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The Labour Party should stop talking down to exporters and quit bad mouthing their success, according to Trade Minister Lockwood Smith.

  • Dr Lockwood Smith
  • International Trade

Helen Clark's promise to abolish New Zealand's Industry Training Scheme is a cruel hoax on the workers of New Zealand, Enterprise and Commerce Minister Max Bradford said today.

  • Max Bradford
  • Enterprise and Commerce

Prime Minister Jenny Shipley today advised the Governor-General to withdraw Immigration Minister Tuariki John Delamere's warrant as Minister of Immigration following disclosure that he authorised p

  • Jenny Shipley
  • Prime Minister

Minister responsible for Y2K Maurice Williamson has welcomed the vast improvement in State Sector readiness with 97 percent of high impact agencies now on target to be ready for Y2K.

  • Maurice Williamson
  • Y2K

Tourism Minister Lockwood Smith today announced a grant of $46,000 to the New Zealand Maori Arts and Crafts Institute (MACI) to provide permanent night lighting for the Pohutu Geyser at the Whakare

  • Dr Lockwood Smith
  • Tourism

Tourism Minister Lockwood Smith has welcomed New Zealand Tourism Board statistics that show the tourism industry brought $3.7 billion dollars into the economy this past year - up 19% from last year

  • Dr Lockwood Smith
  • Tourism

Families would pay for the left's big spending plans either through higher interest rates, higher taxes, or both, Treasurer Bill English said today.

  • Bill English
  • Treasurer

Rodney MP and Trade Minister Lockwood Smith met with Dr Sayyed Mastufa Agha Mirsalim and a senior delegation of Government officials from Iran at his Electorate Office in Orewa.

  • Dr Lockwood Smith
  • International Trade

Prime Minister Jenny Shipley today announced funding for a special garden to help conserve New Zealand's most threatened plant species, as a thank you to Auckland for hosting the recent APEC meetin

  • Jenny Shipley
  • Prime Minister

Food and Fibre Minister, Hon John Luxton, today announced he had approved a kiwifruit industry restructuring plan that would go to a producer referendum for endorsement.

  • John Luxton
  • Food, Fibre, Biosecurity and Border Control

Fairness is at the heart of good Government policy and is one of the four fundamental values that National outlined at the beginning of the election campaign, Prime Minister Jenny Shipley said toni

  • Jenny Shipley
  • Prime Minister

Not a cent of taxpayer's money has been paid to Contact CEO Paul Anthony under the termination provision in the contract he signed when the company was an SOE, Minister formerly Responsible for Con

  • Dr Lockwood Smith
  • Contact Energy Ltd

"The Environmental Risk Management Authority's decision to reassess controls on genetically modified salmon is evidence that the Hazardous substances and New Organisms Act is working properly", Env

  • Simon Upton
  • Environment

Education Minister Nick Smith today announced that agreement had been reached between the Ministry of Education and the He Huarahi Tamariki Trust on the ongoing funding and support for the Porirua

  • Nick Smith
  • Education

Education Minister Nick Smith today announced changes to the National education guidelines (NEGs) that give schools a clear direction that basic literacy and numeracy skills must be the priority in

  • Nick Smith
  • Education

"As someone responsible for coalition management and Leader of the House, I know that the Greens position as outlined by Ms Fitzsimons today would only lead to instability."

  • Roger Sowry
  • Social Services, Work and Income

Last time Dr Michael Cullen made election promises, he plunged his portfolio into massive overdraft, said Roger Sowry.

  • Roger Sowry
  • Social Services, Work and Income

Labour leader Helen Clark has confirmed Labour's plan to hand monopoly powers to unions, with a mischievous half-truth during last night's Holmes debate, Enterprise and Commerce Minister Max Bradfo

  • Max Bradford
  • Enterprise and Commerce

"Government will ensure the health needs of children of Vietnam or Operation grapple Veterans are supported," Veteran's Affairs Minister Don McKinnon said today.

  • Don McKinnon
  • Veterans' Affairs

A survey by two students' associations shows that banks don't consider student loans to be a major factor in refusing finance, Minister for Tertiary Education Max Bradford said today.

  • Max Bradford
  • Tertiary Education

Government has approved Radio New Zealand's proposal to start broadcasting National Radio in FM giving listeners a better sound quality, the Minister responsible for Radio New Zealand, Hon Marie Ha

  • Marie Hasler
  • Radio New Zealand Ltd

Alliance plans to regulate the Telecommunications industry would bring an end to many benefits New Zealanders now enjoy, Communications Minister Maurice Williamson said today.

  • Maurice Williamson
  • Communications

Labour's efforts to score a 'king hit' against the Government by highlighting a personal grievance payout by WINZ have turned into an own goal, Treasurer Bill English said today.

  • Bill English
  • Treasurer

Fisheries Minister, Hon John Luxton, today said that the fishing sector has expanded under a National led Government, but that all this is a risk if a Labour/Alliance/Green Government gets it's han

  • John Luxton
  • Fisheries and Aquaculture