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The claims that New Zealand will face electricity shortages within five years are absolute nonsense and ill-informed, Minister of Energy Doug Kidd said today.
- Doug Kidd
- Energy
The government has signed agreements with the five farmers at Aranga in Northland who claimed their land values had been affected by the Waitangi Tribunal's report on the Te Roroa claim, the Minist
- Denis Marshall
- Lands
The Education Minister has asked the Secretary for Education to investigate the circumstances surrounding the failure of tens of thousands of education staff to get paid.
- Wyatt Creech
- Education
A 60 bed unit is to be added to Mangaroa Prison in the Hawkes Bay, Minister of Corrections, Paul East, announced today.
- Paul East
- Corrections
Total employment in New Zealand continues to grow strongly, and unemployment has fallen slightly, Minister of Employment, Wyatt Creech, said today.
- Wyatt Creech
- Employment
The taxpayer has not been ripped off through sales of Crown land to Ngai Tahu, the Minister of Lands, Denis Marshall, said today.
- Denis Marshall
- Lands
The Education Minister today clarified the time frame for negotiations between the State Services Commission and the PPTA - in case today's talks don't result in a settlement.
- Wyatt Creech
- Education
Foreign Minister Don McKinnon, having read the Slater Report, said he is pleased the Cook Islands have no problem with Mr Slater QC appearing before the Davison Commission.
- Don McKinnon
- Foreign Affairs
The Education Minister is calling on the PPTA to think carefully and act responsibly over its pay negotiations with the State Services Commission.
- Wyatt Creech
- Education
A resource centre could be set up in Gisborne to help people affected by the partial closure of Cedenco, Minister of Employment, Wyatt Creech, said today.
- Wyatt Creech
- Employment
Blaming the economy for Cedencos move offshore is blatantly political and almost inevitable Acting Prime Minister Don McKinnon said today.
- Don McKinnon
- Acting Prime Minister
Ministers are well aware of their responsibilities, Finance Minister Rt Hon Bill Birch said today.
- Bill Birch
- Finance
The Attorney-General, Hon Paul East, said today that the Crown was closely considering the detail of the judgement in the Equiticorp case and would be announcing a decision on an appeal by the end
- Paul East
- Attorney-General
The Minister of Maori Affairs, Hon John Luxton responded to Federated Farmers claims of unfairness today by reiterating that the Government stands by the fairness of the decisions announced earlier
- John Luxton
- Maori Affairs
The Minister of Cultural Affairs, Hon D.A.M.
- Doug Graham
- Cultural Affairs
Minister of Defence, Paul East, today dismissed the Alliance's defence policy, describing it as introspective and naive."The Alliance's plan to withdraw New Zealand from all current international d
- Paul East
- Defence
Rangitikei MP Denis Marshall said that homes will have to be found for one thousand Kaimanawa wild horses if all of the culled ones are to be saved.
- Denis Marshall
- Conservation
The Minister of Maori Affairs, Hon John Luxton today released the Government's policy decisions relating to the Maori Reserved Land Amendment Bill 1996.
- John Luxton
- Maori Affairs
The Minister of State Services, Paul East, today introduced a Protected Disclosures Bill to give legal protection to "whistleblowers".
- Paul East
- State Services
The Army is to be equipped with $18.5 million of new night vision and remote ground sensing equipment, the Minister of Defence, Paul East, announced in Parliament today.
- Paul East
- Defence
New Zealand First's export policy would do nothing for farmers other than make them pay higher interest rates, Agriculture Minister Lockwood Smith said today.
- Dr Lockwood Smith
- Agriculture
Details of five South Pacific education projects funded under the new Education Initiatives programme foreshadowed in the 1996/97 overseas aid budget in May were announced by Foreign Minister Don M
- Don McKinnon
- Foreign Affairs
New Zealand and Indonesia launched an important new economic, trade and investment initiative in Jakarta yesterday.
- Don McKinnon
- Foreign Affairs
Minister of Commerce and Industry, Hon John Luxton, today said New Zealand business was to be applauded for its progress to date with managerial and business practices.
- John Luxton
- Commerce