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Defence Minister Max Bradford today announced the Governor-General has approved the appointment of the Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice-Marshal C W (Carey) Adamson, AFC, to replace Lieutenant General A

  • Bill English
  • Defence

Immigration Minister, Hon Tuariki Delamere, said today that, after careful consideration of all the circumstances, he had decided not to disturb the decision of the Court of Appeal concerning the G

  • John Delamare
  • Immigration

Pacific Island Affairs Minister Hon Tuariki Delamere today rejected the 'entirely negative' comments of Labour's social welfare spokesman, Steve Maharey, concerning the Government's Family Start in

  • John Delamare
  • Pacific Island Affairs

Breaking cycles of disadvantage is the key purpose of the new Waipareira-Pasifika Family Start programme, Prime Minister Jenny Shipley said today.

  • Jenny Shipley
  • Prime Minister

Korea's reforms have put it on the verge of economic recovery without recourse to New Zealand's US$100 million loan offer, Trade Minister Lockwood Smith said today.

  • Dr Lockwood Smith
  • International Trade

The Government had approved a $20 million programme to provide better facilities for people involved in running schools around the country, Education Minister Wyatt Creech said today.

  • Wyatt Creech
  • Education

Korea's reforms have put it on the verge of economic recovery without recourse to New Zealand's US$100 million loan offer, Trade Minister Lockwood Smith said today.

  • Dr Lockwood Smith
  • Trade

Health Minister Bill English today released an interim report into the options for development of hospital services for Wellington.

  • Bill English
  • Health

Health Minister Bill English said today Family Start was a practical and effective programme to tackle issues around poverty.

  • Bill English
  • Health

Associate Minister of Justice Tony Ryall said today that the Motor Vehicle Dealers Bill will not now commence on May 1st 1999.

  • Tony Ryall
  • Associate Minister of Justice

"Drug trafficking is a more serious problem for New Zealand than most people realise," says the Minister responsible for the day to day operations of Customs, Hon David Carter.

  • David Carter
  • Associate Minister for Food, Fibre, Biosecurity and Border Control

Conservation Minister Nick Smith today welcomed the announcement of the formal World Heritage listing of the New Zealand subantarctic islands by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultur

  • Nick Smith
  • Conservation

The Minister of Internal Affairs, Jack Elder, has paid tribute to the thousands of New Zealanders who involve themselves in voluntary work.

  • Jack Elder
  • Internal Affairs

The Lottery Grants Board will continue to fund high performance sport into the new millennium, the Board Chairperson and Minister of Internal Affairs, Jack Elder announced today.

  • Jack Elder
  • Internal Affairs

Contrary to the denials in the House the Labour Party has actively tried to infiltrate the public service by encouraging the release of confidential information, Deputy Prime Minister Wyatt Creech

  • Wyatt Creech
  • Education

Foreign Minister Don McKinnon today expressed disappointment at the likely delay in the formation of the Bougainville Reconciliation Government (BRG).

  • Don McKinnon
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

The Minister of Internal Affairs Jack Elder has welcomed what he sees as an endorsement by the Office of the Auditor General of government plans to tighten controls of gaming machines.

  • Jack Elder
  • Internal Affairs

Retail power companies purchased by ECNZ before the planned split of ECNZ on April 1 next year will be allocated amongst the three new SOEs.

  • Bill Birch
  • State Owned Enterprises

"PPTA members at Central Hawkes Bay College have overstepped the mark with their opposition to direct resourcing of teachers' salaries," Education Minister Wyatt Creech said today.

  • Wyatt Creech
  • Education

Health Minister Bill English said two reports issued today by the Mental Health Commission were important contributions to the debate about how to best care for people with a mental illness and the

  • Bill English
  • Health

The views expressed in a survey of students released today support recent Government changes to the student loans scheme, said Youth Affairs Minister Tony Ryall.

  • Tony Ryall
  • Youth Affairs

Retail power companies purchased by ECNZ before the planned split of ECNZ on April 1 next year will be allocated amongst the three new SOEs.

  • Tony Ryall
  • ECNZ Shareholding Minister

The new Land Transport Act 1998 shows the Government has 'zero tolerance' for hardcore driving offenders, Transport Minister Maurice Williamson said today.

  • Maurice Williamson
  • Transport

The Minister of Communications, the Hon Maurice Williamson, today announced the appointment of Louise Rosson and Hekia Parata as members of the Board of NZ On Air and Roger Horrocks as Deputy Chair

  • Maurice Williamson
  • Communications