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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced a funeral service for former Labour Prime Minister the Rt Hon Mike Moore, ONZ, AO.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Prime Minister

Today’s news of low unemployment, rising wages and record numbers of Maori in work shows the economy is in good shape and that the Government is delivering better outcomes across New Zealand.

  • Hon Grant Robertson
  • Hon Willie Jackson
  • Employment
  • Finance

First, this special day, in remembrance of the 28th Maori Battalion, is also to honour all those men and women who have risked their lives in the service of our country.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister

The government has agreed to help crayfish exporters to minimise the impact of trade disruptions caused by the coronavirus outbreak in China.

  • Hon Stuart Nash
  • Fisheries

Rural Communities Minister Damien O’Connor is travelling to Southland today. The region is in a state of local emergency following widespread flooding.

  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Rural Communities

Te Rau Aroha, a new museum at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds, acknowledges the duty and sacrifice of Māori who served in New Zealand’s armed forces, Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones says.

  • Hon Shane Jones
  • Regional Economic Development

More top-performing students can now be recognised with one of New Zealand’s most prestigious secondary school awards, in changes announced by Education Minister Chris Hipkins today.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • Education

E nga iwi e pae nei ki runga o Waitangi

Karanga mai, mihi mai.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Prime Minister

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Tēnā koutou katoa.

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

It was on these very grounds in February 1940, 100 years on from the signing of Te Tiriti, that Sir Āpirana Ngata gave a call for participation.

  • Hon Andrew Little
  • Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations

The Government’s drive to support Māori educational success takes a new step forward with a programme launched by Associate Education Minister Kelvin Davis today.

  • Hon Kelvin Davis
  • Education

The Government has signed a memorandum of understanding with urban air mobility company Wisk (the new trading name of Zephyr Airworks) to support a world-first passenger transport trial of the company’s all-electric, self-flying air taxi ‘Cora’ in Canterbury, Research, Science and Innovation Minister Megan Woods announced today.

  • Hon Dr Megan Woods
  • Research, Science and Innovation

The Minister for Pacific Peoples Aupito William Sio, says young Pacific people in the wider Auckland metropolitan area will from today have access to support services which can help them find new earning and learning opportunities through the Tupu Aotearoa programme.

  • Hon Aupito William Sio
  • Pacific Peoples

More New Zealanders are set to learn about the incredible navigational and voyaging prowess of early Māori and Pacific settlers who arrived here more than seven centuries ago.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Prime Minister
  • Arts, Culture and Heritage

Nature in Te Tai Tokerau/Northland is getting a much needed boost thanks to additional funding for community conservation efforts announced the Minister for Conservation Eugenie Sage at Puketi Forest today, alongside the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Conservation

World Cancer Day tomorrow is a perfect time to take stock of our progress so far in delivering improved cancer prevention and care for New Zealanders, Health Minister Dr David Clark says.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

Five further District Court judges have been named today.

This follows Attorney-General David Parker’s announcement on 21 January 2020 that 21 new District Court judges have been appointed.

  • Hon David Parker
  • Attorney-General

Minister for Māori Crown Relations: Te Arawhiti Kelvin Davis today joined Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, the Cooper whānau, Waipuna Marae and the Panguru community to unveil a commemorative statue of the late Dame Whina Cooper.

  • Hon Kelvin Davis
  • Māori Crown Relations: Te Arawhiti

A new scholarship aimed at boosting global scientific expertise in agricultural emissions was announced today by Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor.

  • Hon Damien O’Connor
  • Agriculture

Hon Damien O'Connor - December 2019

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  • Hon Damien O’Connor

Comprehensive health measures will be in place to prevent New Zealanders returning from Wuhan spreading the novel coronavirus, Health Minister Dr David Clark says.

  • Hon Dr David Clark
  • Health

The Government is placing temporary entry restrictions into New Zealand on all foreign nationals travelling from, or transiting through mainland China to assist with the containment of the novel coronavirus and to protect New Zealand and the Pacific Islands from the disease.

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

The Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) is delivering on its commitment to unlock the potential of Māori-owned land with investments up and down the country making a genuine difference to communities, Regional Economic Development Shane Jones says.

  • Hon Shane Jones
  • Regional Economic Development

Māori Development Minister Hon Nanaia Mahuta has launched a new website in Kaikohe to empower whānau to achieve their aspirations for Māori land.

  • Hon Nanaia Mahuta
  • Māori Development