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On March 31 New Zealand's official monitoring of Y2K will end with the closures of the Y2K Readiness Commission and the State Service Commission's Y2K Project Office.

The information age has arrived, it's no longer just the talk of tomorrow. The new Government is faced with an undeniable imperative - to adapt government in New Zealand to the information age.

The Information Technology Minister Paul Swain has welcomed a survey of New Zealand schools which shows 96% of primary and 99% of secondary schools report some type of connection to the Internet.

The Communications Minister Paul Swain says a report on unbundling the local loop shows the jury is still out on the issue.

Welcome to the 2000 New Zealand Petroleum Conference convened by Crown Minerals.

The Minister for Information Technology Paul Swain has today released Ministry for Economic Development briefing papers which support the government's online strategy.

The Ministerial Inquiry into Telecommunications began its work last week, meeting with key industry participants and a group of major telecommunications users. The Inquiry panel will meet with consumer groups in the near future.

I'm delighted to be here this evening for the launch of the Great New Zealand Business Venture in New Zealand.

The 2GHz auction scheduled for January 31 is to be postponed to allow competition concerns with the auction to be addressed, the Minister of Communications Paul Swain announced today.