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Parents, teachers and communities are being given a taste of how the Government's new special education policy Special Education 2000 will benefit them, through a 'roadshow' of meetings over the ne

  • Wyatt Creech
  • Education

Health Minister Bill English said today he was seeking ways to fund non-urgent operations for people who needed them and should get from the public health service.

  • Bill English
  • Health

Hopefully this will be the beginning of the end of the number portability issue, said Minister of Communication Hon Maurice Williamson when commenting on today's agreement between Telecom and Telst

  • Maurice Williamson
  • Communications

The Government will spend more than $11 million over the next three years to ease the workload faced by teachers who teach in te reo Maori, Education Minister Wyatt Creech and Associate Education M

  • Wyatt Creech
  • Education

The Government's Education Strategy for Maori is about to take another step forward, through a series of regional meetings to gather information from communities.

  • Wyatt Creech
  • Education

"The Labour Party's plan to force schools to pull out of direct resourcing of teachers' salaries is a short sighted u-turn on policy it originally brought in," Education Minister Wyatt Creech said

  • Wyatt Creech
  • Education

The Government has introduced new legislation into Parliament which contains measures to guide schools when suspending students and to help overcrowded schools when enrolling students.

  • Wyatt Creech
  • Education

Background Information

Enrolment Schemes - to avoid overcrowding or the likelihood of overcrowding in schools.
With regard to enrolment schemes the Bill will:

  • Wyatt Creech
  • Education

The Population Conference this week tackles issues of critical importance to New Zealand communities in order to prepare for the difficult choices of the future, Immigration Minister Max Bradford s

  • Max Bradford
  • Immigration

Associate Minister of Social Welfare, Hon. Dr. Nick Smith today confirmed that Cabinet has decided on the appointment of a deputy chairman to the Social Security Appeal Authority.

  • Nick Smith
  • Associate Minister of Social Welfare

Transport Minister Jenny Shipley says the Australian media were misleading and incorrect to suggest that the New Zealand Government has any intention of ending a ban on nuclear-powered warships usi

  • Jenny Shipley
  • Transport

Legislation bringing in tough new measures to curb the power and activities of gangs had its third reading in Parliament this morning.

  • Doug Graham
  • Justice

International Trade Minister Lockwood Smith remains optimistic that US President Bill Clinton will gain fast-track negotiating authority for trade agreements, despite a setback over the weekend.

  • Dr Lockwood Smith
  • International Trade

A diabetes management project was one of 28 health information proposals which would be supported with funding of $3.5 million from the Health Provider Development Programme, Health Minister Bill E

  • Bill English
  • Health

Health Minister Bill English said today the advertising campaign by international drug companies was about profit, not people.

  • Bill English
  • Health

Immigration Minister Max Bradford has declined to intervene on behalf of the family of Daniel Martin Butler who sought to stay in New Zealand on humanitarian grounds.

  • Max Bradford
  • Immigration

New programmes and increased Budget funding are clear demonstrations of the Coalition Government's commitment to New Zealand children, says Hon. Deborah Morris, Minister of Youth Affairs.

  • Deborah Morris
  • Youth Affairs

"Malaysia is New Zealand's latest Open Skies partner", Transport Minister Jenny Shipley announced today.

  • Jenny Shipley
  • Transport

Health Minister Bill English said today that measles could be eliminated in New Zealand if immunisation rates were increased sufficiently.

  • Bill English
  • Health

Health Minister Bill English is warning the liquor industry that it runs the risk of regulatory action if it does not adopt a code of practice to limit the appeal of alcoholic sodas and iceblocks t

  • Bill English
  • Health

Health Minister Bill English said today's launch of a task force to help the country's largest hospital and largest group of GPs work together was a major breakthrough for the public health service

  • Bill English
  • Health

New Zealand's Environment and Associate Foreign Affairs Minister, Hon Simon Upton, is travelling to Tokyo today to attend a Ministerial meeting on Climate Change.

  • Simon Upton
  • Environment

The Government is still aiming for policy decisions on the Auckland Regional Services Trust (ARST) before the end of this year, the Minister of Local Government Hon Maurice Williamson told this aft

  • Maurice Williamson
  • Local Government

ACT's education policies would destroy the very schools its education spokesperson claims to want to help, according to Associate Education Minister Brian Donnelly.

  • Brian Donnelly
  • Associate Minister of Education