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Energy Minister Max Bradford and Finance Minister Bill Birch today announced the Government's direction on electricity reform.

100,000 NZ Investors in Government Floats

The Government has declined final bids from parties seeking to purchase Solid Energy, Finance Minister Bill Birch and State Owned Enterprises Minister Tony Ryall announced today.

Finance Minister Rt Hon Bill Birch and State Owned Enterprises Minister Hon Tony Ryall announced today the Government would proceed with the float of nine of its commercial office properties in Wel

Housing Corporation Selling MortgagesGovernment has announced that Housing Corporation of New Zealand (HCNZ) is selling mortgages held by about 8,000 clients to a WestpacTrust subsidiary for approx

The Government's guarantee of shares in Auckland International Airport Limited to all New Zealanders who apply is much more than Richard Prebble ever offered Kiwi families, Finance Minister Bill Bi

Ministerial interference in distribution arrangements for Auckland Airport prospectuses would be counter-productive and undesirable, Finance Minister Bill Birch and SOE Minister Tony Ryall said tod

The Rt Hon Bill Birch, Minister of Finance and Revenue, and Hon Max Bradford, Minister of Energy, today rebutted Trustpower's attack on the tax consequences of electricity reform as being deceptive

New Zealand was fortunate to have a Coalition Government willing to continue to place a priority on lower taxes, including lower corporate rates, Finance Minister Bill Birch said tonight.

"Legislation currently before Select Committee closes a loophole in the tax treatment of Superannuation Funds investing in Group Investment Funds" the Minister of Finance and Revenue, Rt Hon Bill B

Minister of Finance and Revenue, Rt Hon Bill Birch, welcomed the passing of the Electricity Industry Reform Act today saying that it "was a further step in the Government's micro-economic reform pr

Finance Minister and Acting Treasurer Rt Hon Bill Birch said the increase in total overseas debt would be addressed by improving economic growth and by increased saving in the private sector.

Finance Minister Bill Birch tonight announced changes in income tax collection that eliminate 1.2 million IR5 income tax returns, save taxpayers up to $60m a year in compliance costs, and create an

The outlook for tourism and exports over the next three years is very positive, Finance Minister Rt Hon Bill Birch said today.

Finance Minister and Acting Treasurer Rt Hon Bill Birch said today that the report out of the Australian National University (ANU) about the risk to the New Zealand economy was grossly misleading.

The Budget combines progress towards the fiscal objectives of the Government with substantial advances in economic and social well-being for New Zealanders, Finance Minister Bill Birch said.

Tonight's proposed amendments to the Farm and Fishing Vessel Ownership Savings Acts would free up vital funds for people with accounts under those schemes, Finance Minister Bill Birch said today.

Terms of Reference for the scoping study of the Crown's ownership interest in Television New Zealand (TVNZ) were released today by Treasurer Winston Peters, Finance Minister Bill Birch and SOE Mini

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

The Taranaki/King Country by-election is the reason Labour and the Alliance are musing about not raising taxes quite as much, Finance Minister Rt Hon Bill Birch said today.

The Coalition Government has decided in principle to split ECNZ into three competing state-owned enterprises (SOEs), the Treasurer and Ministers of Finance, Energy and State-Owned Enterprises said

Lower prices for consumers should result from the Coalition Government's electricity reform package, the Treasurer and Ministers of Finance and Energy said today.

Labour's backtrack on high taxes shows Dr Cullen has learned something about politics - but he still has no understanding of economics, Finance Minister Rt Hon Bill Birch said today.

The Government today introduced tax credit legislation allowing investment income earned by superannuation funds and life office schemes to be taxed at the saver's personal tax rates.