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Hon LIANNE DALZIEL (Minister of Commerce): I attended a meeting in my electorate last week that summarised what this Labour-led Government has been able to achieve in the past 8 years, and why we c

Next week in Wellington the New Zealand Government is hosting an

 Prime Minister Helen Clark announced today that Ham Lini, Prime Minister of Vanuatu, will make an official visit to New Zealand from 17 to 20 February.

Foreign Minister Winston Peters said today he was shocked by the attempted assassination of Timor-Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta in Dili.

Thirteen new early childhood education centres (ECE) across the country have received grants with a combined worth of $485,000 to help them start providing services, Education Minister Chris Carter

Thank you for the opportunity to open this fine facility and greetings to you all.

Defence Minister Phil Goff was at Auckland International Airport this weekend to welcome home New Zealand Defence Force personnel from munitions clearing duties in the Lebanon.

Wellington is gearing up for an important international conference that will bring the world substantially closer to a new treaty on cluster munitions, Disarmament and Arms Control Minister Phil Go

Trade Minister Phil Goff welcomed the release of new negotiating texts for agriculture and industrial market access in Geneva overnight.

The latest Household Labour Force Survey figures out yesterday are a strong endorsement of the Labour-led government's management of the economy, and a great result for Pacific peoples, said Pacifi

In December last year, a New Zealand commercial fishing vessel accidentally caught a large amount of deepwater coral while bottom trawling for orange roughy over seamounts near the Chatham Islands.

Fisheries Minister Jim Anderton said today that it was disappointing that this much coral was taken.

“This was an unfortunate event, as no fisher wants to catch deepwater coral. The Government is working with the fishing industry to understand what happened and how it can be avoided in the future.” [image:32035]

Thank you to Alastair McIntosh for his introduction, and for inviting me to start this vintage Vauxhall tour of the South Island.

A fantastic three weeks lie ahead of you, and this is a great city from which to set out on your journey.
I know many of you have been in Christchurch for some days and you will have been soaking up the wonderful history this city has to offer, from the glorious buildings in and around the Arts Centre, to the city’s famous transport m odes --- notably the tram and, of course, the punt down the Avon River.

Ethnic Affairs Minister Chris Carter has spoken with Somali community leaders following the incident on the Eagle Air flight travelling from Blenheim to Christchurch today which involved a member o

The Government is seeking submissions on proposed changes to the way fuel consumption information is collected for light vehicles entering New Zealand.

The draft Fuel Consumption Information Rule proposes that importers of light vehicles provide accurate and reliable fuel consumption information and seeks to clarify how this information is collected.

Education Minister Chris Cater today announced funding of $10 million to help New Zealand schools boost their performance by sharing good ideas.

State Owned Enterprises Minister Trevor Mallard today announced that the assets of Timberlands West Coast Ltd are to transfer to Crown Forestry as the SOE can no longer operate as a successful busi

State Owned Enterprises Minister Trevor Mallard today announced that the assets of Timberlands West Coast Ltd are to transfer to Crown Forestry as the SOE can no longer operate as a successful busi

Environment Minister Trevor Mallard will tomorrow publicly notify two renewable energy development proposals that he has called in, and encourages anyone with an interest in them to make a submissi

Associate Health Minister Damien O’Connor said today he is delighted that New Zealand has once again been held up as a leader in the global fight to stop the tobacco epidemic.

恭賀新喜, 迎春納福, 合家歡樂

在這普天同慶的鼠年新春佳節裡, 我代表紐西蘭工黨政府向華人朋友们祝賀。

希望這欣欣向榮的鼠年能夠為您和您的家人帶來吉祥和財富。

農曆春節一向是中國最重要的傳統節日。 [image:32024] 

紐西蘭華人和韓國人的人口正在日益增長, 而春節慶祝活動已成為紐西蘭重要的章節。

這是個很好的機會讓我们一起體驗中國文化的丰采和紐西蘭多元的文化。

工黨政府努力不懈的支持與促進紐西蘭各民族的良好互動。

我們珍視華人對紐西蘭的社會做出的貢獻, 我們非常重視與華人朋友们的友好關係。

希望這新的一年您身體健康,萬事如意,幸福快樂。

並祝 恭喜發財

On behalf of the Labour-led Government, greetings to the Chinese community as you celebrate the Year of the Rat in this year's Chinese New Year celebrations.