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Foreign Minister Don McKinnon today expressed disappointment at the likely delay in the formation of the Bougainville Reconciliation Government (BRG).

  • Don McKinnon
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

The Minister of Internal Affairs Jack Elder has welcomed what he sees as an endorsement by the Office of the Auditor General of government plans to tighten controls of gaming machines.

  • Jack Elder
  • Internal Affairs

Retail power companies purchased by ECNZ before the planned split of ECNZ on April 1 next year will be allocated amongst the three new SOEs.

  • Bill Birch
  • State Owned Enterprises

"PPTA members at Central Hawkes Bay College have overstepped the mark with their opposition to direct resourcing of teachers' salaries," Education Minister Wyatt Creech said today.

  • Wyatt Creech
  • Education

Post-APEC Breakfast
Hotel Grand Chancellor
Christchurch

Prime Minister; Ladies and Gentlemen of the Christchurch Business Community.

  • Dr Lockwood Smith
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

APEC Symposium, Wellington Wednesday 2 December 1998

I am very pleased to welcome you here today to this symposium.

  • Dr Lockwood Smith
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

A day can be a long time in politics. Twelve months has gone by in a flash.

  • Jenny Shipley
  • Prime Minister

You can make your own luck and take the opportunities when they arise. APEC is one of these as we take our turn to host APEC in New Zealand next year.

  • Jenny Shipley
  • Prime Minister

Health Minister Bill English said two reports issued today by the Mental Health Commission were important contributions to the debate about how to best care for people with a mental illness and the

  • Bill English
  • Health

The views expressed in a survey of students released today support recent Government changes to the student loans scheme, said Youth Affairs Minister Tony Ryall.

  • Tony Ryall
  • Youth Affairs

Retail power companies purchased by ECNZ before the planned split of ECNZ on April 1 next year will be allocated amongst the three new SOEs.

  • Tony Ryall
  • ECNZ Shareholding Minister

Chair Of The Seventh Session Of The Commission On Sustainable Development

  • Simon Upton
  • Environment

The new Land Transport Act 1998 shows the Government has 'zero tolerance' for hardcore driving offenders, Transport Minister Maurice Williamson said today.

  • Maurice Williamson
  • Transport

The Minister of Communications, the Hon Maurice Williamson, today announced the appointment of Louise Rosson and Hekia Parata as members of the Board of NZ On Air and Roger Horrocks as Deputy Chair

  • Maurice Williamson
  • Communications

Immigration Minister, Hon Tuariki Delamere, says the Alliance immigration spokesman, Matt Robson, has finally lost the plot.

  • John Delamare
  • Immigration

The Government has approved assistance of $115,000 towards repairing flood damage to the West Coast's Karamea River protection system, the Minister of Civil Defence, Jack Elder, announced today.

  • Jack Elder
  • Civil Defence

Defence Minister Max Bradford said tonight Labour leader Helen Clark had got it wrong again with her so-called revelations that he had flown to Canberra on Sunday to brief his Australian counterpar

  • Max Bradford
  • Defence

Defence Minister Max Bradford says the Opposition parties' allegations about the purchase of F16 aircraft have the ring of "desperate stuff".

  • Bill English
  • Defence

Successful Auckland trust shows the way

  • Peter McCardle
  • Associate Minister of Social Services, Work and Income (Work and Income)

More than two-thirds of Aucklanders believe the APEC Leaders' Meeting next September will be good for the city, a recent survey shows.

  • Dr Lockwood Smith
  • Trade

Health Minister Bill English said today the Government was serious about reducing family violence and guidelines to help the health sector deal with the problem would complement those already devel

  • Bill English
  • Health

Conservation Minister Nick Smith today announced that the Government would introduce an import prohibition on trout under the Customs and Excise Act 1996, in order to ensure the conservation of tro

  • Nick Smith
  • Conservation

Interacting with older Pacific Islanders, mingling with IRD staff and meeting Customs management and members of the Italian America's Cup syndicate, Prada, will be on the agenda tomorrow for Minist

  • David Carter
  • Senior Citizens

Associate Health Minister, Hon Tuariki Delamere, has rebutted claims from Greens leader, Jeanette Fitzsimons, about Coca-Cola writing New Zealand's food safety standards, describing them as weird c

  • John Delamare
  • Associate Minister of Health