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The 1998 Budget demonstrates this Government's commitment to producing real benefits for New Zealanders.

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

Lower prices for consumers should result from the Coalition Government's electricity reform package, the Treasurer and Ministers of Finance and Energy said today.

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.

Business operators risked talking themselves to a standstill, merely because of the Asian crisis, Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer Winston Peters said today.

Peters Supports Calls for Full Inquiry and Public Accountability

The $59 million higher than forecast operating surplus recorded in the Government's Financial Statements for the five months to November 1997 are further evidence the Government is in a healthy fin

First we had Alamein Kopu leave Mana Motuhake and the Alliance. She did not enjoy being shouted at by Mana Motuhake.

Reserve Bank Governor, Dr Donald Brash, is to be reappointed for a third five-year term, when his current term expires on 31 August 1998, Treasurer Winston Peters announced today.

The Government's financial statements released today provide further reassurance that economic growth forecasts are on track, said the Treasurer Winston Peters today.

The current volatility in the New Zealand sharemarket does not reflect the positive economic indicators in the New Zealand economy, Treasurer Winston Peters said today.

Housing permits data out today reflects increased confidence and an economy in significant growth mode, Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer, Winston Peters, said today.

Strong increases in consumer confidence in many main provincial areas is a key feature of the latest WestpacTrust Dermott Miller Survey of Consumer Confidence, Treasurer Winston Peters said today.

The NZ Institute of Economic Research's latest report, which shows a rise in business confidence in the September quarter, is yet more positive news, said Treasurer Winston Peters.

Labour's Dr Cullen got it wrong yet again when he hurriedly issued a press release today claiming the Treasurer refused to rule out new user charges and means testing for health services.

Treasurer Winston Peters today welcomed the latest quarterly CPI result which showed annual CPI inflation down to 1 per cent, its lowest level for four years.

The Government's economic policies were giving the export sector the stability and certainty it needed to make investment decisions, the Treasurer Hon.

Winston Peters said the improvement in the merchandise trade surplus for the third quarter in a row, revealed in the release today of the Balance of Payments figures for the December quarter 1996,

The Treasurer, Hon. Winston Peters, today welcomed the results of the FPG-Westpac Household Savings Survey, saying they were good news.

An editorial in the Australian Financial Review peddles some tired old assumptions about the New Zealand Government's economic policy which it claims will lead to policy "slippage," Treasurer Winst

Statistics New Zealand Gross Domestic Product figures released today show growth in the economy is becoming more balanced and sustainable, Treasurer Winston Peters said today.

The National Bank's March Business Outlook makes three claims: Treasury's economic forecasts are overly optimistic, expenditure is not under control and the Government's objectives have been dilute

In a break with tradition the International Monetary Fund released a summary of its review of the New Zealand economy today which strongly endorses the country's economic performance, Treasurer Win