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New Zealand is taking Canada to the World Trade Organisation over its "special milk classes" scheme which we allege subsidises Canadian dairy exports, Trade and Agriculture Minister Lockwood Smith

Minister of Commerce, Hon John Luxton today took issue with suggestions that tariff reductions mean long term job losses.

Prime Minister Jenny Shipley today opened the world's first Nocturnal Insectarium, at Nikau Gardens on the Kapiti Coast.

The Attorney-General, Hon D.A.M. Graham, said today that an interim decision from the Maori Land Court on Maori legal interests in the foreshore and seabed in the Marlborough Sounds raises a number of complex legal and constitutional issues.

'Judge Hingston's decision is important to both the Crown and Maori and therefore the full implications must be considered carefully,' he said.

The Attorney-General, Hon D.A.M. Graham, said today that an interim decision from the Maori Land Court on Maori legal interests in the foreshore and seabed in the Marlborough Sounds raises a number of complex legal and constitutional issues.

'Judge Hingston's decision is important to both the Crown and Maori and therefore the full implications must be considered carefully,' he said.

Associate Minister of Agriculture, Hon John Luxton, today said the reason he had reluctantly declined the corporatisation of the Kiwifruit Market Board at this stage was that the time frames reques

Minister of Commerce and Industry, Hon John Luxton today opens a New Zealand designed and developed "top gun" thrill seeking flight simulator in Shenzhen China.

The Minister for the Environment, Hon Simon Upton, has confirmed that the target date for bringing into force the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act (HSNO) is now 1 July 1998.

Putting in place free visits to the GP for children under-five years was their top health priority, Health Minister Bill English and Associate Health Minister Neil Kirton said today.

Labour's traditional limp approach to law and order is perfectly demonstrated by its police spokesperson's reaction to a police drug raid in Otara, Police Minister Jack Elder said today.

Health Minister Bill English said today he had considered a report about contracting issues at Capital Coast Health and Health Waikato and decided that, on the basis of the information available, a

Health Minister Bill English said today that anti-competitive practices in health would cost money that should be being spent on health services.

The Information Technology Stocktake Report produced by the State Services Commission was released today by the Minister of State Services Hon Simon Upton and Minister for Information Technology Ho

The Information Technology Stocktake Report produced by the State Services Commission was released today by the Minister of State Services Hon Simon Upton and Minister for Information Technology Ho

Employment Minister Peter McCardle said today that although any increase in the register was undesirable, the number of people enrolled with the Employment Service in November increased by 1.9% to

The Department of Internal Affairs restructuring will not affect the level of service provided to ethnic affairs, Internal Affairs Minister Jack Elder said.

Prime Minister Jenny Shipley announced today that the Government has agreed to provide emergency labour assistance for West Coast local authorities affected by the unusual flooding that occurred th

Health Minister Bill English said today the funding for hospitals was not yet finalised and it was wrong to assume there would be cuts in some areas, particularly in the southern hospitals.

Health Minister Bill English said today more than a fifth of the new money the Government provided for mental health last year had been spent on child and youth mental health services.

Health Minister Bill English today stressed the Government's support for the public health services as he opened a new $9 million emergency and theatre block at Hutt hospital.

The efficiency of the Resource Management Act will be improved by a raft of minor technical improvements which came into force yesterday, the Minister for the Environment, Hon Simon Upton, said tod

The Minister of Maori Affairs, the Hon Tau Henare, welcomed the review of the Ministry of Health's internal processes for the provision of health services to Maori done by Te Puni Kokiri (Ministry

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Don McKinnon, deplores this morning's terrorist attack on tourists near Luxor in Egypt.

"New Zealand will contribute $US25,000 to a United Nations fund set up to monitor the safety of Cambodian politicians returning from exile," Foreign Affairs Minister Don McKinnon said today.