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The Minister for the Environment, Hon Simon Upton, is extremely concerned that open burning lingers as a traditional approach to reduce the volume of waste in the landfills of many smaller communit

  • Simon Upton
  • Environment

"To further enhance New Zealand relations with Asia, the Government will host a high level delegation from Sarawak, Malaysia's largest province, next week," Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, D

  • Don McKinnon
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

New Zealand's next Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran will be Warwick Hawker, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Don McKinnon, announced today.

  • Don McKinnon
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

The Chatham Islands is to host two monitoring stations for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), the Minister for Disarmament and Arms Control, Rt Hon Don McKinnon, announced today.

  • Don McKinnon
  • Disarmament and Arms Control

Associate Health Minister, Hon Tuariki Delamere, said today he was disappointed at the latest figures from the Ministry of Health which show there has been a slight increase in New Zealanders' cons

  • John Delamare
  • Associate Minister of Health

The Minister of Fisheries, the Hon John Luxton, has suggested that the current regulations that restrict fishing within certain waters by vessels over 43 metres in length be changed.

  • John Luxton
  • Fisheries and Aquaculture

Foreign Affairs Minister Don McKinnon today fully endorsed new United Nations sanctions against Angolan opposition party UNITA for failure to abide by a 1994 peace treaty.

  • Don McKinnon
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

Customs Minister Hon Tuariki Delamere today corrected an error perpetrated by Labour's Customs spokesman which appears to have misled at least one national newspaper and may create public alarm.

  • John Delamare
  • Customs

Energy Minister Max Bradford and Finance Minister Bill Birch today announced the Government's direction on electricity reform.

  • Max Bradford
  • Energy

The Attorney-General, Hon D.A.M. Graham, today announced the appointment of Gregory Hollister-Jones as Crown Solicitor at Tauranga.

  • Doug Graham
  • Attorney-General

The Attorney-General, Hon D.A.M. Graham, today announced the appointment of Gregory Hollister-Jones as Crown Solicitor at Tauranga.

  • Doug Graham
  • Attorney-General

Forestry Minister Lockwood Smith has confirmed that the East Coast Forestry Project (ECFP) will be independently reviewed next year.

  • Dr Lockwood Smith
  • Forestry

New Zealand is taking Canada to the World Trade Organisation over its "special milk classes" scheme which we allege subsidises Canadian dairy exports, Trade and Agriculture Minister Lockwood Smith

  • Dr Lockwood Smith
  • International Trade

Minister of Commerce, Hon John Luxton today took issue with suggestions that tariff reductions mean long term job losses.

  • John Luxton
  • Commerce and Industry

Prime Minister Jenny Shipley today opened the world's first Nocturnal Insectarium, at Nikau Gardens on the Kapiti Coast.

  • Jenny Shipley
  • Prime Minister

The Attorney-General, Hon D.A.M. Graham, said today that an interim decision from the Maori Land Court on Maori legal interests in the foreshore and seabed in the Marlborough Sounds raises a number of complex legal and constitutional issues.

'Judge Hingston's decision is important to both the Crown and Maori and therefore the full implications must be considered carefully,' he said.

  • Doug Graham
  • Attorney-General

The Attorney-General, Hon D.A.M. Graham, said today that an interim decision from the Maori Land Court on Maori legal interests in the foreshore and seabed in the Marlborough Sounds raises a number of complex legal and constitutional issues.

'Judge Hingston's decision is important to both the Crown and Maori and therefore the full implications must be considered carefully,' he said.

  • Doug Graham
  • Attorney-General

Associate Minister of Agriculture, Hon John Luxton, today said the reason he had reluctantly declined the corporatisation of the Kiwifruit Market Board at this stage was that the time frames reques

  • John Luxton
  • Associate Minister of Agriculture

Minister of Commerce and Industry, Hon John Luxton today opens a New Zealand designed and developed "top gun" thrill seeking flight simulator in Shenzhen China.

  • John Luxton
  • Commerce and Industry

The Minister for the Environment, Hon Simon Upton, has confirmed that the target date for bringing into force the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act (HSNO) is now 1 July 1998.

  • Simon Upton
  • Environment

Putting in place free visits to the GP for children under-five years was their top health priority, Health Minister Bill English and Associate Health Minister Neil Kirton said today.

  • Neil Kirton
  • Associate Minister of Health

Labour's traditional limp approach to law and order is perfectly demonstrated by its police spokesperson's reaction to a police drug raid in Otara, Police Minister Jack Elder said today.

  • Jack Elder
  • Police

Health Minister Bill English said today he had considered a report about contracting issues at Capital Coast Health and Health Waikato and decided that, on the basis of the information available, a

  • Bill English
  • Health

Health Minister Bill English said today that anti-competitive practices in health would cost money that should be being spent on health services.

  • Bill English
  • Health