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New Zealand has closed its ports to all Japanese boats fishing for Southern Bluefin Tuna (SBT), Acting Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Upton and Minister of Fisheries John Luxton said today.

Minister of Commerce, Hon John Luxton, told the Fiji/New Zealand Business Councils' Joint Conference in Fiji on Saturday, that the pace and direction of regional and global change was a challenge f

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Commerce Minister, Hon John Luxton, leaves for Fiji today to address the annual Fiji/New Zealand Joint Business Council's Conference. The meeting is to be held on 10-11 July.

Mr Francis Mortimer, President of the Fiji Business Council
Honourable Mr Paul Manueli, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs & External Trade
Members of the Fiji Parliament

The Minister of Fisheries today presented to Parliament the Government's response to the recommendations of a report on the fisheries cost recovery regime by the Primary Production Select Committee

Minister of Fisheries, Hon John Luxton met representatives of the commercial fishing fraternity in Motueka yesterday to hear their concerns on a range of issues.

Acting Foreign Minister Simon Upton and Fisheries Minister John Luxton today condemned Japanese plans to begin experimental fishing of the depleted Southern Bluefin Tuna (SBT) stocks from this Frid

The Minister of Commerce, Hon John Luxton, announced an appointment to the Commerce Commission today.

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A scaremongering and totally unfounded press statement put out by Federated Farmers this morning suggesting that when the Auckland Airport is sold, "the biosecurity procedures may be cut back or ma

"Introducing contestability into property valuation for rating purposes and devolving the National Property Database will give local councils more flexibility and help reduce the cost to ratepayers

The Minister of Commerce, Hon John Luxton and Sir Leon Brittan, Vice-President of the European Commission and His Excellency, the British High Commissioner, Mr Martin Williams, today signed the Agr

Acting Minister of Agriculture, Hon John Luxton said that he had today received the formal application for an extension to the Governments drought relief package beyond the 30 June this year.

The Minister for Biosecurity Hon John Luxton said today it was very important that we have a good animal health laboratory service in New Zealand.

Hon John Luxton, Minister of Commerce and Acting Minister of Agriculture expressed cautious optimism today at the move by New Zealand's two largest dairy companies to form a strategic alliance in m

Minister of Commerce, John Luxton and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Don McKinnon today held joint discussions with the Portuguese Minister of the Economy, Dr Pina Moura.

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"We should all be concerned about the future because we will have to spend the rest of our lives there" (Charles Kettering 1876-1958)

The Minister of Fisheries, Hon John Luxton, today announced the appointment of Tony Hartevelt as the independent reviewer of the Fisheries Act 1996.

"The Crown Pastoral Land Act was passed into law by Parliament today and will provide for the reform of the 2.5 million hectares of Crown pastoral land tenure in the South Island." Minister of Land

Hon John Luxton, Minister of Commerce, and Hon Tuariki John Delamere, Minister of Customs, announced that regulations had been made today, which came into force from 3pm this afternoon, that will p

The Government has decided to free up the New Zealand hop industry, by removing the statutory backing for the New Zealand Hop Marketing Board, Hon John Luxton, Associate Minister of Agriculture ann

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