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Auckland barrister and solicitor Kathryn Beck has been appointed as a Judge of the Employment Court to be based in Auckland, Attorney-General David Parker announced today.
- Hon David Parker
- Attorney-General
New Zealand and the UK have formally launched free trade negotiations today.
- Hon David Parker
- Trade and Export Growth
The Government has today announced 11 infrastructure projects that will be fast-tracked under a new law to help rebuild the economy after the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Hon David Parker
- Environment
New Zealand today signed the first trade agreement to focus on issues solely relating to the digital economy.
- Hon David Parker
- Trade and Export Growth
Key New Zealand assets will be better protected from being sold to overseas owners in a way contrary to the national interest, with the passage of the Overseas Investment (Urgent Measures) Bill.
- Hon David Parker
- Finance
The Government is delivering on its commitment to clean up our waterways with a new package that will create jobs and benefit the value of New Zealand’s agriculture export and tourism offerings.
- Hon David Parker
- Hon Damien O’Connor
- Agriculture
- Environment
Dunedin barrister Melinda Broek has been appointed as a District Court Judge with Family Court jurisdiction to be based in Rotorua, Attorney-General David Parker announced today.
- Hon David Parker
- Attorney-General
Environment Judge David Kirkpatrick of Auckland has been appointed as the Principal Environment Judge, Attorney-General David Parker announced today.
- Hon David Parker
- Attorney-General
The COVID-19 Public Health Response Act 2020, which set a sound legal framework ahead of the move to Alert level 2, has been referred to a parliamentary select committee for review.
- Hon David Parker
- Attorney-General
“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
Budget 2020 will create almost 11,000 new jobs in regional New Zealand to restore our environment.
- Hon David Parker
- Hon Damien O’Connor
- Hon Eugenie Sage
- Agriculture
- Conservation
- Environment
The law establishing a legal framework for the response to Covid-19 has passed its final reading and will become law in time for the move to Alert Level 2 tonight.
- Hon David Parker
- Attorney-General
The Government is amending the Overseas Investment Act to protect key New Zealand assets from falling unnecessarily into foreign ownership as the economy recovers from the fallout of the global COVID-19 pandemic.
- Hon David Parker
- Finance
A new law providing a legal framework for Covid-19 Alert Level 2 will be introduced and debated tomorrow.
- Hon David Parker
- Attorney-General
A new law providing a legal framework for Covid-19 Alert Level 2 will be introduced and debated next week.
- Hon David Parker
- Attorney-General
The 21 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) ministers responsible for trade have committed to work together to ensure trade and investment continue to flow to help counter the impact of COVID-19.
- Hon David Parker
- Trade and Export Growth
The Government has announced a major element of its COVID-19 rebuild plan with a law change that will fast track eligible development and infrastructure projects under the Resource Management Act to help get New Zealand moving again.
- Hon David Parker
- Environment
Joanne (Jo) Rielly has been appointed as a District Court Judge with jury jurisdiction to be based in Nelson, Attorney-General David Parker announced today.
- Hon David Parker
- Attorney-General
New Zealand and 18 other WTO Members have established an interim solution for hearing appeals in trade disputes between governments until the World Trade Organization (WTO) Appellate Body becomes fully functional again.
- Hon David Parker
- Trade and Export Growth
Government Ministers today welcomed the release of an official statistical report highlighting the key issues affecting our rivers, lakes, streams, catchments and aquifers.
- Hon David Parker
- Hon James Shaw
- Hon Eugenie Sage
- Climate Change
- Conservation
- Environment
Trade can help New Zealand to rebound, rebuild and recover from the COVID 19 pandemic, Minister for Trade and Export Growth David Parker said.
- Hon David Parker
- Trade and Export Growth
New Zealand and Singapore today launched a new trade initiative to ensure supply chain connectivity and the removal of blockages to trade in a list of essential products that includes medicines, medical and surgical equipment.
- Hon David Parker
- Trade and Export Growth
Justice Susan Thomas has been appointed Chief High Court Judge, Attorney-General David Parker announced today.
- Hon David Parker
- Attorney-General
Work is underway looking at measures to speed up consents for development and infrastructure projects during the recovery from COVID 19, to provide jobs and stimulate our economy.
- Hon David Parker
- Environment