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Samoan and Chinese will be included in national school examinations for the first time next year, Education Minister Wyatt Creech announced today.

"Thursday April 2 is a black day for education as tens of thousands of students face losing a day's education because of unjustified industrial action by the secondary teachers' union," Education M

"Simple one-off solutions won't help students who have fallen out of the education system," Education Minister Wyatt Creech said today.

Health Minister Bill English said a statement today by Labour's Annette King that she was 'disturbed' at conflict between the Ministry of Health and the Health Funding Authority was pious nonsense.

Acting Agriculture Minister John Luxton and Social Welfare Minister Roger Sowry have announced the criteria for drought-stricken Marlborough and North Canterbury farmers to receive income support u

Acting Agriculture Minister John Luxton and Social Welfare Minister Roger Sowry have announced the criteria for drought-stricken Marlborough and North Canterbury farmers to receive income support u

Parliament was treated to some extremely strange leaps of the imagination among Opposition members during debate on the Fire Service Amendment Bill today, Internal Affairs Minister Jack Elder said.

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The Minister for the Environment, Hon Simon Upton, will chair a meeting of Environment Ministers from OECD countries in Paris on 1 -3 April.

"It is unfortunate and disappointing that the PPTA is pressing on with strike action.

Eleven years on from the establishment of the first State Owned Enterprises on April 1st 1987, the value taxpayers can expect to extract from continued ownership of government businesses is showing

State Owned Enterprises Minister Tony Ryall and Agriculture Minister Lockwood Smith confirmed today that two new State Owned Enterprises will be established from MAF Quality Management (MQM).

"The people of Auckland will be asked to make a choice on how the assets of the Auckland Regional Services Trust will be used in the future," Prime Minister Jenny Shipley and Deputy Prime Minister

A cautious approach to the economic outlook as reflected in the latest National Bank business survey was understandable but not permanent, Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer Winston Peters said to

Health Minister Bill English announced today that links between the Canterbury and Otago Crown health enterprises were to be strengthened with the appointment of both CHE chairs as a director on th

Minister of Fisheries, Hon John Luxton, today announced that Cabinet has agreed to a series of reforms aimed to overcome some of the constraints to efficient resource use in the commercial fishing

It will be possible for the New Zealand meat industry to export beef to Chile, Trade and Agriculture Minister Lockwood Smith announced today.

Trade and Agriculture Minister Lockwood Smith leaves for Sydney tomorrow for a Cairns Group trade ministers' meeting designed to further develop the group's strategy for the World Trade Organisatio

Peter Dunne is comprehensively wrong over his allegations 400 firefighter jobs are to be lost, Internal Affairs Minister Jack Elder said today.

"The people of Auckland will be asked to make a choice on how the assets of the Auckland Regional Services Trust will be used in the future," Prime Minister Jenny Shipley and Deputy Prime Minister

Prime Minister Jenny Shipley today welcomed the progress on the Ngai Tahu Claims Settlement Bill and reinforced her strong commitment to continuing to work for settlements of outstanding Treaty of

The latest youth suicide statistics show a decrease in the incidence of youth suicide, the Minister of Health Bill English, Minister of Maori Affairs, Tau Henare, and the Minister of Youth Affairs

Deputy Prime Minister and New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters has made good on his promise to award full war pensions to nuclear test veterans.

The 2.3 per cent growth in GDP for the year to December 1997 was consistent with forecasts and represented continued stable economic growth, Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer Winston Peters said.