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New Zealand Schools Nga Kura o Aotearoa 1998, tabled in Parliament today by Education Minister Nick Smith shows the Government is investing more than ever in New Zealand's young people through bett

Conservation Minister Nick Smith today launched Arbor Day at a Te Papa ceremony with the theme 'Trees for Life'.

Conservation Minister Nick Smith has met today with members of the Te Rerenga Wairua (Cape Reinga) Working Party and Ngati Kuri kaumauta to discuss the working party report on the future management

Education and Acting Science Minister Nick Smith today announced an initiative to evaluate science and mathematics education in world leading countries to see what New Zealand can learn from their

Acting Minister of Research, Science and Technology, Dr Nick Smith, today announced the membership of the Independent Biotechnology Advisory Council (IBAC) saying the public and Government would be

Education Minister Nick Smith commended the 120 schools and thousands of volunteers who spent today installing cable networks throughout their school.

Draft Arts Curriculum Launched

Education Minister Nick Smith wants bullying eliminated from New Zealand schools and is committing $1.3 million over the next three years to help schools get on top of the problem.

Conservation Minister Nick Smith today launched a competition to name this season's record-breaking additions to the kakapo population - four females and two males.

Conservation Minister Nick Smith today announced appointments to the New Zealand Conservation Authority (NZCA).

Minister Invites Expressions of Interest to Adopt Horses

Education Minister Nick Smith today announced the establishment of a working party between the Ministry of Education, The Correspondence School and the Open Polytechnic to explore the option of an

Labour's Policy to Scrap Bulk Funding Puts 1200 School Jobs at Risk Education Minister Nick Smith tackled Labour, in the General Debate in Parliament today, over its policy to scrap bulk funding sa

Education Minister Nick Smith today welcomed the announcement by Social Services Minister Roger Sowry that 27 schools in Northland, East Coast, Porirua and the Hutt Valley will be part of the new S

Education Minister Nick Smith today announced the Government's target of having all schools on the Internet by year's end.

Education Minister Nick Smith, in opening a Teacher Registration Board seminar today, welcomed the Board's initiative in taking the first step to develop a unified code of ethics for teachers.

Discussion Document First Step to Better Consistency Education Minister Nick Smith welcomed the release of the Working Party's discussion document on the issues of the length of the school day and

Conservation Minister Nick Smith and Department of Conservation staff are ecstatic at the success of the Kakapo Recovery Programme that has seen a record seven chicks hatch, four of whom are female

Conservation Minister Nick Smith yesterday met with representatives of Te Runanga o Ngati Porou to progress negotiations to finalise the 1990 deal to return Mount Hikurangi into Ngati Porou ownersh

Education Minister Nick Smith, at the opening of the "Educating Pasefika Positively" conference in Auckland, announced a new initiative to increase the number of Pacific teachers in the school sect

Conservation Minister, Nick Smith, today announced a further Crown contribution of $300,000 towards the purchase of the Otuataua volcanic stonefields, on the shores of Manukau Harbour, west of the

Education Minister Nick Smith today welcomed the Literacy Taskforce's report, saying it provided a roadmap towards achieving the Government's goal that 'by 2005, every child turning nine will be ab

Conservation Minister Nick Smith yesterday released twelve of the worlds rarest ducks onto a predator-free offshore island in a bid to seed a second wild population.

Conservation Minister Nick Smith today launched the new Department of Conservation Trainee Ranger Programme at Nelson Polytechnic, at which the Director General, Hugh Logan, and Nelson Polytechnic