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First we had Alamein Kopu leave Mana Motuhake and the Alliance. She did not enjoy being shouted at by Mana Motuhake.

Treasurer Winston Peters has welcomed the recommended changes to the Consumer Price Index. He says the changes will have minimal effect on average inflation figures in the future.

Private land is not being confiscated to settle past injustices the Minister of Maori Affairs, the Hon Tau Henare, said today.

Education Minister Wyatt Creech today welcomed new international research on adult literacy rates and expressed optimism for literacy levels in the future.

The Minister of Communications, Hon Maurice Williamson, announced today that Channel 7, a community-based television group, has been allocated UHF frequencies reserved for non-commercial television

"New Zealand has been asked to host a meeting of Leaders from Papua New Guinea and Bougainville in mid January," said

Transport Minister Jenny Shipley is welcoming signs of a new attitude to alcohol among New Zealanders.

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The Minister for Courts, Hon D.A.M. Graham, today introduced legislation widening enforcement powers for fines collection and extending information matching to trace fines defaulters.

The Attorney-General Paul East announced today the appointment of William Gillow Gibbes Austen Young QC as a Judge of the High Court.

Dr Michael Cullen looked like a silly ostrich when he put his head in the sand today and tried to deny that tax reform in Australia will give them improved competitive advantage, Finance Minister S

The New Zealand Listener's latest television advertisement which uses an implied instance of child abuse to promote the magazine is disgusting, says Roger Sowry.

Allocations totalling nearly $5.7 million in discretionary grants for early childhood centres throughout the country were announced today by Associate Education Minister Brian Donnelly.

The Government will spend more than $11 million over the next three years to ease the workload faced by teachers who teach in te reo Maori, Education Minister Wyatt Creech and Associate Education

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Tonight we are here to honour some companies who have made a very important contribution to New Zealand.

The Minister for the Environment, Simon Upton, announced today that the Government has agreed to a phase-out schedule for methyl bromide.

The Minister of Education is giving an assurance that new base pay rates will be exactly the same for primary and secondary school principals 12 months after the current contract expires.

"The Labour party is indulging in wishful thinking if it believes New Zealanders will face an early election," Prime Minister-designate Jenny Shipley said today.

Prime Minister-elect Jenny Shipley this morning welcomed the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom John Prescott to New Zealand for a brief visit.

International Trade Minister Lockwood Smith says New Zealand has achieved a major breakthrough at APEC, with ministers endorsing an unprecedented and historic agreement to liberalise trade in fish

"A historic agreement is in reach," International Trade Minister Lockwood Smith said from the APEC meeting in Vancouver today (Friday Canadian time).

The Prime Minister, Rt Hon Jim Bolger, today presented Ngai Tahu with a set of pounamu (greenstone) taonga.

Tertiary Education will take on a greater international dimension, with New Zealand tertiary providers wanting to ensure that this country's standards and qualifications meet global demands," said

Education Minister Wyatt Creech announced today that the Government will provide $7 million in funding for private training establishments in the 1998 academic year.