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Prime Minister Jenny Shipley said the Coalition Government is determined to create an environment in which farmers and people with small businesses can do well.

Terms of Reference for the scoping study of the Crown's ownership interest in Television New Zealand (TVNZ) were released today by Treasurer Winston Peters, Finance Minister Bill Birch and SOE Mini

Terms of Reference for the scoping study of the Crown's ownership interest in Television New Zealand (TVNZ) were released today by Treasurer Winston Peters, Finance Minister Bill Birch and SOE Mini

"The PPTA leadership's motives for refusing to negotiate pay issues must now be seriously questioned with the revelation it wants teachers to take industrial action over bulk funding," Education Mi

"The PPTA leadership's motives for refusing to negotiate pay issues must now be seriously questioned with the revelation it wants teachers to take industrial action over bulk funding," Education Mi

The risk of babies in New Zealand being still born or dying in their first week of life remain at record low levels, Health Minister Bill English said today.

Health Minister Bill English said today that spending on the Government's free under-sixes policy was on target.

The Minister of Justice, Hon D.A.M. Graham, today announced the appointment of Rotorua Barrister and Solicitor David Samuel Dowthwaite as a Coroner.

The Government's decision to consult on a proposal to end unsustainable rimu logging on the West Coast had nothing to do with the Labour Party, Forestry Minister Lockwood Smith said tonight.

The Government will begin consultations with signatories to the West Coast Accord and other affected parties over a proposal to end the unsustainable logging of indigenous forests by Timberlands We

"They are protesting against an agreement which will not be signed in the foreseeable future and which wouldn't have done any of the things they think it would have done," Trade Minister Lockwood S

"Prime Minister Hashimoto's economic stimulus package is a positive and constructive move to rebuild confidence in the Japanese economy," Prime Minister Jenny Shipley said today.

Consideration of Local Government reorganisation in the Hawkes Bay should not encounter abnormal delays, the Minster of Local Government, Hon Maurice Williamson announced today.

Privacy Commissioner Bruce Slane is confused about the facts surrounding photographic licences, announced Minister of Transport Hon Maurice Williamson today.

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Don McKinnon today announced a $1 million dollar aid package to help kick-start reconstruction on Papua New Guinea's war torn island of Bougainville.

Labour Minister Max Bradford today launched a nationwide safety blitz on construction sites to draw attention to the need for safe work places.

Figures released today by Health Minister Bill English show New Zealand's health spending was the highest it had ever been at 7.8 percent of GDP.

Health Minister Bill English said today the start of Diabetes Awareness Week was a good time for people to think about their lifestyle and the changes they could make to help prevent diabetes and o

New Zealanders were asked to speak up about incest and sexual violence by the Associate Minister of Women's Affairs, Deborah Morris, at the launch of Rape Awareness Week.

"The Government has made it clear that it wants to make real progress with the secondary teachers' pay talks, but is still being impeded by the PPTA attempt to include non-pay issues in pay negotia

Prime Minister Jenny Shipley today said the Taranaki/ King Country byelection sent a strong signal that voters want the policies of the centre-right to continue.

Ministers from New Zealand and Fiji today signed a package of new air services arrangements.

"Foreign investment that creates jobs for New Zealanders should be welcomed by us all," Prime Minister Jenny Shipley said today as she opened the Rainbow Abalone Pearl Farm at Port Taranaki in New

The scene is set for a new system to assess how well primary school aged children are achieving, and what can be done to make students more successful.