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Nelson MP and Corrections Minister Nick Smith said today that the law is deficient in not providing proper victim notification procedures for serious crimes, where the offender is found insane and

Health Minister Bill English said today development costs for the Government's Hospital Plan would be met from within existing budgets.

Labour Leader Helen Clark had so little to offer voters in Taranaki-King Country that she could not even be accused of making empty promises, Health Minister Bill English said today.

Cabinet has agreed to make the Rural Sector Assistance Programme (RSAP) available to farmers and growers in the Hawke's Bay, Acting Agriculture Minister John Luxton and Social Welfare Minister Roge

Prime Minister and National party leader Jenny Shipley says Labour should get real and explain the gap between their promises and their ability to fund them.

"The Government has no intention of privatising roading and it was mischievous at least and untruthful at best to suggest money would be stripped from rural communities to fund city highways," said

Trade and Agriculture Minister Lockwood Smith will this week take the Cairns Group's trade liberalisation message to the heart of the European Union, with visits to Hamburg, Vienna, Bonn and Brusse

Associate Minister of Women's Affairs, Deborah Morris, says the New Zealand Women's Rugby team deserves the congratulations of all New Zealanders.

"Critics of the new special education policy are ignoring the positive impact that Special Education 2000 is having for thousands of students," Education Minister Wyatt Creech said today.

"Critics of the new special education policy are ignoring the positive impact that Special Education 2000 is having for thousands of students," Education Minister Wyatt Creech said today.

Health Minister Bill English said today the Government was committed to ensuring action on the recommendations made by Health and Disability Commissioner Robyn Stent in her report on Canterbury Hea

Mr Hawkins is misleading the public with his inflammatory and irresponsible comments in recent days about the independent review of Police announced on April 6, the Minister of Police, the Hon Jack

Minister of Social Welfare, Hon Roger Sowry today lashed out at the ACT party's policies saying they would gut welfare services to small communities like Hawera and Stratford.

New Zealand's effort to let people know power is back on in Auckland will get a boost, with the Minister of Business Development, Max Bradford, and the Minister of Tourism, Murray McCully, announci

New Zealand?s effort to let people know power is back on in Auckland will get a boost, with the Minister of Business Development, Max Bradford, and the Minister of Tourism, Murray McCully, announci

The Taranaki/King Country by-election is the reason Labour and the Alliance are musing about not raising taxes quite as much, Finance Minister Rt Hon Bill Birch said today.

Taranaki-King Country voters will have plenty of scrap paper to light their fires thanks to another planned ACT propaganda blitz.

"Even one death in the workplace is one too many," Labour Minister Max Bradford said today when launching the Building and Construction Industry Organisation's National Certificate in Construction

The Government has agreed to establish the new position of Principal Disputes Tribunal Referee to improve the Disputes Tribunal service.

"Alliance MP Matt Robson's claim that 'political interference' was behind the Police decision not to prosecute any individual over the Cave Creek Tragedy is mischievous," Police Minister Jack Elder

ACT MP Owen Jennings has shot himself and his party in the foot with a brazen statement about campaigning full-time in the Taranaki-King Country electorate, Deputy Prime Minister and New Zealand Fi

"The Coalition Government is actively considering the key recommendations arising from Justice Thorp's Independent Review of Firearms Control," Police Minister Jack Elder said today

Labour Minister Max Bradford today slammed a union newsletter, purporting to outline Government changes to the Employment Contracts Act, as "an absolutely outrageous fabrication" and "pure fantasy"

The Coalition Government is committed to eliminating discrimination in the workplace, Labour Minister Max Bradford and Associate Women's Affairs Minister Deborah Morris said today when announcing a