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The Minister of Youth Affairs, Deborah Morris, today praised the work of Youth Skill New Zealand, and especially the efforts of all the young people entering the New Zealand finals of the Youth Ski

The Minister for State Owned Enterprises, Hon Jenny Shipley, today announced the appointment of Mrs Rosanne Meo as Chairperson of Television New Zealand Ltd.

The Minister of Conservation Nick Smith has turned down an application by National Geographic to use stainless steel barbs to attach cameras to whales to observe giant squid.

The first Social Security Agreement between New Zealand and Canada signed last April by the Minister of Social Welfare and the Canadian Minister of Human Resources, comes into effect today.

Hon John Luxton, Minister of Fisheries, today announced that the Government had settled out of court with the Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Commission on the issue of access to the Foveaux Strait Oy

Associate Minister of Health, Neil Kirton, tonight emphasised that the final decision on the contract for cardio-thoracic services in the Canterbury region rested with the Coalition Government, aft

Education Minister Wyatt Creech today announced plans to open a new primary school at Hobbs Bay, on the Whangaparaoa Peninsula, in 1998.

The Minister of Justice, Hon D.A.M. Graham, today announced the appointment of Dunedin Barrister and Solicitor Colin John Doherty as a District Court Judge.

The Minister of Conservation Nick Smith said today that it was time that the threat cats posed to our native birds was properly understood and recognised and that restrictions on having a pet cat i

Fewer influenza complications will be a result of free vaccinations available for people aged 65 years from March 1997, says Neil Kirton, Associate Health Minister.

Agriculture and International Trade Minister Lockwood Smith says it seems certain that alternative supplies will be available if the suspected link between dairy products containing A1 protein and

The Education Minister today announced that Arthur's Pass school will be taken out of recess in response to the growing number of students in Arthur's Pass village.

New Zealand's relations with the United States are the best they've been in more than a decade, Foreign Minister Don McKinnon said today.

Associate Health Minister Neil Kirton supports the review of a cot death study planned in Dunedin later this year following concerns being raised about its safety.

I feel very honoured to have the opportunity of representing the Ministry of Womens Affairs and welcome the chance to develop policy for all New Zealand women, the Minister of Womens' Affairs, Chr

Education Minister, Wyatt Creech has taken the next step towards settling the future of four Wainono schools in South Canterbury.

``It is time a decisions was made,'' said the Minister.

Attorney-General, Paul East, says Labour's foreign affairs spokesman, Mike Moore, is quite wrong to suggest in a recent article (Sunday Star Times 16/2/97) that New Zealand has shown no enthusiasm

New Zealand and Austria have broken new ground this week with the meeting between their Foreign Ministers in Vienna.

Forestry Minister Lockwood Smith has accused Labour of political grandstanding over the logging of rimu at Charleston on the West Coast.

The Commonwealth Ministers Action Group on Nigeria will seek information on Nigeria from non-governmental organisations and international and regional groups before a final report is submitted to C

The Attorney-General, Paul East, today announced the compensation award by the mediator-arbitrator appointed to settle claims arising from the Cave Creek platform collapse.

A rescheduling of the public and school summer holidays to reduce Christmas stress and provide a more flexible family holiday time was advocated today by the Minister of Women's Affairs, Chris Flet

The design and plans submitted during the competition for the new Parliamentary Building project will be displayed in a public exhibition.

The Ministry of Education's teacher survey paints a pleasing picture for schools with the number of vacancies lower than a normal situation, Education Minister Wyatt Creech said today.