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A telephone relay service will be set up for people who are Deaf, or who have speech or hearing impairments, Communications Minister Paul Swain and Disability Issues Minister Ruth Dyson announced today.

There has been strong and competitive interest from petroleum explorers in the bidding round for new exploration blocks in the onshore and nearshore Taranaki Basin, Associate Minister of Energy Paul Swain announced today.

Communications Minister Paul Swain today confirmed that the next auction of radio spectrum management rights will start on 23 July, 2002.

As Minister of Communications I want to ensure that telecommunications networks can be deployed as swiftly as possible to ensure as many New Zealanders as possible benefit from internet access.

The Minister of Communications Paul Swain has welcomed the co-ordinated approach being taken by utility companies and road owners towards resolving the issue of utility access to the road corridor.

Cabinet Ministers’ speeches and policy documents dating back to the mid-1990s are available on a newly upgraded web site that went live on Monday 15 April.

Commerce Minister Paul Swain has announced the appointment of two Cease and Desist Commissioners to the Commerce Commission.

Associate Minister of Justice Paul Swain has confirmed the government’s decisions on telecommunications interception capability.

Information Technology Minister Paul Swain has welcomed latest IT industry statistics showing increases in sales and services.

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Communications Minister Paul Swain has welcomed news that key players in the communications sector have agreed on a design for the new Telecommunications Carriers Forum.

Good morning and thank you for the invitation to speak to you today.

Two new options are being made available to beekeepers for control of the varroa bee mite after the approval of Acting Agriculture Minister Paul Swain was gazetted today.

Commerce Minister Paul Swain says in the short time the Takeovers Code has been up and working it has proved its worth.

Trans-Tasman Regulatory Coordination: The Gains for New Zealand

Thank you for the invitation today – and providing this opportunity to speak to you about the gains to be made for New Zealand from Trans-Tasman Regulatory Coordination.

Commerce Minister Paul Swain has announced one re-appointment and two new appointments to the Accounting Standards Review Board.

The Government has simplified the tax rules for hundreds of non-resident contractors who come to New Zealand to work for short periods each year.

Commerce Minister Paul Swain has welcomed the Securities Commission’s recommendations on amendments to the law relating to investment advisers.

Commerce Minister Paul Swain has announced a review of tariff policy to determine the shape of New Zealand’s post-2005 tariff regime.

The current tariff freeze of tariffs at the July 1999 rates, ends on 1 July 2005.

The Government has simplified the tax rules for hundreds of non-resident contractors who come to New Zealand to work for short periods each year.

Associate Energy Minister Paul Swain has welcomed OPEC Secretary General Dr Ali Rodriguez-Araque to New Zealand for the New Zealand Petroleum Conference this week.

Thank you Mr Chairman for that gracious introduction.

Communications Minister Paul Swain has emphasised the potential of New Zealand as an information technology test bed to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) meeting in Queenstown this week.

Communications Minister Paul Swain wants telecommunications companies to sort out interconnection issues that reportedly ended in a woman in Christchurch being unable to get through to the 111 service.

Good evening and welcome to the 2002 New Zealand Petroleum Conference organised by the Ministry of Economic Development’s Crown Minerals group.