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The Minister for the Environment, Simon Upton, announced today that the Government has agreed to a phase-out schedule for methyl bromide.

  • Simon Upton
  • Environment

The Minister of Education is giving an assurance that new base pay rates will be exactly the same for primary and secondary school principals 12 months after the current contract expires.

  • Wyatt Creech
  • Education

"The Labour party is indulging in wishful thinking if it believes New Zealanders will face an early election," Prime Minister-designate Jenny Shipley said today.

  • Jenny Shipley
  • Prime Minister

Prime Minister-elect Jenny Shipley this morning welcomed the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom John Prescott to New Zealand for a brief visit.

  • Jenny Shipley
  • Prime Minister

International Trade Minister Lockwood Smith says New Zealand has achieved a major breakthrough at APEC, with ministers endorsing an unprecedented and historic agreement to liberalise trade in fish

  • Dr Lockwood Smith
  • International Trade

"A historic agreement is in reach," International Trade Minister Lockwood Smith said from the APEC meeting in Vancouver today (Friday Canadian time).

  • Dr Lockwood Smith
  • International Trade

The Prime Minister, Rt Hon Jim Bolger, today presented Ngai Tahu with a set of pounamu (greenstone) taonga.

  • Jim Bolger
  • Prime Minister

Tertiary Education will take on a greater international dimension, with New Zealand tertiary providers wanting to ensure that this country's standards and qualifications meet global demands," said

  • Maurice Williamson
  • Research, Science and Technology

Education Minister Wyatt Creech announced today that the Government will provide $7 million in funding for private training establishments in the 1998 academic year.

  • Wyatt Creech
  • Education

The Government today announced significant remuneration increases for the country's 2,660 secondary, area and primary school principals.

  • Wyatt Creech
  • Education

The Crown Minerals Amendment no. 3 Bill passed yesterday provides certainty for mining and conservation interests on protected land, Energy Minister Max Bradford said.

  • Max Bradford
  • Energy

Business Development Minister Max Bradford said he and the Ministry of Commerce were working hard to enable business development grant payments to resume as soon as possible.

  • Max Bradford
  • Business Development

The Coalition Government is committed to a fair, flexible and neutral industrial relations environment and the public will be able to make full submissions on any changes to industrial relations le

  • Max Bradford
  • Labour

Health Minister Bill English said today the Government paid Plunket more than $19 million a year for its work in health for parents and young children.

  • Bill English
  • Health

The Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Jim Bolger said today that the changeover of leadership will occur on Monday, 8 December.

  • Jim Bolger
  • Prime Minister

Cabinet has approved an auction of radio spectrum licences suitable for VHF-FM sound broadcasting, UHF - TV and VHF - TV, Minister of Communications Hon Maurice Williamson announced today.

  • Maurice Williamson
  • Communications

Energy Minister Max Bradford is delighted that Fletcher Challenge Energy is entering the wholesale and retail petroleum markets in New Zealand.

  • Max Bradford
  • Energy

"The Government is continuing its Safety Drive by announcing tougher penalties for careless, dangerous, reckless and drink drivers," Transport Minister Jenny Shipley said today.

  • Jenny Shipley
  • Transport

The Government's intention to dispose of the New Zealand Defence Force's entire block of land at Takapuna Head in Devonport was announced today by the Minister of Defence, Paul East.

  • Paul East
  • Defence

An international panel has been set up to resolve New Zealand's dispute with the European Union (EU) over spreadable and Ammix butter, the Minister for International Trade Lockwood Smith announced

  • Dr Lockwood Smith
  • International Trade

Health Minister Bill English said today drug companies wanted to see $70 million of health services slashed so that extra money could be spent on drugs.

  • Bill English
  • Health

Health Minister Bill English today launched a $1.8 million health package for Pacific Island people living in Auckland.

  • Bill English
  • Health

Health Minister Bill English today opened the country's first immunisation advisory centre in Auckland.

  • Bill English
  • Health

I want to respond to some of the inaccurate and misleading statements that Mr Lyn Williams (spokesperson for the Taranaki Settlement Reserves Lessees Association) recently made regarding the Maori

  • Tau Henare
  • Maori Affairs