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Parents can look forward to 26 weeks paid parental leave by July 2020 as part of the Labour-led government’s promise to better support working families with new-born and young children, says Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Prime Minister
  • Workplace Relations and Safety

Minister for Climate Change James Shaw today welcomed the High Court decision in Thomson v Minister for Climate Change Issues as an important judicial contribution to the critical issue of how Government should respond to climate change.

  • Hon James Shaw
  • Climate Change

Health Minister David Clark has directed the State Services Commissioner to launch an investigation into the circumstances surrounding allegations of wrongful expenditure by the former Chief Executive of the Waikato District Health Board.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has reconfirmed New Zealand’s offer to Australia to take 150 refugees who have been subject to the offshore processing legislation.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Prime Minister

Prime Minister and Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Jacinda Ardern has today welcomed the announcement that Dane Mitchell is the artist selected for the 58th International Art Exhibition.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Prime Minister

A new international report reinforces that faster action is needed to address the gender pay gap and bring benefits to women, both in New Zealand and globally, says Minister for Women Julie Anne Genter.

  • Hon Julie Anne Genter
  • Women

Students are a step closer to a more affordable future as the new government fast-tracks work on its free-fees tertiary education promise.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

New Zealand’s top researchers have been awarded $84.6 million in grants through the 2017 Marsden Fund investment round, Research, Science and Innovation Minister Megan Woods announced today.

  • Hon Dr Megan Woods
  • Research, Science and Innovation

Minister of Employment Willie Jackson has today welcomed the release of the Household Labour Force Survey, which shows unemployment falling to 4.6 per cent.

  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Employment

The seizure of 46 kilograms of cocaine in Tauranga today following a joint operation between New Zealand Police and the New Zealand Customs Service will make a real difference in our communities and prevent further harm.

  • Hon Stuart Nash
  • Customs
  • Police

The Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety Iain Lees-Galloway and the Minister for Women Julie Anne Genter have today reaffirmed the new Government’s commitment to halting the Employment (Pay Equity and Equal Pay) Bill that was introduced by the previous Government.

  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • Hon Julie Anne Genter
  • Women
  • Workplace Relations and Safety

Foreign speculators will no longer be able to buy houses in New Zealand from early next year, says Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Prime Minister

The President of the Federal Republic of Germany, His Excellency, Dr Frank-Walter Steinmeier, will make a State visit to New Zealand next week, says Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. 

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Prime Minister

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will travel to Sydney on Sunday to meet with Australian Prime Minister, Hon Malcolm Turnbull.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Prime Minister

Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Minister Andrew Little has received the Waitangi Tribunal’s report on the Ngātiwai mandate.

  • Hon Andrew Little
  • Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations

New Zealand’s 52nd Parliament will meet on Wednesday 8 November to hear the Speech from the Throne by Governor General Dame Patsy Reddy, says Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Prime Minister