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New Zealand's next Ambassador to Washington will be the Rt Hon Jim Bolger, Foreign Affairs Minister Don McKinnon announced today.

The Crown has brought Camberleigh Station and exchanged land to create a major new conservation and recreation area in Otago's Rock and Pillar Range, Minister of Lands, the Hon John Luxton said tod

Prime Minister Jenny Shipley says the appointment of Minister of State Rt. Hon.

Labour politicians are continuing to insult the intelligence of the electorate, Police Minister Jack Elder said today.

The Attorney-General, Hon D.A.M. Graham, said today the Crown will appeal an interim decision from the Maori Land Court on the Marlborough Sounds foreshore and seabed.

Energy Minister Max Bradford today welcomed news that a poll had found businesses expressing overwhelming support for further breaking up of the electricity industry to increase competition.

The United States has not said it will not sign the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI), Trade Minister Lockwood Smith said tonight.

Trade Minister Lockwood Smith says reports that the United States does not intend to sign the Multilateral Agreement on Investment are not entirely unexpected but disappointing, and New Zealand is

Health Minister Bill English announced today that the role of the National Health Committee is to change to focus on providing independent advice to him on what health services should be funded by

Health Minister Bill English announced today that international health representatives would be in the country next week to learn about New Zealand's health system.

Health Minister Bill English said today he had made no decisions yet on a new acute mental health ward at Grey Hospital.

Research into the clover root weevil problem is likely to increase substantially, Agriculture Minister Lockwood Smith said today.

Prime Minister Jenny Shipley supported continued efforts towards a diplomatic solution to the Iraq crisis during a telephone call she received this morning from the President of the United States,

Labour leader Helen Clark's speech today was a fizzer, despite promises it would provide a thunderous start to 1998, Deputy Prime Minister and New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters said today.

The Minister of Consumer Affairs, today announced that no changes will be made to the Country of Origin (Clothing and Footwear) Labelling Regulations.

The Labour Party is adopting the "all talk and no substance" approach to tertiary education with the launch of its tertiary education campaign for 1998, Education Minister Wyatt Creech said today.

Police Minister Jack Elder said today he recognised the depth of feeling in the ranks of the Police over the current wage round.

Major changes to the structure of Cabinet Committees were announced today by Prime Minister Jenny Shipley.

Internal Affairs Minister Jack Elder said today he was delighted to announce the letting of the tender for research on problem gambling in New Zealand.

"New Zealand will consider the United States' formal request for assistance in the event of military action against Iraq," Foreign and Trade Minister Don McKinnon, said today.

Hon Philip Burdon has been appointed Chair of the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation's Business Advisory Council (ABAC) from next year, Prime Minister Jenny Shipley announced today.

Minister of Women's Affairs Jenny Shipley and Associate Minister of Women's Affairs Deborah Morris today welcomed the release of the Ministry of Education's draft curriculum statement on Health and

Education Minister Wyatt Creech today announced the appointment of the establishment Board of Trustees for the new Elizabeth Park College to be opened in Invercargill in 1999.

Associate Treasurer, Hon Tuariki Delamere, will host a hangi in Rotorua on Wednesday, February 11, for the visiting Minister of Defence of the People's Republic of China, General Chi Haotian, and a