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Environment Minister Simon Upton will be aiming for action-oriented decisions when he chairs the seventh session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) in New York next A

  • Simon Upton
  • Environment

Defence Minister Max Bradford today welcomed news reports that Malaysia expected to resume military exercises under the Five Power Defence Arrangement (FPDA).

  • Max Bradford
  • Defence

"The new ACC legislation provides a strong model for effective delivery of social policy," the chairman of the Accident Insurance Select Committee, Gerry Brownlee, said today.

  • Murray McCully
  • Accident Insurance

Associate Health Minister, Hon Tuariki Delamere, today welcomed the launch of the Australia New Zealand Food Authority's Internet site

  • John Delamare
  • Associate Minister of Health

Defence Minister Max Bradford today released the details of the Army's $500 million re-equipment programme, all of which is being funded within the Defence Assessment programme agreed by the Govern

  • Max Bradford
  • Defence

Defence Minister Max Bradford and the Australian Minister for Defence, John Moore, will sign a new defence agreement in Melbourne today.

  • Max Bradford
  • Defence

This week 's visit by Saudi Commerce Minister Osama Faqeeh presents a great opportunity for New Zealand to strengthen economic links with a major Middle Eastern power, Trade Minister Lockwood Smith

  • Dr Lockwood Smith
  • Trade

The Labour Party should clearly state how much it intends to tax and spend on its risky industry policy, Associate Finance Minister Lockwood Smith said today.

  • Dr Lockwood Smith
  • Associate Minister of Finance

Consumers and New Zealand's tourism industry stand to benefit following success in recent air services negotiations with Germany, the Minister of Transport Hon Maurice Williamson, announced today.

  • Maurice Williamson
  • Transport

Increasing trade opportunities, improving the operation of markets, and building broader support for APEC will be the three main themes of New Zealand's year in the APEC Chair in

  • Jenny Shipley
  • Prime Minister

The Prime Minister will, on behalf of the Crown, repeat the formal apology to the people of Ngai Tahu, as contained in the Ngai Tahu Claims Settlement Act, passed by Parliament on 29 September.

  • Jenny Shipley
  • Prime Minister

New Zealand's exporters are doing well despite Asia, Prime Minister Jenny Shipley told the National Party Auckland Division tonight.

  • Jenny Shipley
  • Prime Minister

The Ministry of Education has finalised new schooling options for next year for students who would have gone to Petone College, Education Minister Wyatt Creech said today.

  • Wyatt Creech
  • Education

Health Minister Bill English said today a survey of clinical leaders' views on the elective surgery booking system showed growing support in the public health service for changes in how it handles

  • Bill English
  • Health

Consultation with families would be a requirement under mental health legislation now being considered by Parliament, Health Minister Bill English said today at the opening of the Schizophrenia Fel

  • Bill English
  • Health

Conservation Minister Nick Smith today welcomed the introduction of the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park Bill to Parliament.

  • Nick Smith
  • Conservation

Health Minister Bill English said children outside the main centres stood to benefit from $800,000 funding announced today to implement the recommendations of a recent review of specialty care for

  • Bill English
  • Health

A long term review of water services to ensure safe, secure and efficient supply was announced today by Enterprise and Commerce Minister Max Bradford, and Local Government Minister Tony Ryall.

  • Tony Ryall
  • Local Government

Today electronic commerce is poised to deliver a new century of wealth not unlike that triggered by the first frozen meat shipment to Britain by the SS Dunedin at the end of the 19th century, Minis

  • Maurice Williamson
  • Information Technology

Associate Minister for Food and Fibre, Hon David Carter, today slammed West Coast MP Damien O'Connor's admission this week that the West Coast should accept "the best deal it could as a trade-off",

  • David Carter
  • Associate Minister for Food, Fibre, Biosecurity and Border Control

Associate Minister for Food and Fibre, Hon David Carter, today opened the extensions to award-winning Yarrows Bakery at Manaia, Taranaki.

  • David Carter
  • Associate Minister for Food, Fibre, Biosecurity and Border Control

A report on the West Coast beech proposals prepared by Dr Murray Efford, a Landcare scientist employed by the Forest and Bird Society, was welcomed today by the Associate Minister for Food, Fibre,

  • David Carter
  • Associate Minister for Food, Fibre, Biosecurity and Border Control

The passing of Sir Charles Bennett - one of Maoridom's greatest and most respected leaders - represents the end of an era in New Zealand's history, Prime Minister Jenny Shipley said today.

  • Jenny Shipley
  • Prime Minister

New Zealand's next High Commissioner to South Africa will be career diplomat Rene Wilson, Foreign Minister Don McKinnon announced today.

  • Don McKinnon
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade