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New Zealand is disappointed that the United States has decided to significantly increase its volumes of subsidised dairy exports under the Dairy Export Incentive Programme (DEIP), Trade Minister Lo

The Labour Party is bitterly divided over the future of indigenous forestry on the West Coast, Forestry Minister Lockwood Smith said today.

The Government's decision to consult on a proposal to end unsustainable rimu logging on the West Coast had nothing to do with the Labour Party, Forestry Minister Lockwood Smith said tonight.

The Government will begin consultations with signatories to the West Coast Accord and other affected parties over a proposal to end the unsustainable logging of indigenous forests by Timberlands We

"They are protesting against an agreement which will not be signed in the foreseeable future and which wouldn't have done any of the things they think it would have done," Trade Minister Lockwood S

Trade and Agriculture Minister Lockwood Smith has welcomed news that UK Customs has decided to drop the two remaining fraud charges against Dairy Board staff and companies in the UK.

New Zealand has sought a pause in negotiations on the OECD's proposed Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI), Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer Winston Peters and Acting Finance Minister Lock

Trade Minister Lockwood Smith has welcomed today's decision by the Australian High Court that New Zealand television programmes must be included in Australia's local contents quota.

The New Zealand Government does not agree with key findings of the European Court of Auditors' (ECA) report on the conduct of our dairy trade with the European Union (EU), Trade and Agriculture Min

Trade and Agriculture Minister Lockwood Smith will this week take the Cairns Group's trade liberalisation message to the heart of the European Union, with visits to Hamburg, Vienna, Bonn and Brusse

Agriculture Minister Lockwood Smith has brought forward his visit to the Hawke's Bay to next Thursday, 16th April.

Agriculture Minister Lockwood Smith is to seek income support for Hawke's Bay farmers and horticulturalists at Cabinet on 20 April.

Agriculture Minister Lockwood Smith says he expected to cop some flak from Hawke's Bay farmers and horticulturalists after announcing yesterday's initial assistance of $84,200 to the region.

The Government will provide an initial $84,200 to assist the drought relief efforts of Hawke's Bay farmers and horticulturalists, Agriculture Minister Lockwood Smith announced today.

The Government is to begin consultations with Maori over a proposal to end the unsustainable logging of indigenous forests on lands granted to Maori under the South Island Landless Maoris Act 1906

Comments by Labour's agriculture spokesperson, Jim Sutton, that the Government has hasty, confused and radical plans to change producer boards are astounding, Agriculture Minister Lockwood Smith sa

It will be possible for the New Zealand meat industry to export beef to Chile, Trade and Agriculture Minister Lockwood Smith announced today.

Trade and Agriculture Minister Lockwood Smith leaves for Sydney tomorrow for a Cairns Group trade ministers' meeting designed to further develop the group's strategy for the World Trade Organisatio

Trade and Agriculture Minister Lockwood Smith has welcomed last night's decision by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) dispute settlement body to establish a disputes panel to hear New Zealand's ca

The squid fishery surrounding the Auckland and Campbell Islands (SQU 6T) will be formally closed at noon on Friday 27 March for the rest of the year, Acting Fisheries Minister Lockwood Smith announ

UK Customs' decision to appeal to the London High Court the January ruling by the UK VAT and Duties Tribunal that the New Zealand Dairy Board can send spreadable butter and Ammix butter to the EU a

Trade and Forestry Minister Lockwood Smith is shocked that the New Zealand Forest & Bird Society has sent a submission to the United States Department of Agriculture attacking our biosecurity a

New Zealand will tonight seek the establishment of a World Trade Organisation (WTO) disputes panel to hear our case against Canada's special milk classes scheme, Trade Minister Lockwood Smith annou

Agriculture Minister Lockwood Smith has presented the country's first New Zealand Agricultural Aviation Association (NZAAA) accreditation certificate to Canterbury farmer and Skyfarmers owner Don H