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Education Minister Trevor Mallard is hoping for a positive start to the 2003 secondary school year by offering to go back to the Alternative Disputes Resolution Panel with the PPTA over the issue of non-degree teachers accessing a new top pay rate.

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Ministers have reviewed whether the Alternative Dispute Resolution Panel should be reconvened to reconsider and finally resolve the issue of G3 Equivalent Teachers.

A rail safety bill that toughens up safety requirements for New Zealand rail operators will be introduced into Parliament early in the new year.

Speech to Graduation of Ngati Awa Service Academy students, Puawairua marae, Whakatane

The review of the Employment Relations Act will include consideration of how collective bargaining provisions can be strengthened and I am sure that the government will receive a number of proposals around this, Labour Minister Margaret Wilson said today.

Our old people fought for King and Country to ensure that national interests should not conflict with our interests as tangata whenua. They proved that, as tangata whenua, we are good citizens. Our interests, therefore, are an important part of the national interest.

Key outdoor safety groups are to receive a funding boost in excess of $1m, Internal Affairs Minister George Hawkins announced today.

Address to the US Chamber of Commerce-Asia Society, Union Club, New York

Associate Health Minister Damien O'Connor has welcomed the agreement between Southland District Health Board and rural GPs over funding allocations.

Minister for State Owned Enterprises Mark Burton has today released previously unpublished information pertaining to allegations regarding the Airways Corporation of New Zealand’s 2000 bid for a share of UK-based National Air Traffic Services.

Minister of Tourism Mark Burton has today welcomed the results of Statistics New Zealand’s latest accommodation survey.

Shipping and port security will be increased to ensure New Zealand’s people and trade and tourism sector are not at risk from terrorist attacks, says Associate Minister of Transport, Harry Duynhoven.

Financial advisers will have to disclose all relevant information to clients under strengthened legislation

Foreign Minister Phil Goff has announced an arrangement between New Zealand and Iran which promotes the relationship between universities in the two countries.

The government will legislate next year to tighten regulation of the building industry and extend the current review of the Building Act.

Health Minister Annette King said she was pleased to confirm the new Chair of the Health Research Council is Massey University’s Acting Vice-Chancellor, Professor Graeme Fraser.

I am very pleased to welcome you all here today to launch a Health Information Standards Organisation, and announce the release of the Health Network Code of Practice and draft Health Information Standards Plan.

Attorney-General Margaret Wilson today announced the appointment of three new Judges. Paul Geoghegan of Hamilton has been appointed a Family Court Judge and will sit in Rotorua. Bridget Mackintosh and Bruce Davidson, both of Wellington, have been appointed District Court Judges.

New funding for four major research consortia

There is more that government can do to help New Zealand businesses grow and succeed, Economic Development Minister Jim Anderton said today on the release of the 2002 Business Practices and Performance Survey.

Published under the title Firm Foundations, the study’s underlying premise is that better practice results in improved operational outcomes. Jim Anderton said there is more for business, industry groups and researchers to do.

ACC is taking the safety message to children, road users, swimmers and boaties in its biggest-ever summer injury prevention campaign, ACC Minister Ruth Dyson said today.

Police Minister George Hawkins has welcomed the addition of 78 more police officers, following tomorrow’s graduation ceremony at Porirua’s Police College.

“We should all be concerned with what has happened. The government has been working with tangata whenua on rural housing and community development programmes throughout the far north. We will not tolerate criminal action which endangers life and safety, frustrates progress and threatens community relations.

Acting Foreign Minister Marian Hobbs has welcomed the signing of a ceasefire agreement between the Indonesian Government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM).