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The Attorney-General, Hon D.A.M. Graham, today announced the appointment of W.A. (Bill) Moore as a Parliamentary Counsel in the Parliamentary Counsel Office.

The Minister of Justice, Hon D.A.M. Graham, said today that after a comprehensive examination, only the welfare area needed specific exemptions from the Human Rights Act.

The Minister of Justice, Hon D.A.M. Graham, today announced the appointment of Rotorua Barrister and Solicitor David Samuel Dowthwaite as a Coroner.

The Attorney-General, Hon D.A.M. Graham, said today the Crown will appeal the recent decision of the High Court known as the Tahora case.

The Minister of Justice, Hon D.A.M.

New Zealand and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China today signed agreements covering extradition and mutual assistance on criminal matters.

The Minister of Justice, Hon D.A.M. Graham, said today the Governor-General has accepted his advice that Peter Hugh McGregor Ellis's application for a free pardon be rejected.

The Minister of Justice, Hon D.A.M. Graham, today introduced two Bills dealing with property following the breakdown of marriages and de facto relationships.

The Minister in Charge of Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, Hon D.A.M.

The Minister in Charge of Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, Hon D.A.M.

The Attorney-General, Hon D.A.M. Graham, said today the Crown will appeal an interim decision from the Maori Land Court on the Marlborough Sounds foreshore and seabed.

The Attorney-General, Hon D.A.M. Graham, today announced the appointment of Gregory Hollister-Jones as Crown Solicitor at Tauranga.

The Attorney-General, Hon D.A.M. Graham, today announced the appointment of Gregory Hollister-Jones as Crown Solicitor at Tauranga.

The Attorney-General, Hon D.A.M. Graham, said today that an interim decision from the Maori Land Court on Maori legal interests in the foreshore and seabed in the Marlborough Sounds raises a number of complex legal and constitutional issues.

'Judge Hingston's decision is important to both the Crown and Maori and therefore the full implications must be considered carefully,' he said.

The Attorney-General, Hon D.A.M. Graham, said today that an interim decision from the Maori Land Court on Maori legal interests in the foreshore and seabed in the Marlborough Sounds raises a number of complex legal and constitutional issues.

'Judge Hingston's decision is important to both the Crown and Maori and therefore the full implications must be considered carefully,' he said.

Responding to suggestions that Housing New Zealand might be sold to Tainui, Housing Minister Murray Mccully said today that "there was no foundation whatsoever to the reports".

The Minister of Justice, Hon D.A.M.

The Minister of Justice, Hon D.A.M.

The Minister of Justice, Hon D.A.M. Graham, today announced the appointment of Palmerston North Queen's Counsel Leslie Herrick Atkins as a District Court Judge.

The Minister of Justice, Hon D.A.M. Graham, today announced the appointment of Palmerston North Queen's Counsel Leslie Herrick Atkins as a District Court Judge.

The new Attorney-General, Hon D A M Graham, said today that he considered it a privilege to be appointed Attorney-General and that he acknowledged the outstanding work of his predecessor Hon Paul E

One year after New Zealand signed the Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel mines, Parliament has passed the legislation enabling this country to ratify the convention.

The Minister for Courts, Hon D.A.M. Graham, said today court fees and charges payable by those who use the court system will rise from the beginning of next year.

The Minister of Justice, Hon D.A.M.