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Innovative electronic speed signs, proven to cut serious crash rates by nearly 80 percent, will be installed at ten more high-risk intersections around the country as part of the Government’s $22.5 million Boost Safety Programme, says Associate Transport Minister Julie Anne Genter.

  • Hon Julie Anne Genter
  • Transport

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced Government funding to increase the number of beds available in Auckland for drug and alcohol detoxification by 50 per cent.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

The Government will build a world-leading high security replacement prison at Waikeria, setting a new direction for Corrections in New Zealand while ditching the American-style mega prison planned by the previous National Government, Minister of Corrections Kelvin Davis announced today.

  • Hon Kelvin Davis
  • Corrections

A new forestry scholarship has been launched at National Fieldays today by Forestry Ministers Shane Jones and Meka Whaitiri.

  • Hon Shane Jones
  • Hon Meka Whaitiri
  • Forestry

Minister for Rural Communities Damien O’Connor has made it easier for Government rule-makers to ensure rural communities are at the heart of their decisions.

  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Rural Communities

A new programme of work is underway to strengthen the contribution our national archives and libraries can make to New Zealand’s culture and democracy, Internal Affairs Minister Tracey Martin and the Associate Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Grant Robertson said on Wednesday.

  • Hon Grant Robertson
  • Hon Tracey Martin
  • Arts, Culture and Heritage
  • Internal Affairs

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters has welcomed the meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean Chairman Kim Jong Un in Singapore.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister

The Government is in line with primary sector industry leaders when it comes to biosecurity, says the Minister for Agriculture and Biosecurity Damien O’Connor.

  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Agriculture
  • Biosecurity

Regional Economic Development Under-Secretary Fletcher Tabuteau will welcome the Toowoomba and Surat Basin Enterprise (TSBE) delegation from Australia this evening at a conference gala dinner in Auckland.

  • Fletcher Tabuteau
  • Regional Economic Development

Housing and Urban Development Minister Phil Twyford has today released the terms of reference for Housing NZ’s comprehensive report into its meth contamination response.

  • Hon Phil Twyford
  • Housing and Urban Development

Flooding damage around the Tolaga Bay area of Gisborne meets the criteria for a medium scale event, Minister for Agriculture and Rural Communities Damien O’Connor and Associate Agriculture Mi

  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Hon Meka Whaitiri
  • Agriculture

Minister of Civil Defence Hon Kris Faafoi is travelling to Gisborne this afternoon to see what support the community needs to recover from the extreme weather hitting the area.

  • Hon Kris Faafoi
  • Civil Defence

Land Information Minister Eugenie Sage and Associate Finance Minister David Clark have granted an application under the Overseas Investment Act 2005 for Cresswell NZ Ltd to purchase land to expand the existing Otakiri Springs water bottling plant near Whakatane.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Finance
  • Land Information

Professor Juliet Gerrard FRSNZ has been appointed to be the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, starting from 1 July 2018, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Prime Minister

KiwiSaver annual statements will soon show projected balances at retirement and income figures to help consumers make better decisions about their savings.  

  • Hon Kris Faafoi
  • Commerce and Consumer Affairs

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has welcomed confirmation that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will make their first official visit together to New Zealand in spring, around the time of the Invictus Games in Sydney.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Prime Minister

A proposal to repeal Three Strikes is not going before Cabinet today on the basis that New Zealand First have indicated they would be unlikely to support it, says Justice Minister Andrew Little.

  • Hon Andrew Little
  • Justice

The Minister for Māori Development Nanaia Mahuta says New Zealanders will soon have more access to historic Māori magazines under a new agreement.

  • Hon Nanaia Mahuta
  • Māori Development

Forestry Minister Shane Jones and Climate Change Minister James Shaw have released a consultation paper proposing 12 improvements to forestry regulations in the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (NZETS).

  • Hon Shane Jones
  • Hon James Shaw
  • Climate Change
  • Forestry

Nearly two weeks after the decision to take our one shot to eradicate Mycoplasma bovis, the programme is making good progress, says Agriculture and Biosecurity Minister Damien O’Connor. 

  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Agriculture
  • Biosecurity

New Zealand will urge regional leaders to defend the open international trading system, based on enforceable rules, at a meeting in Tokyo next week.

  • Hon David Parker
  • Trade and Export Growth

New figures showing a high level of overseas house buying in New Zealand’s least affordable areas vindicates the Government’s move to ban foreign buyers of existing homes, Associate Finance Minister David Parker says.

  • Hon David Parker
  • Finance

Minister of Housing and Urban Development Phil Twyford today announced a new Ministry will be set up to help the Government deliver on its priorities of making housing more affordable and our cities more liveable.

  • Hon Phil Twyford
  • Housing and Urban Development

The Terms of Reference for Phase 2 of the Review of the Reserve Bank Act were released today by Finance Minister Grant Robertson.

  • Hon Grant Robertson
  • Finance