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"This morning Ian Revell notified me that he intended to tender to the Speaker his resignation as Deputy Speaker," Prime Minister Jenny Shipley said today.

"My Government is committed to protecting the rights of all New Zealanders, and that's why we are putting on the agenda issues surrounding the legal recognition of same sex relationships," Prime Mi

The Government's two-day caucus meeting will prepare MPs to "hit the ground running for a big year for New Zealand," Prime Minister Jenny Shipley said today.

Prime Minister Jenny Shipley said today she was personally pleased that Margaret Robertson's petition on the size of Parliament had gathered enough numbers to prompt a citizen's initiated referendu

Prime Minister Jenny Shipley says New Zealand will be represented at the funeral of King Hussein of Jordan.

Hungarian President Dr Arpad Göncz will make a four-day state visit to New Zealand from February 22-25, Prime Minister Jenny Shipley announced today.

The Intelligence and Security Committee responsible for the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service legislation has received about 130 written submissions on a proposed amendment to permit NZSIS

Prime Minister Jenny Shipley said she was delighted to receive personal messages from United States President Bill Clinton and Australian

Tony Ryall is to be the new Minister of Justice and Clem Simich will become Minister of Corrections, while maintaining his Police responsibilities, to confront the hard justice issues that are worr

A new team of ministers will take charge of the key areas of health and school and pre-school education with a mandate to deliver practical policies that will foster healthy, well-educated, highly

Investing in New Zealanders' skills and strengthening our economic future are the focus of Cabinet changes announced today by Prime Minister Jenny Shipley.

Prime Minister Jenny Shipley says New Zealanders should be delighted at US President Bill Clinton's strong support for world trade liberalisation in his State of the Union Address.

The Government and the people of New Zealand must work together to keep our country's natural heritage alive, Prime Minister Jenny Shipley said today at the launch of New Zealand's Draft Biodiversi

It is heartbreaking that Kirsty Bentley, a young New Zealand woman with so much ahead of her, has tragically had her life cut short, Prime
Minister and Rakaia MPJenny Shipley said today.

Prime Minister Jenny Shipley left North America today at the end of a visit which she described as "a week very well spent from New Zealand's point of view."

Prime Minister Jenny Shipley yesterday sent a message of congratulations on behalf of New Zealand to His Royal Highness The Prince Edward, CVO on his engagement to Miss Sophie Rhys-Jones.

The Prime Minister extended the best wishes of all New Zealanders to explorer Peter Hillary and his team when he called Mrs Shipley from
Antarctica last night.

Prime Minister Jenny Shipley will advance New Zealand's trade interests and its goals for this year's APEC summit on a visit to Ottawa and Washington D.C. this week.