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ANZAC Day is a timely reminder of the importance of working together with our friends and neighbours to ensure peace and security, writes Defence Minister Max Bradford.

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Health Minister Bill English said today a major overhaul of public health legislation was underway, with new legislation likely to be introduced to Parliament late next year.

New Zealand is disappointed that the United States has decided to significantly increase its volumes of subsidised dairy exports under the Dairy Export Incentive Programme (DEIP), Trade Minister Lo

The Minister of Fisheries, Hon John Luxton, today announced that Dr Brent Wheeler would no longer be involved in the review of the Fisheries Act 1996.

"I want to see more skilled and experienced women appointed to statutory boards and committees" the Prime Minister and Minister of Women's Affairs Jenny Shipley said today in her Ethel Benjamin Com

"New Zealand's success in the emerging global Knowledge Economy will largely depend on our research organisations ability to assist our primary and secondary producers to become first in time and f

"It is fantastic Saturn Communications is now offering consumers choice resulting in better services and better prices," Minister of Communications Hon Maurice Williamson said today.

New Zealanders will continue to have access to top quality ballet, Cultural Affairs Minister, Hon Simon Upton, said today.

New Zealand's Environment Minister Simon Upton today welcomed a proposal by the International Petroleum Exchange to establish a traded market for CO2 emissions, in response to a challenge to London

A Women's Commissioner is to be appointed, delivering yet another of the Coalition Agreement initiatives, announced the Associate Minister of Women's Affairs, Deborah Morris.

The scene is set for a new system to assess how well primary school aged children are achieving, and what can be done to make students more successful.

Corrections Minister, Nick Smith, today announced that three new prisons will be built in the Northland and Auckland regions over the next three years including a new facility at Mt Eden.

Health Minister Bill English said an attack yesterday by Labour MP Pete Hodgson on a staff member of the Health Funding Authority was nasty and out of order, and he called on Labour to apologise.

The Minister of Justice, Hon D.A.M. Graham, said today that after a comprehensive examination, only the welfare area needed specific exemptions from the Human Rights Act.

Internal Affairs Minister Jack Elder welcomed the modernisation of the Fire Service announced by the Fire Service Commission today.

The Minister of Social Welfare, Hon Roger Sowry hopes that the House will reject the majority report from the Social Services Select Committee on the Social Security (Conjugal Status) Amendment Bil

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"Mt Albert Grammar is among the many schools nationwide to benefit from extra government funding for new classrooms and upgrading work," Prime Minister Jenny Shipley said on opening Mt Albert Gramm

Prime Minister Jenny Shipley says she welcomes the involvement of business people in the debate on social responsibility.

Prime Minister Jenny Shipley says she expects the debate on social responsibility to continue after the official close-off date for submissions tomorrow.

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Te Tai Rawhiti MP and Associate Treasurer, Hon Tuariki Delamere, said today he was delighted that traditional Maori performing arts were being formally recognised by the Government as an integral p

"An earlier statement from the New Zealand Telecommunications Industry Organisation (NZTIO) claiming my support for placing New Zealand's telephone numbers under independent control is not correct,