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The Minister of Fisheries, Hon John Luxton, is to recommend to Cabinet that the prohibition on the export of Bluff oysters under the Customs and Excise Act be lifted from October.

New Zealand has sought a pause in negotiations on the OECD's proposed Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI), Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer Winston Peters and Acting Finance Minister Lock

Trade Minister Lockwood Smith has welcomed today's decision by the Australian High Court that New Zealand television programmes must be included in Australia's local contents quota.

"The Blue Sky team is to be congratulated for their ongoing efforts to increase the market for New Zealand made television programming," Minister of Communications Hon Maurice Williamson said today

The Minister of Local Government, Hon Maurice Williamson, announced today that the Government is in the process of appointing a new Local Government Commission as the term of the existing Commissio

Education Minister Nick Smith today released a Ministry of Education report on bulk funded schools which concludes that the controversial system for resourcing schools is enhancing student learning

The New Zealand Employment Service will pick up responsibility for the supported employment sector of the New Zealand Community Funding Agency from 1 July 1998, Employment Minister Peter McCardle a

The New Zealand Employment Service will pick up responsibility for the supported employment sector of the New Zealand Community Funding Agency from 1 July 1998, Employment Minister Peter McCardle a

EGMONT VILLAGE HALL,
EGMONT SCHOOL,
EGMONT ROAD

Ladies and Gentlemen:

By-elections are historically about sending the Government a message - about protest voting.

Prime Minister Jenny Shipley will be in Taranaki/ King Country from Monday evening to Thursday this week, urging people to vote for their future on Saturday by voting National.

Prime Minister Jenny Shipley says Labour is not credible or believable in its health promises.

National War Memorial
Buckle Street, Wellington

Today New Zealanders and Australians gather here and around the world to commemorate the ANZACs.

Conservation Minister Nick Smith today promised a $1 million dollar boost in this year's Budget for marine conservation.

Health Minister Bill English today warned Labour's health spokeswoman Annette King that she might be about to lose her job.

The New Zealand Government will be represented at the ANZAC Dawn Service in Sydney by the Minister of Transport, Hon Maurice Williamson.

Job seekers on the community wage will never work for less than the minimum wage, Employment Minister Peter McCardle said today.

Hundreds of rural children are assured of help from the dental nurse with the launch today by Health Minister Bill English of the first of three new mobile clinics.

Health Minister Bill English said today older people needed to know they did not have to put up with the winter flu and all the discomfort it brought.

The Minister of Justice, Hon D.A.M.

Potiential abuse of legitimate customary fishing rights will be prevented through new regulations governing customary fishing in the South Island, the Minister of Fisheries, Hon John Luxton, said t

Deputy Prime Minister and New Zealand First Leader, Winston Peters, said today he was pleased that the message of the real meaning of MMP appeared to be finally getting through.

The New Zealand Government does not agree with key findings of the European Court of Auditors' (ECA) report on the conduct of our dairy trade with the European Union (EU), Trade and Agriculture Min

The Sheraton Hotel
Brussels
Belgium

Chairman Peter Pooley, Agriculture Commissioner Franz Fischler, Distinguished Guests.

I am delighted to be able to speak to you this morning about the outlook for the economy and business in New Zealand.