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A suite of Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) investments comprising transport infrastructure, digital connectivity, water storage, and skills and employment in the Hawke’s Bay region has today been announced by Parliamentary Under Secretary for Regional Economic Development Fletcher Tabuteau.

  • Fletcher Tabuteau
  • Regional Economic Development

A new website is being launched today by Associate Minister of Health Jenny Salesa to provide New Zealanders with a source of clear and credible information about vaping as a way to stop smoking.

  • Hon Jenny Salesa
  • Health

New Zealanders from across the country are calling for the criminal justice system to be overhauled, says Justice Minister Andrew Little.

  • Hon Andrew Little
  • Justice

Today’s World Oceans’ Day announcement that eleven Foodstuffs Co-operative supermarkets will retro-fit litter traps in their stormwater drains was welcomed by Associate Minister for the Environment Eugenie Sage.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Environment

Minister for Disability Issues, Carmel Sepuloni will travel to New York tomorrow to represent New Zealand at the 12th Conference of States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Disability Issues

The construction of a second bridge across the Ashburton River is one step closer as a result of a $94,000 investment from the Provincial Growth Fund, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Regional Economic Development Fl

  • Fletcher Tabuteau
  • Regional Economic Development

Justice Minister Andrew Little will travel to Sweden this weekend to represent New Zealand at a high-level summit on nuclear disarmament.

  • Hon Andrew Little
  • Justice

Associate Transport Minister Julie Anne Genter today joined Mayor of Palmerston North City Grant Smith to open Palmerston North’s new cycling and walking path, which will provide a safe walking and cycling route between the city, Massey University and Linton.

  • Hon Julie Anne Genter
  • Transport

The Wellbeing Budget is providing more judges to help speed up the District Court process while aiming to improve the criminal justice experience for victims, says Minister for Courts Andrew Little.

  • Hon Andrew Little
  • Courts

Commercial fishing vessels at greatest risk of encountering the rare Māui dolphin will be required to operate with on-board cameras from 1 November, as the next step to strengthen our fisheries management system.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Hon Stuart Nash
  • Prime Minister
  • Fisheries

Wellington waterways will now have more helping hands thanks to a grant to support young people to help look after them, Associate Minister for the Environment Eugenie Sage said today.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Environment

The One Billion Trees Fund is ramping up native tree planting across the country as landowners take up nearly $1.5 million in planting grants, Forestry Minister Shane Jones says.  

  • Hon Shane Jones
  • Forestry

Improving the mental health and wellbeing of young members of the rainbow community is at the heart of the establishment of the Rainbow Wellbeing Legacy Fund, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said today.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Hon Grant Robertson
  • Prime Minister
  • Finance

New Zealanders are increasingly concerned about the environmental impacts of waste.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Environment

A new record for the number of Police officers deployed to the regions in a single year has been created with the graduation today of Recruit Wing 326.

  • Hon Stuart Nash
  • Police

The Government is backing New Zealand’s vital primary sectors by boosting funding for biosecurity, research, food safety and animal welfare compliance, says Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor.

  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Agriculture

Health Minister Dr David Clark has confirmed funding for a new in-patient mental health and addiction unit at Hauora Tairāwhiti Gisborne Hospital. 

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

Minister of Agriculture Damien O’Connor today announced changes to the legislation governing the dairy industry.

  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Agriculture

The Government continues to run a surplus, manage expenses carefully and keep debt under control.

  • Hon Grant Robertson
  • Finance

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters has met with Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare and signed a Statement of Partnership with Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade Jeremiah Manele in Honiara today.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Foreign Affairs

Fifty more of Auckland’s most vulnerable long-term homeless people will have a warm, dry and safe place to stay after the opening of the refurbished James Liston Hostel in central Auckland today, Housing and Urban Development Minister Phil Twyford says.

  • Hon Phil Twyford
  • Housing and Urban Development

Environment Minister David Parker has today announced Government funding to help iwi in Whanganui, Gisborne and Omapere improve the health of their local waterways. 

  • Hon David Parker
  • Environment

Minister for Māori Development and Associate Minister of Housing Hon Nanaia Mahuta congratulated two community organisations, Te Whanau o Waipareira and Te Hononga o Tamaki me Hoturoa, for their commitment to improving housing in the Auckland region.

  • Hon Nanaia Mahuta
  • Māori Development

Consumers will now see their projected savings for retirement and the likely weekly income it will provide on their annual KiwiSaver statement, Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Kris Faafoi says.

  • Hon Kris Faafoi
  • Commerce and Consumer Affairs