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Associate Foreign Minister Simon Upton today announced a further grant of $150,000 to the New Zealand Red Cross to support the cost of sending New Zealanders to work in relief operations overseas.

The government is to provide a further $250,000 in emergency aid to North Korea, the Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Simon Upton, announced today.

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``New Zealand can be well pleased with the results of this year's election for membership of the Commission on Sustainable Development,'' Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Si

``Reports this morning that an independent review panel has found that the campaign to rid Auckland eastern suburbs of the white spotted tussock moth was `doomed to failure' from the start, are qui

The Biosecurity Council has held its first meeting this afternoon. One of its immediate tasks will be to consider the recommendations of the Report of the White Spotted Tussock Moth Review Panel.

The new Biosecurity Council, meeting for the first time today, will provide a much clearer focus for guarding New Zealand's biosecurity, according to Simon Upton, the new Minister for Biosecurity.

``New Zealand is very concerned about unregulated and illegal fishing in Antarctic waters'', said the Hon Simon Upton, Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

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$300,000 grant from New Zealand Overseas Aid will be used to help repair and rebuild schools in the Yasawa islands of Fiji following damage caused by Cyclone Gavin, Associate Minister of Foreign Af

State Owned Enterprises Minister Jenny Shipley, Forestry Minister Lockwood Smith and Environment Minister Simon Upton are today releasing material requested under the Official Information Act on Ti

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New Zealand will supply a package of relief assistance to Tonga in the wake of Cyclone Hina, Associate Foreign Affairs Minister, Simon Upton announced today.

New Zealand is to contribute NZ$250,000 to the UN emergency appeal for the Great Lakes region of Africa, Associate Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Upton said today.

The Ministry for the Environment has today released its first ever Findings of the Annual Survey of Local Authorities.

The Governor General yesterday signed a water conservation order for the Kawarau river and its tributaries.

Nations will only sign up to a legally binding reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, if a least cost solution can be found, said Hon Simon Upton today.

The Government has decided to defer until early 1998 a decision on whether to introduce a low level carbon charge.

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Distinguished guests.

Precisely what do we mean by high technology? And frankly, why are we bothered?

To answer those two questions I believe we need to indulge in some lateral thinking.