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Conservation Minister Nick Smith today welcomed the achievement of a significant step towards settling Ngaati Ruanui's Treaty of Waitangi claim the signing of a Heads of Agreement by Ngaati Ruanui

Conservation Minister Nick Smith is astonished at Labour's decision to pull their support on the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park and has urged Labour to reconsider.

Education Minister Nick Smith today welcomed early indications that fewer students are being permanently suspended from schools and that schools are making effective use of the new rules introduced

Education Minister Nick Smith today launched Te Kete Ipurangi ? the Online Learning Centre, a website based resource for schools, at Karori West Normal School in Wellington.

Education Minister Nick Smith told the Association of Bulk Funded Schools conference in Taupo that funding for all schools would turn into a fiasco under Labour's policy to take away the choice of

Education Minister Nick Smith, during a visit to Tauranga today, announced his approval for Bethlehem College to integrate into the state school system as a composite school, effective from October

Conservation Minister Nick Smith today launched a plan setting out the conservation priorities for New Zealand's most threatened native plants at a site where recovery is taking place, pest-free Mo

Conservation Minister Nick Smith today slammed Native Forest Action for distorting his views on the future of Timberlands as outlined at the annual ECO Conference in Wellington on Friday night.

Education Minister Nick Smith, at Kariaka Marae near Ruatoria, today announced approval for New Zealand's first combined boards of trustees for two groups of schools on the East Coast.

Conservation Minister Nick Smith, in ceremony at Pakihiroa Station, today signed agreements, which include a conservation covenant and an easement, with Te Runanga O Ngati Porou which will settle a

Education Minister Nick Smith, in response to the teacher's union claim for parity for kindergarten teachers, today said that the union's proposition would unfairly discriminate against other early

Education and Conservation Minister Nick Smith today launched NIWA's Sea and Learn Programme on board the 28 metre research vessel Kaharoa, at Kings Wharf in Wellington.

Education Minister Nick Smith today launched Te Puna, the National Library's new on-line information access system and announced that he had approved the National Library's restructuring plan.

Education Minister Nick Smith today announced, as part of Kidsafe Week, that all school minibuses would be required to have seatbelts installed for Ministry of Education school bus contracts.

Education Minister Nick Smith says New Zealand must perform better in maths at all levels if we are to build a knowledge economy in the new century, and the Government needed to take new initiative

Invercargill couple Brian and Chris Rance have been awarded the 1999 Loder Cup, Conservation Minister Dr Nick Smith announced today.

Environmental Education Guidelines Launched

Education Minister Nick Smith today launched 'Everyday Ways to Make Learning Fun for Kids' - an information pack with helpful tips to lift the reading, writing and maths skills of New Zealand child

Education Minister Nick Smith today, at the Principals' Federation Conference in Rotorua, announced a campaign to attract more men into primary teaching, saying that schools need a better balance o

Education Minister Nick Smith and Youth Affairs Minister Tony Ryall say that education will be the key in ensuring young people do not abuse the lower drinking age agreed on by Parliament last nigh

Education Minister Nick Smith today announced he has approved Mt Albert Grammar School's application for a change in status from a single sex boys school to a co-educational school.

Education Minister Nick Smith today received the Strengthening Education in Mangere and Otara (SEMO) annual report, which shows that good progress is being made on improving student achievement in

Education Minister Nick Smith today released an Education Review Office report highlighting the under-achievement of boys, saying that schools needed to focus on how to lift levels of boys' achieve

Conservation Minister Nick Smith this morning signed a Heads of Agreement with the Rakiura Maori Land Trust Chairman, Mr Graham Lloyd, that will ensure the permanent protection of 3661 ha of virgin