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In announcing a joint science promotion programme, the Minister of Research, Science and Technology, the Hon.

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

"New Zealand's success in the emerging global Knowledge Economy will largely depend on our research organisations ability to assist our primary and secondary producers to become first in time and f

"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

Consideration of Local Government reorganisation in the Hawkes Bay should not encounter abnormal delays, the Minster of Local Government, Hon Maurice Williamson announced today.

Privacy Commissioner Bruce Slane is confused about the facts surrounding photographic licences, announced Minister of Transport Hon Maurice Williamson today.

Ministers from New Zealand and Fiji today signed a package of new air services arrangements.

"We need to have a national and local roading network that works for New Zealand - that keeps traffic, the economy and our society moving forward," said Minister of Transport Hon Maurice Williamson

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

"The Blue Sky team is to be congratulated for their ongoing efforts to increase the market for New Zealand made television programming," Minister of Communications Hon Maurice Williamson said today

The Minister of Local Government, Hon Maurice Williamson, announced today that the Government is in the process of appointing a new Local Government Commission as the term of the existing Commissio

The New Zealand Government will be represented at the ANZAC Dawn Service in Sydney by the Minister of Transport, Hon Maurice Williamson.

The Government has not abandoned the key features of its road reform package," said Minister of Transport Hon Maurice Williamson today.

"The Government has no intention of privatising roading and it was mischievous at least and untruthful at best to suggest money would be stripped from rural communities to fund city highways," said

"Speeds down, no drinking and driving and all passengers wearing seat belts will make this Easter Weekend one of the safest ever," said Hon Maurice Williamson Minister of Transport today.

"The attempt by Christchurch City Council to seek a High Court declaration against road reform clearly illustrates the Council's lack of understanding of the issue," Hon Maurice Williamson Minister