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Referring the changes in the Fire Service to the Internal Affairs Select Committee would be a waste of a very busy committee's time, Internal Affairs Minister Jack Elder said today.

Internal Affairs Minister Jack Elder is very concerned at the amount of misinformation being spread by opposition Members of Parliament.

"Labour MP Trevor Mallard should be very careful not to inflame racial tensions when criticising the Lottery Grant's Board decision to fund marae heritage and restoration," Internal Affairs Ministe

Police Minister Jack Elder welcomed the presentation in Sydney yesterday of the Wood Royal Commission into paedophilia, and said the recommendations will be studied to see if they could improve chi

George Hawkins is again causing unnecessary concern and generating an anti-Maori reaction with his inaccurate press statements, Police Minister Jack Elder said today.

The Lottery Grants Board has agreed to a $200,000 grant to help fund the Kiwi component of next year's Edinburgh Military Tattoo in New Zealand.

``New Zealand is concerned by reports that a New Zealand vessel licensed by Australia to fish for toothfish around Australia's Heard Island, has been threatened by a vessel fishing illegally,'' the