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A proposal to enable further development at the Christchurch Football Centre in Yaldhurst has been given the green light to proceed.

  • Hon Nanaia Mahuta
  • Greater Christchurch Regeneration

New appointments to the Health Promotion Agency (HPA) board have been announced today by Associate Health Minister Jenny Salesa.

  • Hon Jenny Salesa
  • Health

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters says New Zealand will support the UN Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration after being satisfied fears about the document are unfounded.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Foreign Affairs

Māori Development Minister, Hon Nanaia Mahuta says Te Puia - The New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute in Rotorua is a step closer to iwi ownership.

  • Hon Nanaia Mahuta
  • Māori Development

Today’s announcement that nearly a million dollars will be injected into Coromandel aquaculture and marine services is great news for the people of Hauraki, said the Minister of Māori Development Hon Nanaia Mahuta.

  • Hon Nanaia Mahuta
  • Māori Development

New Zealand workers on the minimum wage are set for a significant pay rise, as the Coalition Government signals how it will move toward its goal of a $20 p/h minimum wage by 2021, Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Iain Lees-Galloway and New Zealand First spokesperson for Employment Relations Clayton Mitchell announced today.

  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • Workplace Relations and Safety

New Zealand has signed onto the Birmingham Declaration on Zero Emissions Vehicles, committing to a zero emissions future for transport.

  • Hon James Shaw
  • Climate Change

Minister for Social Development, Carmel Sepuloni, has proposed legislative changes to the Social Workers Registration Legislation Bill, to strengthen the regulation of social workers and better protect public safety.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Social Development

The Coroners (Access to Body of Dead Person) Amendment Bill passed its third reading in Parliament last night.

  • Hon Andrew Little
  • Justice

The Provincial Growth Fund is investing $924,000 in Coromandel aquaculture and marine services, Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones has announced.

  • Hon Shane Jones
  • Regional Economic Development

The Southland region is set to receive a boost to its economy with Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) support for an Invercargill development project, aquaculture, and sheep and goat dairy initiatives, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Regional Economic Development Fletcher Tabuteau announced today.

  • Fletcher Tabuteau
  • Regional Economic Development

The NZ Transport Agency Board has approved a business case for the next steps in a start-up trial Hamilton to Auckland passenger rail service, Transport Minister Phil Twyford announced today.

  • Hon Phil Twyford
  • Transport

Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage says conservation, including marine reserves and sports fish like trout, will be better protected as a result of new law passed last night by Parliament.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation

New Zealand’s first Bill to reduce child poverty will help transform children’s lives and set a path to New Zealand having one of the lowest rates of child poverty in the world, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Child Poverty Reduction

The Māori advisory group to the Government’s joint venture on family violence and sexual violence began their work today at their first meeting in Wellington.

  • Jan Logie
  • Justice

Education Minister Chris Hipkins has declined Victoria University of Wellington Council’s application for a legal name change.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

Māori Development Minister Hon Nanaia Mahuta has appointed Dr Hinurewa Poutu (Ngāti Rangi, Te Āti Haunui a Pāpārangi, Ngāti Maniapoto) to the Board of Te Mātāwai for a three year term.

  • Hon Nanaia Mahuta
  • Māori Development

A new service will be trialled in Napier next year to help younger students at risk of disconnection from school because of suspension, expulsion and non-attendance, Associate Education Minister Tracey Martin announced today.

  • Hon Tracey Martin
  • Education

Making it easier for regions and industries to get the workers they need to flourish is at the heart of proposed changes to temporary work visas released for consultation today, says Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway.

  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • Immigration

Housing New Zealand’s HomeStart grant and Welcome Home Loan house price caps for new builds in areas outside the main centres are increasing from $450,000 to $500,000 to match the KiwiBuild price cap, Housing and Urban Development Minister Phil Twyford announced today.

  • Hon Phil Twyford
  • Housing and Urban Development

The most sophisticated X-ray technology available to scrutinise the bags of international travellers for any unwanted pests was unveiled today at Auckland Airport by Biosecurity Minister Damien O’Connor.  

  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Biosecurity

Associate Minister for the Environment, Eugenie Sage has today confirmed retailers will no longer be able to sell or give away single-use plastic shopping bags from 1 July 2019, after Cabinet agreed to the proposed regulations for a mandatory nationwide phase out of these bags.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Environment

Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones and Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media Minister Kris Faafoi have today announced significant additional rural broadband and mobile coverage across New Zealand, taking coverage to 99.8% of the population.

  • Hon Shane Jones
  • Hon Kris Faafoi
  • Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media
  • Regional Economic Development

Scientific evidence in a new report on long-term wetland loss in Southland shows our wetlands urgently need better protection, Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage says.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation