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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

The draft Health and Physical Education Curriculum that will be sent to schools this week will help lead to a healthier society, the Ministers of Education, Wyatt Creech and Brian Donnelly said tod

Minister of Fisheries, Hon John Luxton, today said a Labour Party spokesperson, Jill Pettis, was wrong to say Ministers were ignoring the sea lion problem in the sub Antarctic Islands.

Minister of Fisheries, Hon John Luxton, today said that he had been advised by the Ministry of Fisheries Chief Executive Officer, Mr Warwick Tuck, that the new conditions for customary fishing will

Hon Maurice Williamson today called on Local Government to focus on a constructive contribution to the current road reform process.

Minister of Employment Peter McCardle said today that he was pleased by a drop in official unemployment in the December quarter.

Conservation Minister Nick Smith today formally closed the Auckland and Campbell Islands to visitors in response to potential risks to human health, from the mystery illness that has caused mass fa

New Zealand consumers and businesses stand to benefit from a World Trade Organisation (WTO) agreement on telecommunications which was agreed last year and comes into force today, says Trade Ministe

Prime Minister Jenny Shipley is today visiting Waitangi.

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.