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The Minister for the Environment, Simon Upton, is preparing to initiate a debate on the range of activities currently controlled by the Resource Management Act.

The number of youth crimes committed in Wellington has been dramatically slashed by over one third - proof that Government initiatives to combat youth crime are working, says Hon Deborah Morris, We

Health Minister Bill English said today he hoped politicians from all sides of the political spectrum could make a commitment to implementing the proposed National Child Health Strategy.

The Minister of Social Welfare today announced the appointment of a manager to help implement the new Pacific Island Cultural Social Services strategy within the Department of Social Welfare to imp

Prime Minister Jenny Shipley is to visit Japan from 8-12 March as an official guest of the Japanese Government, in her second overseas engagement as Prime Minister.

Defence Minister Max Bradford, in releasing the Defence briefing papers, said today his first priority as new Minister was to ensure our forces had the people and equipment to do the job - in peace

Health Minister Bill English said today that Central Health, which was now a division of the Health Funding Authority, had spent less than 0.1 percent of its budget on consultants since being estab

New agri-business SOEs Asure NZ and AgriQuality NZ are operating legitimately under license agreements with MAF, State Owned Enterprises Minister Tony Ryall said today.

Agriculture Minister Lockwood Smith has announced a comprehensive plan to assist Marlborough farmers.

New Zealand will participate in the multinational Coalition formed to pursue Iraq's compliance with United Nations obligations to abandon its illegal weapons of mass destruction programmes, the Pri

The Government has not been asked to consider, nor has it considered sending a frigate to the Persian Gulf, Defence Minister Max Bradford said today.

Business Development Minister Max Bradford says today's High Court judgement on the suspension of business development grants confirms that it is proper for him to act to prevent boards making gr

Health Minister Bill English said today the findings of a report into the current population based funding formula for health would be a major disappointment to the Dunedin Health Action Group.

The Government's approach to funding health services suitable for young people has lead to $2.5 million being pumped into the innovative One Stop Shops this year, says Hon Deborah Morris.

Health Minister Bill English announced today that children would be given priority on hospital waiting lists for assessments and surgery with the new money the Government was planning to allocate t

Health Minister Bill English said today steps were being taken to further reduce the cost of administering the public health service.

Health Minister Bill English said today solving the underlying causes of youth suicide was extremely difficult and it was not a problem that could be pinpointed as a failing of the health system.

Cabinet today authorised the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister responsible for overseeing Waitangi Day activities, Hon Winston Peters, to approve spending of up to $100,000 for the celebration of

The $59 million higher than forecast operating surplus recorded in the Government's Financial Statements for the five months to November 1997 are further evidence the Government is in a healthy fin

More young New Zealanders will be able to experience the thrills of reading and books thanks to extra Government funding announced today for the Alan Duff "Books in Homes" programme.

A new law passing its final hurdle in Parliament today helps ensure school aged students don't miss out on the quality education they need, Education Minister Wyatt Creech said today.

Schools in high cannabis growing regions in New Zealand will be the first to benefit from drug education programmes from the beginning of the new school year Minister of Education, Wyatt Creech, an

Conservation Minister, Nick Smith today released scientific research from a joint Department of Conservation and Auckland University project, indicating that the remnants of the once numerous New Z

The new Minister for Biosecurity, Hon John Luxton today commended the Ministry of Health's initiation of prompt follow-up action to a MAF inspector's detection of Asian tiger mosquito larvae on an