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"Special Air Services (SAS) personnel in the Multinational Coalition in the Gulf will be redeployed to New Zealand from this week," Prime Minister Jenny Shipley said today.

Acting Foreign Minister Simon Upton said today that special meetings being held in Geneva and Vienna will provide another opportunity for the international community to express its condemnation of

Hon Deborah Morris and other South Pacific Region Youth Ministers have united to present a statement condemning recent nuclear weapon tests.

Immigration Minister Max Bradford is launching a pilot programme next week to attract more skilled migrants to New Zealand.

The Attorney-General, Rt Hon D.A.M.

The Minister of Customs and Associate Health Minister, Hon Tuariki Delamere, will deliver New Zealand's address to the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on the World Drug Problem in N

President Alberto Fujimori of Peru is to make a state visit to New Zealand from June 11 to 13, Prime Minister Jenny Shipley announced today.

Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Drnov'ek will meet Prime Minister Jenny Shipley and several key ministers during a two-day visit to Wellington on June 8 and 9.

"The Crown Pastoral Land Act was passed into law by Parliament today and will provide for the reform of the 2.5 million hectares of Crown pastoral land tenure in the South Island." Minister of Land

Prime Minister Jenny Shipley today announced a new range of Royal awards to be established to recognise acts of gallantry and bravery by New Zealanders - both civilians and military.

Acting Foreign Minister Simon Upton said he was appalled at Pakistan's further nuclear testing. "Pakistan may have been seriously provoked by India.

Prime Minister Jenny Shipley said tonight that New Zealand utterly condemns the further nuclear testing carried out by Pakistan.

Acting Foreign Minister Simon Upton said that he is dismayed and disappointed that Pakistan has exploded a nuclear device.

Acting Foreign Minister Simon Upton said today that since news broke of Pakistan's nuclear tests, New Zealand missions have been active in United Nations organisations in seeking to increase intern

New Zealand's relationship with Peru will strengthen as dialogue becomes more regular in the future, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Don McKinnon, said during his visit to Peru.

Defence Minister Max Bradford has deplored the latest action by Pakistan in exploding five nuclear devices.

The Government today re-iterated that negotiations with the PPTA can only resume if the union comes back to the table focusing on pay and conditions, and with no threats of industrial action.

The Minister for Courts Wyatt Creech today opened the revamped and renamed Waitakere District Court in West Auckland.

Corrections Minister Nick Smith welcomed today the Prime Minister's opening of the country's first self-care units at Christchurch Women's Prison, saying the new approach would help the rehabilitat

"New Zealand denounces these tests unequivocally.

Acting Foreign Minister Simon Upton welcomed political and economic measures announced earlier this week by the Indonesian Government as an encouraging step towards peaceful and constitutional refo

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Israelis will be able to visit New Zealand for up to three months without needing a visa, Immigration Minister Max Bradford announced today.

"The public and students will welcome the PPTA's decision to stop the proposed industrial action next week," Education Minister Wyatt Creech and Associate Education Minister Brian Donnelly said t