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Transport Minister Jenny Shipley has announced that the Government will facilitate the holding of an industry conference on the state of and future for the shipping and ship servicing industries in

  • Jenny Shipley
  • Transport

The National-New Zealand First Government has moved to accommodate concerns of the lessees in relation to the Maori Reserved Lands Bill currently being considered before Parliament.

  • Jenny Shipley
  • Prime Minister

Agriculture Minister Lockwood Smith has rejected Labour's call for the mandatory appointment of Maori, union and dairy directors on the Meat and Wool Boards.

  • Dr Lockwood Smith
  • Agriculture

New Zealand will be advocating a uniform greenhouse gas reduction target of up to 5% below 1990 levels, the Minister for the Environment, Hon Simon Upton, said today.

  • Simon Upton
  • Environment

The Minister of Maori Affairs, the Hon Tau Henare, today denied the Government was trying to "rush" through proposed legislative changes to Maori reserved lands.

  • Tau Henare
  • Maori Affairs

Housing Minister Murray McCully has announced that about 40% of Housing New Zealand tenants in Auckland are in the process of being advised by mail of a reduction to their rent.

  • Murray McCully
  • Housing

New Zealand has done extremely well out of the recent Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Vancouver.

  • Lockwood Smith
  • International Trade

Agriculture Minister Lockwood Smith has written to the Otago Regional Council urging it to help develop a sustainable arrangement for funding the regional share of Tb control in Otago.

  • Dr Lockwood Smith
  • Agriculture

Health Minister Bill English announced today that 26 percent more patients were expected to get elective surgery this year compared to last year.

  • Bill English
  • Health

A better deal for small consumers is the over-riding goal of the Government's energy reforms which are to be announced soon, Energy Minister Max Bradford said today.

  • Max Bradford
  • Energy

"Deborah Morris, Minister of Youth Affairs, will represent New Zealand in Ottawa at the signing of an international treaty banning anti-personnel landmines," Acting Prime Minister, Winston Peters,

  • Don McKinnon
  • Disarmament and Arms Control

Thank you for the invitation to open your conference.

  • Brian Donnelly
  • Education Review Office

"I am extremely concerned at the pre-emptive industrial action planned by the secondary teachers union, the PPTA.

  • Wyatt Creech
  • Education

Food exporters on both sides of the Tasman will benefit from the trade agreement between Australia and New Zealand to reduce food inspection costs that takes effect today (Monday), Associate Health

  • Dr Lockwood Smith
  • International Trade

BEIJING GONGTI RICHINA
UNDERWATER WORLD
BEIJING

Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen.

  • Jim Bolger
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

While the average Kiwi would prefer to deal with authorities as little as possible, few really want our country to become an environmental 'wild west', the Minister for the Environment, Simon Upton

  • Simon Upton
  • Environment

Ridges Hotel, Rotorua

  • Max Bradford
  • Labour

GREAT HALL OF THE PEOPLE
BEIJING

  • Jim Bolger
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

BEIJING

Mr Chairman, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen

It gives me great pleasure today to address this New Zealand-China 25th Anniversary Conference.

  • Jim Bolger
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

Attorney General and Minister of Corrections, Paul East, while rejecting calls for a separate Maori justice system, said he strongly supported the Maori community becoming more involved in addressi

  • Paul East
  • Attorney-General

ONEHUNGA

  • Simon Upton
  • Environment

Health Minister Bill English said today he was satisfied with the outcome of his complaint to the Advertising Standards Complaints Board about the drug companies' million-dollar 'Mayday' campaign.

  • Bill English
  • Health

Health Minister Bill English today welcomed the transfer of Maori patients from Tokanui Hospital to the care of skilled Maori mental health workers.

  • Bill English
  • Health

The Government has made considerable progress towards sorting out the highly complex legal issues surrounding the use of rabbit calicivirus (RCD) in New Zealand, the Minister for Biosecurity, Hon S

  • Simon Upton
  • Biosecurity