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Environment Minister Marian Hobbs has announced a new fund to help the public make submissions on Waitaki catchment resource consent applications

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Environment

Our NZDF service personnel, Police, and civilians are making a very important contribution to re-establishing safety, security, and infrastructure in both Iraq and the Solomon Islands.

  • Mark Burton
  • Defence

New Zealand welcomes the United States move to lift steel tariffs swiftly after the World Trade Organisation appellate body confirmed the tariffs were illegal.

  • Jim Sutton
  • Trade Negotiations

Marae fire safety paramount this xmas

  • Parekura Horomia
  • Maori Affairs

Final chapter for Maori fisheries bill

  • Parekura Horomia
  • Fisheries and Aquaculture

A small contingent of New Zealand police officers will be sent to Bougainville in Papua New Guinea in the New Year, to re-establish community-based policing in local hotspots.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

The visitor visa-waiver for Tuvalu, Kiribati and Nauru nationals will be suspended from Monday 8 December 2003 Immigration Minister Lianne Dalziel announced today.

  • Lianne Dalziel
  • Immigration

The New Zealand Police’s Tauranga office is the winner of the State Services Commission’s 2003 Mainstream Employer of the Year Award, recognising its work supporting an employee with a disability.

  • Trevor Mallard
  • State Services

New legislation has been introduced to Parliament, making changes to the Employment Relations Act and other employment laws

  • Margaret Wilson
  • Labour

An international conference has heard that NZ government policies aim to get the best outcomes from the increasingly diverse range of New Zealand families.

  • Steve Maharey
  • Social Development and Employment

Damien O'Connor welcomes the passing into law of the Smoke-free Environments Amendment Bill

  • Damien O'Connor
  • Health

Health Minister Annette King says nine out of 10 New Zealand adults rate their health as good, very good or excellent

  • Annette King
  • Health

Education Minister Trevor Mallard today announced new measures designed to increase protection for export education providers and their international students.

  • Trevor Mallard
  • Education

Legislation aimed at reducing the disruption for students and helping school boards of trustees during collective agreement negotiations in the state school sector was introduced to Parliament today.

  • Trevor Mallard
  • State Services

Environment Minister Marian Hobbs today introduced a Bill to create an improved process to decide the use of water from the Waitaki River and catchment.

  • Marian Hobbs
  • Environment

The government tables legislation to build on the public sector reforms of the 1980s.

  • Michael Cullen
  • Finance

Details of the second Social Policy, Research and Evaluation Conference have been announced.

  • Steve Maharey
  • Social Development and Employment

Jim Anderton welcomes NZ Trade and Enterprise's new service to improve entrepreneurs' understanding of, and success from participating in, capital raising.

  • Jim Anderton
  • Economic Development

Ethnic Affairs Minister Chris Carter has asked New Zealand's ethnic communities for patience in the wake New Zealand First's latest misinformation campaign about immigration.

  • Chris Carter
  • Ethnic Affairs

Ruatoria will benefit from a new multi-purpose government service centre

  • Rick Barker
  • Courts

The Primary Production Committee's scampi fishery inquiry has usefully clear and specific recommendations ...

  • Pete Hodgson
  • Fisheries and Aquaculture

Tough penalties for child pornography offences are contained in new legislation

  • Phil Goff
  • Justice

Health Minister Annette King says regular reports on implementation of the Primary Health Care Strategy will help the sector realise the strategy's full potential.

  • Annette King
  • Health

Unspent funding intended for private training establishments (PTEs) will be redistributed to new or growing PTEs in 2004.

  • Steve Maharey
  • Education