says Foreign Minister Phil Goff

A research project, Te Kotahitanga, has shown significant evidence of improvements in Maori students’ achievement through a new approach to teaching

Attorney-General Margaret Wilson today announced the appointment of Alan Donald MacKenzie and Forrest Miller as Judges of the High Court. Both judges will sit in Wellington.

Appointments to the Board of Radio New Zealand have been announced by Broadcasting Minister Steve Maharey.

Details of the first projects to be undertaken under the Australia-New Zealand Bilateral Climate Change Partnership.

The government is supporting the textile, clothing, footwear and carpet industry with industry development assistance

Tangata whenua everywhere will welcome research findings that strengthening the whanau and harnessing its potential for social and economic development should be a major focus of social policy

Chile is the first Latin American country to have a double tax agreement with NZ

Plans to establish a Quality Commissioner for the private tertiary education sector have been welcomed by the government.

Associate Health Minister Damien O'Connor urges New Zealand adults to drink in moderation this summer

Sport and Recreation Minister Trevor Mallard said a record 86 Prime Minister's Coach Scholarships have been awarded to support high performance coaches next year.

Australian and New Zealand have signed a treaty to establish a single agency to regulate therapeutic products

The Environment Court backlog has been slashed from more than 3000 cases in 2001 to 1596 in October 2003, and is expected to fall even further over coming months.

My door was always open, Dr Cullen says. You had only to ask for a meeting.

The government is to review its agencies in the transport sector, State Services Minister Trevor Mallard and Transport Minister Paul Swain announced today.

Funding of $8 million will create an extra 1236 new places for children in licensed and chartered early childhood education centres over the next year, Education Minister Trevor Mallard said today.

Participation in tertiary education rose by 11% in 2002 according to the annual report on the tertiary education sector, released today.

Motorists, the self-employed, earners and businesses will welcome stable or falling ACC levies.

The Ministerial Taskforce on Secondary Teacher Remuneration has reported to Education Minister Trevor Mallard with a raft of recommendations aimed at supporting the recruitment, retention and professional development of secondary teachers.