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Associate Health Minister, Hon Tuariki Delamere, today welcomed the new health initiatives that have been made possible by massive savings resulting from recent contracts signed between PHARMAC, th

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Makuhari Messe, Japan

It is a great pleasure to be here for the opening of the New Zealand Pavilion at Foodex Japan.

Only a few weeks since I was here for Bill English ? AGM.

I want to talk about our party and my portfolio, education. You have also asked for thoughts on the role of list MPs.

Prime Minister and National Party leader Jenny Shipley says the National Party is made up of people working for people across a broad base of New Zealand.

Customs Minister, Hon Tuariki Delamere, says he regrets that Labour MP, Rick Barker, has descended to misleading the public over the issue of odometer tampering.

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Thank you for this opportunity to talk to you today about the key decisions in the Budget and why they were made.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Don McKinnon today announced the appointment of four new members to the Executive Board of the Asia 2000 Foundation. These are:

"A New Zealander, Paul Hunt, has been elected to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights," Foreign Minister Don McKinnon said today.

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.