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New Zealand needs to increase its domestic savings in order to reduce the Current Account deficit, Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer Winston Peters said in response to latest figures.

Health Minister Bill English announced today that the chair of Healthcare Otago, Glen Dillon, was to retire from that position at the end of March.

The Minister of Justice, Hon D.A.M. Graham, said today the Governor-General has accepted his advice that Peter Hugh McGregor Ellis's application for a free pardon be rejected.

The Minister of Fisheries, John Luxton, has released the report and recommendations of the tribunal of the Maori Land Court into East - Otago taiapure-local fishery proposal and has announced that

Prime Minister Jenny Shipley today praised the sense of social responsibility of those who voluntarily support the Laura Fergusson Trust in Auckland.

The Minister of Education has today sent a clear message to people involved in education that resolving the issues in the Code of Social and Family Responsibility document is vital to the education

Corrections Minister Nick Smith today opened a world first specialist unit dedicated to treating violent offenders.

Trade and Agriculture Minister Lockwood Smith has welcomed last night's decision by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) dispute settlement body to establish a disputes panel to hear New Zealand's ca

Prime Minister and Minister of Women's Affairs, Jenny Shipley, says the Matrimonial Property Amendment Bill and the De Facto Relationships Bill being debated in Parliament today are a positive step

The mining and extractive industries will no longer have to pay an extraction levy due to the transfer to the Department of Labour of the Mining Inspection Group, Labour Minister Max Bradford annou

The mining and extractive industries will no longer have to pay an extraction levy due to the transfer to the Department of Labour of the Mining Inspection Group, Labour Minister Max Bradford annou

Health Minister Bill English today confirmed that when the changes to income and asset testing are introduced, people will not be asset tested if they are assessed as needing long-term care in a pu

Health Minister Bill English and Associate Health Minister Tuariki John Delamere, announced today that a single board of directors would be appointed to both the Whakatane and Tauranga Crown health

Associate Work and Income Minister Peter McCardle said the Alliance and Labour have got their facts wrong on work for the dole.

Associate Agriculture Minister, John Luxton, today announced that the Government has made regulations to deregulate the provision of supply services for the kiwifruit industry from the coolstore to

The squid fishery surrounding the Auckland and Campbell Islands (SQU 6T) will be formally closed at noon on Friday 27 March for the rest of the year, Acting Fisheries Minister Lockwood Smith announ

UK Customs' decision to appeal to the London High Court the January ruling by the UK VAT and Duties Tribunal that the New Zealand Dairy Board can send spreadable butter and Ammix butter to the EU a

"The attempt by Christchurch City Council to seek a High Court declaration against road reform clearly illustrates the Council's lack of understanding of the issue," Hon Maurice Williamson Minister

The Government today introduced tax credit legislation allowing investment income earned by superannuation funds and life office schemes to be taxed at the saver's personal tax rates.

The Government today introduced legislation to ensure that wrongfully obtained money will continue to remain taxable, Revenue Minister Bill Birch and Treasurer Winston Peters said this afternoon.

The Audit Office's report on Business Development Board grants confirms there were good reasons to suspend the grants programme last year, Business Development Minister Max Bradford said today.

"If plagiarism is the sincerest form of flattery, to paraphrase an old saying, then the Coalition Government is very flattered by ACT's copy cat 'blueprint' for electricity sector reforms," Energy

The Minister of Justice, Hon D.A.M. Graham, today introduced two Bills dealing with property following the breakdown of marriages and de facto relationships.

The Minister of Fisheries, Hon John Luxton, today announced that Dr Brent Wheeler of Brent Wheeler and Company Limited would review the Fisheries Act, 1996.