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Housing WOF trial gets underway
Wednesday, 19 February 2014, 10:15 am | New Zealand Government
Housing Minister Dr Nick Smith today announced the start of a trial Warrant of Fitness scheme on Housing New Zealand homes. “This Government is committed to improving the quality of housing to help achieve our goals of better social, health and educational ... More >>
Primary sector exports continue to boom
Wednesday, 19 February 2014, 10:13 am | New Zealand Government
Primary sector exports continue to boom Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy has released new figures today forecasting a rise in primary sector exports for this year, to nearly $5 billion higher than originally forecast. The Ministry for Primary ... More >>
Minister to attend TPP ministers meeting
Wednesday, 19 February 2014, 10:10 am | New Zealand Government
Minister to attend TPP ministers meeting Trade Minister Tim Groser will depart today for Singapore to join Ministers from countries participating in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) for the next round of negotiations. “The momentum of negotiations ... More >>
Minister announces eHealth Ambassadors
Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 7:10 pm | New Zealand Government
Minister announces eHealth Ambassadors Health Minister Tony Ryall has tonight named a group of seven innovative GPs who will lead the way in a national rollout of patient portals this year. “A patient portal is an online service which allows a patient ... More >>
New Carers’ Strategy Action Plan launched
Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 4:03 pm | New Zealand Government
Senior Citizens Minister Jo Goodhew has today launched the Carers’ Strategy Action Plan for 2014 to 2018. More >>
Positive audit result for CCC consents
Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 3:50 pm | New Zealand Government
Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee and Building and Construction Minister Maurice Williamson today announced no safety problems have been found in a random audit of building consents issued by Christchurch City Council. More >>
NZ infrastructure networks performing well
Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 2:31 pm | New Zealand Government
The first comprehensive analysis of the performance and condition of New Zealand’s infrastructure networks confirms they are performing well, but there are challenges ahead, Finance Minister Bill English says. More >>
Youth Guarantee helping young people achieve
Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 2:11 pm | New Zealand Government
Around 1,000 more young people remained in education at age 17 and more young people achieved NCEA Level 2 because of Youth Guarantee programmes, a new Ministry of Education report shows. More >>
Start of Year payments for family carers – deadline soon
Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 1:06 pm | New Zealand Government
Social Development Minister Paula Bennett says nearly 6,000 children are benefiting right now from new payments worth nearly $3 million to wider family members caring for children. More >>
Statistics helping inform the rebuild
Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 12:59 pm | New Zealand Government
Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee and Statistics Minister Maurice Williamson say the release of further census information about Christchurch will provide much needed information for the rebuild. Mr Brownlee says data released by ... More >>
Working group set up to improve dairy traceability
Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 10:51 am | New Zealand Government
Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy and Food Safety Minister Nikki Kaye today announced a working group set up to improve dairy traceability. “The independent Government Inquiry into the Whey Protein Concentrate (WPC) Contamination Incident ... More >>
More students leaving school with NCEA Level 2
Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 10:44 am | New Zealand Government
More students leaving school with NCEA Level 2 The number of students leaving school with an NCEA Level 2 qualification has seen a significant increase across the board in 2013, says Education Minister Hekia Parata. The provisional results for 2013 show ... More >>
Bill to provide flexibility over foreign super
Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 10:33 am | New Zealand Government
Revenue Minister Todd McClay has introduced changes to the Taxation (Annual Rates, Foreign Superannuation, and Remedial Matters) Bill to provide greater choice to individuals who decide to transfer their foreign superannuation before 1 April 2014. “This ... More >>
Address to the New Zealand Asian Leaders Forum
Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 9:11 am | New Zealand Government
Address to the New Zealand Asian Leaders Forum Thank you Mai Chen for the introduction and thank you also to the New Zealand Asian Leaders organisation for inviting me here to speak at the inaugural Asian Leaders Forum. While I have only recently been ... More >>
Applications open for council youth funding
Monday, 17 February 2014, 7:10 pm | New Zealand Government
Youth Affairs Minister Nikki Kaye has announced that from today, the Ministry of Youth Development will be accepting applications from city and district councils to the Youth Development Partnership Fund. More >>
New Ambassador to Iran
Monday, 17 February 2014, 2:42 pm | New Zealand Government
Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully today named diplomat Eamonn O’Shaughnessy as New Zealand’s Ambassador to Iran. “New Zealand has a longstanding trade relationship with Iran, with over $173 million in exports last year,” Mr McCully says. More >>
NZ Navy hosts largest exercise in decades
Monday, 17 February 2014, 11:43 am | New Zealand Government
Defence Minister Jonathan Coleman says the New Zealand Navy’s largest exercise in decades gets underway in Auckland today. “With over 600 personnel from 14 nations and five military ships from New Zealand, Australia, and the Republic of Korea, this ... More >>
Nominations open for COGS funding committees
Monday, 17 February 2014, 9:52 am | New Zealand Government
Community and Voluntary Sector Minister Jo Goodhew is encouraging people to get involved in their local Community Organisation Grants Scheme (COGS). More >>
Pacific students geared up for year ahead
Monday, 17 February 2014, 8:40 am | New Zealand Government
The Christchurch Pacific school community today welcomed the 2014 year with a church service to dedicate and bless students for a productive year ahead. Pacific Island Affairs Minister, Hon Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga, joined families and the wider school ... More >>
More Magic Money from the Greens
Sunday, 16 February 2014, 3:00 pm | New Zealand Government
The Green Party's belief in their ability to make money magically appear seems to have no limits says Energy and Resources Minister Simon Bridges. "The Greens’ solar power policy creates low interest loans that make expensive solar power suddenly ... More >>
