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The Government is taking a significant step toward its goal for 100% renewable electricity generation in a move that could be a game changer for consumers and the creation of a low-emissions economy, Energy & Resources Minister Megan Woods said.

  • Hon Dr Megan Woods
  • Energy and Resources

More New Zealanders will be helped into home ownership with today’s launch of the Government’s Progressive Home Ownership scheme, Housing Minister Megan Woods said.

  • Hon Dr Megan Woods
  • Housing

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Energy Minister Megan Woods launched Ara Ake in New Plymouth today – the National New Energy Development Centre funded by the Government and established by Venture Taranaki.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Hon Dr Megan Woods
  • Prime Minister
  • Energy and Resources

Following a second incident in which a person escaped from a managed isolation facility, security is being enhanced, including more police presence onsite, Minister Megan Woods said.

  • Hon Dr Megan Woods
  • Housing

The Government will support the Southland economy in the wake of multinational mining company Rio Tinto’s decision to follow through with its long signalled closure of the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter.

  • Hon Grant Robertson
  • Hon Dr Megan Woods
  • Energy and Resources
  • Finance

Bookings for seats on Air New Zealand flights into New Zealand will be managed in the short term to ensure the Government is able to safely place New Zealanders arriving home into a managed isolation or quarantine facility, says Housing Minister Megan Woods.

  • Hon Dr Megan Woods
  • Housing

The Government has taken another step in its commitment to making sure New Zealanders get a fairer deal at the petrol pump with the introduction of legislation to improve competition in the retail fuel market, says Energy and Resources Minister Megan Woods.

  • Hon Dr Megan Woods
  • Energy and Resources

Ministerial Diary June 2020

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  • Hon Dr Megan Woods

A range of improvements are already underway to address issues identified in the rapid review of the Managed Isolation and Quarantine system released today, Housing Minister Megan Woods said.

  • Hon Dr Megan Woods
  • Housing

Ministerial Diary May 2020

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  • Hon Dr Megan Woods

The Government has moved to address issues that have emerged this week with managed isolation and quarantine facilities.

  • Hon Dr Megan Woods
  • Housing

A 71-apartment public housing complex opened in Onehunga today is the latest in the Government’s programme to provide warmer, healthier homes, Housing Minister Megan Woods says.

  • Hon Dr Megan Woods
  • Housing

New public housing that will save tenants money in energy bills, and provide warmer, healthier and more comfortable homes, is setting the standard for the Government’s future public housing programme, Housing Minister Megan Woods said.

  • Hon Dr Megan Woods
  • Housing
  • $196 million for Crown Research Institutes
  • Hon Dr Megan Woods
  • Research, Science and Innovation

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters, Research, Science and Innovation Minister Megan Woods, and Health Minister David Clark today announced a COVID-19 vaccine strategy, which will enable New Zealand scientists to contribute to global research efforts and explore the potential of vaccine manufacturing capability in New Zealand.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Hon Dr Megan Woods
  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Foreign Affairs
  • Health
  • Research, Science and Innovation

“This Budget is about creating jobs. We know how businesses and workers have been impacted by this global pandemic. This Government is backing businesses to regain the confidence to invest as we work together to grow the economy in the face of this global recession,” Finance Minister Grant Robertson said.

  • Hon Phil Twyford
  • Hon Dr Megan Woods
  • Hon David Parker
  • Hon Stuart Nash
  • Hon Kris Faafoi
  • Commerce and Consumer Affairs
  • Economic Development
  • Research, Science and Innovation
  • Revenue
  • Small Business
  • Trade and Export Growth

The Government will deliver an extra 8,000 new public and transitional homes through Budget 2020, in a move that will stimulate the residential construction sector, create jobs and reduce the housing shortage.

  • Hon Dr Megan Woods
  • Housing

The COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund ensures an estimated 9,000 additional New Zealand houses will be Warmer Kiwi Homes with a $56 million boost to the Government's insulation and heating programme, the Energy and Resources Minister Megan Woods said.

  • Hon Dr Megan Woods
  • Housing

Building activity on public housing sites is back on track with nearly all 300 work sites across New Zealand expected to be up and running again this week, Housing Minister Dr Megan Woods said.

  • Hon Dr Megan Woods
  • Housing

Government is investing $25 million to speed up the trial and deployment of innovations to help New Zealand’s response to COVID-19, says Research, Science and Innovation Minister Dr Megan Woods.

  • Hon Dr Megan Woods
  • Research, Science and Innovation

Ministerial Diary April 2020

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  • Hon Dr Megan Woods

Over a thousand insulation and heating installers are back on the job this week to make New Zealand homes warmer and drier, says Energy and Resources Minister Dr Megan Woods.

  • Hon Dr Megan Woods
  • Energy and Resources

Vulnerable New Zealanders in need of housing will be supported throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond with over a hundred million dollars in extra funding, announced by Housing Minister Dr Megan Woods today.

  • Hon Dr Megan Woods
  • Housing

Nearly one thousand motel units have been found for homeless and vulnerable people in response to the Covid-19 crisis, with nearly five hundred units now occupied, Housing Minister Dr Megan Woods said.

  • Hon Dr Megan Woods
  • Housing