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OFFICE OF THE MINISTER OF MAORI AFFAIRS

OFFICE OF THE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS

TUESDAY 19 MAY 1998

Maori television gets the green light

New Zealanders will continue to enjoy quality public radio services, Minister Responsible for Radio New Zealand Hon Tony Ryall and Minister of Communications Hon Maurice Williamson said today.

The Minister of Maori Affairs, the Hon Tau Henare and the Minister of Communications, the Hon Maurice Williamson, today announced that Te Mangai Paho, the Maori broadcasting funding agency, will re

The Minister of Maori Affairs, the Hon Tau Henare and the Minister of Communications, the Hon Maurice Williamson, today announced increased funding and a related structure to promote the Maori lang

"Technology can now provide answers to the problems posed by today's roading and transportation needs, that until a few years ago were at arms length," Minister of Communications Hon Maurice Willia

"New Skies Satellites," a new communications company established by INTELSAT has today been welcomed by Minister of Communications, Hon Maurice Williamson.

The Minister of Maori Affairs, the Hon Tau Henare and the Minister of Communications, the Hon Maurice Williamson, today announced that Maori will be asked to consider at a hui planned for July 1998

"It is fantastic Saturn Communications is now offering consumers choice resulting in better services and better prices," Minister of Communications Hon Maurice Williamson said today.

"An earlier statement from the New Zealand Telecommunications Industry Organisation (NZTIO) claiming my support for placing New Zealand's telephone numbers under independent control is not correct,

"I'm extremely disappointed following a meeting Wednesday evening (6 May 1998) between Ministers and the National Maori Organisations that some of the participants have decided to speak publicly ab

Saturn Communications launch of a local residential telephone service in Wellington, to supplement the company's other service offerings has today been welcomed by the Minister of Communications Ho

"A number of companies have publicly expressed an interest in entering the postal services market and they will be able to do so from 1 April this year," Minister of Communications Hon Maurice Will

"The new Deed of Understanding between the Government and New Zealand Post offers certainty for consumers in the new competitive postal environment," Communications Minister Maurice Williamson anno