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Twenty six Inbound Tour Operators (ITOs) have been approved for a $20 million loan scheme as part of the Government’s tourism recovery plan and support for businesses, Tourism Minister Kelvin Davis announced today.

  • Hon Kelvin Davis
  • Tourism

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced the offender responsible for the Christchurch terror attack on 15 March 2019 has been designated as a terrorist entity.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Prime Minister

The Government will invest $8.5 million to restore a historic reserve at Ruapekapeka Pā in the Far North and seal 4.7km of road between State Highway 1 and the pā, Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones has announced.

  • Hon Shane Jones
  • Regional Economic Development

The ‘Keep it Real’ online safety campaign enters its second phase today with young people being prompted to help keep themselves safe, Internal Affairs Minister Tracey Martin announced today.

  • Hon Tracey Martin
  • Internal Affairs

EQC’s operations and legislation will change in response to the Inquiry into the Earthquake Commission, undertaken by Dame Silvia Cartwright.

  • Hon Grant Robertson
  • Hon Dr Megan Woods
  • Earthquake Commission
  • Greater Christchurch Regeneration

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters and Civil Defence Minister Peeni Henare welcome the deployment of five more DART (Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunami) buoys.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Hon Peeni Henare
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Civil Defence
  • Foreign Affairs

New relocatable cabins will help move Raukokore whānau into kāinga and connect them to their ancestral whenua, says Associate Minister of Housing (Māori), Nanaia Mahuta.

  • Hon Nanaia Mahuta
  • Housing

Homeowners, DIYers and builders are set to save both time and money from today as rules that make basic home improvements easier and cheaper take effect, Building and Construction Minister Jenny Salesa says.

  • Hon Jenny Salesa
  • Building and Construction

Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters has commended the life and work of Bruce Shepherd, New Zealand’s Consul-General to New Caledonia, French Polynesia and Wallis and Futuna who passed away in Noumea yesterday.

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

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has today paid tribute to Japan’s outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Prime Minister

Minister of Conservation Eugenie Sage today announced that 116 community conservation projects have been granted $5.44 million from the Department of Conservation’s Community Fund/ Pūtea Tautiaki Hapori.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation

The Government’s support for businesses and jobs continues to roll out at pace, with payments of the new wage subsidy already in nearly 50,000 business bank accounts.

  • Hon Grant Robertson
  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Hon Stuart Nash
  • Finance
  • Revenue
  • Small Business
  • Social Development

The Minister of Police Stuart Nash has appointed the Chair and four independent members to the Next Generation Critical Communications Executive Governance Board.

  • Hon Stuart Nash
  • Police

“I am proud to announce the continued expansion of the Tupu Aotearoa programme to provide sustainable employment and tertiary education pathways with the signing of three more Tupu Aotearoa providers to support Pacific communities of all ages in the Wellington and Canterbury metropolitan areas,” says Minister for Pacific Peoples, Aupito William Sio.

  • Hon Aupito William Sio
  • Pacific Peoples

Associate Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Hon Carmel Sepuloni has announced an opening date of 21 September for the Pasifika Festivals Initiative that will provide funds for Pasifika festivals across Aotearoa to help recover from the impact of COVID-19.

  • Hon Carmel Sepuloni
  • Arts, Culture and Heritage

The Government’s strong focus on keeping the balance between responding to COVID-19 and careful economic management is highlighted by Budget documents released today, Finance Minister Grant Robertson says.

  • Hon Grant Robertson
  • Finance

The final report of the Contact Tracing Assurance Committee (CTAC), led by Sir Brian Roche, has recognised progress made on New Zealand’s COVID-19 contact tracing systems.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Health

“I want to acknowledge the strength of our Muslim community who shared their words in court over the past few days,” Jacinda Ardern said.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Prime Minister

The Government will invest $16 million to accelerate Kaipara infrastructure projects to create jobs and boost economic development in the region, Infrastructure Minister Shane Jones has announced.

  • Hon Shane Jones
  • Infrastructure

Health Minister Chris Hipkins says wearing a face covering on public transport is the right thing do and will help keep New Zealanders safe from COVID-19.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Health

The Government has allocated significant extra funding, in the order of hundreds of millions of dollars, to access a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine as soon as it becomes available.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Hon Dr Megan Woods
  • Prime Minister
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Foreign Affairs
  • Research, Science and Innovation

“As we rebuild after COVID-19, our commitment to paying women fairly remains firm,” says Minister for Women Julie Anne Genter, after today’s release of the national gender pay gap from Stats NZ.

  • Hon Julie Anne Genter
  • Women

A proposed Order in Council to support the rebuild of the Christ Church Cathedral has been given the go ahead.

  • Hon Poto Williams
  • Greater Christchurch Regeneration

Thank you for the invitation to deliver the keynote address to this year’s Stormwater conference.

  • Hon Nanaia Mahuta
  • Local Government