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Kiwifruit exporters will be the first to gain after New Zealand and India reached an agreement on phasing out Indian import restrictions, International Trade Minister Lockwood Smith announced today

  • Dr Lockwood Smith
  • International Trade

The Coalition government has delivered real gains for New Zealand's key export sectors in its first year of operation, Agriculture, Forestry and International Trade Minister Lockwood Smith said tod

  • Dr Lockwood Smith
  • Agriculture

New Zealand's small to medium businesses have a high awareness of the possible threats posed by the millennium bug, announced Minister for Information Technology, Hon Maurice Williamson, today.

  • Maurice Williamson
  • Information Technology

The Minister of Justice, Hon D.A.M. Graham, today announced the appointment of Palmerston North Queen's Counsel Leslie Herrick Atkins as a District Court Judge.

  • Doug Graham
  • Justice

The Minister of Justice, Hon D.A.M. Graham, today announced the appointment of Palmerston North Queen's Counsel Leslie Herrick Atkins as a District Court Judge.

  • Doug Graham
  • Justice

The Minister of Maori Affairs, the Hon Tau Henare, today acknowledged the passing of another of Maoridom's leaders, Waikato kuia and land rights campaigner Eva Rickard.

  • Tau Henare
  • Maori Affairs

New Zealand's call for the progressive inclusion of developing countries in any legally binding commitment on greenhouse gases is a long standing one, according to Environment Minister Simon Upton.

  • Simon Upton
  • Environment

Income Support will bring forward the payment of benefits that would normally fall on Christmas Day this year, to ensure that beneficiaries can access their payments on Christmas Eve day, says Mini

  • Roger Sowry
  • Social Welfare

The Minister of Communications, the Hon Maurice Williamson, and the Minister of Maori Affairs, the Hon Tau Henare,

  • Maurice Williamson
  • Communications

Labour and Immigration Minister Max Bradford will reinforce the message that New Zealand has an open and welcoming attitude to immigration when he visits Asian countries in the coming week.

  • Max Bradford
  • Immigration

Defence has been added to the portfolios of Labour, Energy, Immigration and Business Development Minister Max Bradford.

  • Max Bradford
  • Defence

Associate Education Minister, Nick Smith, today presented plans projecting 36 new schools in the Auckland area to a meeting of Mayors, their chief executives and Members of Parliament.

  • Nick Smith
  • Associate Minister of Education

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Don McKinnon, today paid tribute to Paul East.

  • Don McKinnon
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

Lottery Grants Board chairman and Internal Affairs Minister Jack Elder will be asking the Board to put on hold the decision not to fund disability aids from next July.

  • Jack Elder
  • Internal Affairs

The new Attorney-General, Hon D A M Graham, said today that he considered it a privilege to be appointed Attorney-General and that he acknowledged the outstanding work of his predecessor Hon Paul E

  • Doug Graham
  • Attorney-General

The Minister of Fisheries, Hon John Luxton announced today the he intends to consider the closure to commercial finfish fishing of small area/s north of Whangaparaoa Peninsula, in the Hauraki Gulf.

  • John Luxton
  • Fisheries and Aquaculture

Health Minister Bill English and Associate Health Minister John Delamere announced today Government support for doctors and nurses from the Lakeland, Western Bay and Eastbay Crown health enterprise

  • Bill English
  • Health

Health Minister Bill English today announced the establishment of the Child Health Advisory Committee, which will develop a National Child Health Strategy.

  • Bill English
  • Health

A piece of legislation whose time has finally come.

  • Tau Henare
  • Maori Affairs

New Zealand and Norway concluded a Statement of Antarctic Cooperation today.

  • Simon Upton
  • Antarctic Affairs

The Government is moving against dangerous dogs with regulations banning four dangerous breeds, in force early next year, announced Hon Maurice Williamson Minister of Local Government, today.

  • Maurice Williamson
  • Local Government

The Government's review of the education external evaluation services should have a positive influence on the early childhood and school sectors, according to the Minister responsible for the Educa

  • Brian Donnelly
  • Associate Minister of Education

Lottery funding will go into the redevelopment of Auckland's Eden Park, Lottery Grant's Board Chairman and Internal Affairs Minister Jack Elder announced today.

  • Jack Elder
  • Internal Affairs

"Over the last seven years the Government has delivered significant legislative protections and policies that have improved women's lives," said Hon Jenny Shipley tonight addressing the Guild of Ai

  • Jenny Shipley
  • Women's Affairs