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The Prime Minister of Samoa, Tofilau Eti Alesana, and the New Zealand Minister of Immigration, Max Bradford, today announced changes to the annual New Zealand-Samoa Immigration Quota Scheme.

  • Max Bradford
  • Immigration

Minister of Employment Hon. Peter McCardle today said he was pleased that a survey of Department of Labour staff indicated that 74 percent felt the development of a one-stop-shop was positive.

  • Peter McCardle
  • Employment

Health Minister Bill English said today decisions about future elective surgery would be driven from a clinically-based Hospital Plan not a series of cuts to fit a budget.

  • Bill English
  • Health

Agriculture Minister Lockwood Smith has presented the country's first New Zealand Agricultural Aviation Association (NZAAA) accreditation certificate to Canterbury farmer and Skyfarmers owner Don H

  • Dr Lockwood Smith
  • Agriculture

Agriculture Minister Lockwood Smith has approved in full a request for assistance for the North Canterbury drought relief office received from Federated Farmers this morning.

  • Dr Lockwood Smith
  • Agriculture

Prime Minister Jenny Shipley and the newly selected National Party candidate will be hitting the road the day after the candidate has been selected, taking National's message to the people in the T

  • Jenny Shipley
  • Prime Minister

Labour's justice spokesman Phil Goff is trying desperately to wriggle out of the mess he made in Parliament yesterday, Police Minister Jack Elder said today.

  • Jack Elder
  • Police

Safer drinking water from new regulations and legislation is intended as a result of two reviews currently underway, Associate Health Minister Tuariki Delamere announced today.

  • John Delamare
  • Associate Minister of Health

New Zealand exporters should be seriously considering Southern African countries as a trade destination, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Don McKinnon, said today.

  • Don McKinnon
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

Tourism Minister, Murray McCully, has returned from a six day visit to the United Kingdom, Europe and North America confident that growth in those markets will "go some way toward cushioning the do

  • Murray McCully
  • Tourism

Energy Minister Max Bradford will be in downtown Auckland again on Thursday to review progress on restoring the city's CBD power.

  • Max Bradford
  • Energy

Today the Minister of Commerce, Hon John Luxton, announced the appointment of Coopers & Lybrand to review the operation of Part I of the Insurance Companies (Ratings and Inspections) Act 1994 a

  • John Luxton
  • Commerce

Labour's justice spokesman Phil Goff was incorrect when he told Parliament Tama Iti was not allowed by court order to reside outside Taneatua, Police Minister Jack Elder said today.

  • Jack Elder
  • Police

Thank you for inviting me to speak to you this afternoon. I will be covering three broad areas: the economic outlook, the progress of the Budget, and a topic close to your hearts, superannuation.

  • Bill Birch
  • Finance

Launching the Young Women of Aotearoa website today, Deborah Morris said that young women's access to computers and the internet is very important and can bring huge opportunities for women in an a

  • Deborah Morris
  • Associate Minister of Women's Affairs

Less bureaucracy and speedier facilities at the border are essential for Events Tourism to fulfil its potential, the Minister of Tourism Murray McCully has told an international symposium of touris

  • Murray McCully
  • Tourism

The terms of reference for the Government's inquiry into the electricity failure in Auckland's central business district will be announced in the next couple of days, Energy Minister Max Bradford s

  • Max Bradford
  • Energy

Prime Minister and Minister of Women's Affairs Jenny Shipley, and Associate Minister of Women's Affairs Deborah Morris today marked International Women's Day by releasing the Government's report to

  • Deborah Morris
  • Associate Minister of Women's Affairs

The Government has agreed to make a grant of $100,000 towards Parade '98-Vietnam Remembered, a programme of events which will pay tribute to the men, women and families whose lives were affected by

  • Don McKinnon
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

The Government has agreed to make a grant of $100,000 towards Parade '98-Vietnam Remembered, a programme of events which will pay tribute to the men, women and families whose lives were affected by

  • Max Bradford
  • Defence

Trade and Agriculture Minister Lockwood Smith has welcomed today's announcement by the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS) that the Import Risk Assessment (IRA) process for New Zeal

  • Dr Lockwood Smith
  • Trade

Prime Minister and Minister of Women's Affairs Jenny Shipley, and Associate Minister of Women's Affairs Deborah Morris today marked International Women's Day by releasing the Government's report to

  • Jenny Shipley
  • Prime Minister

The Government has agreed to make a grant of $100,000 towards Parade '98-Vietnam Remembered, a programme of events which will pay tribute to the men, women and families whose lives were affected by

  • Jack Elder
  • Internal Affairs

Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer Winston Peters has urged the Maori Council to help break the cycle of welfare dependency among Maori.

  • Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister