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Alexandra teenager wins Passchendaele competition
Friday, 12 October 2012, 2:21 pm | New Zealand Government
Hon Nathan Guy Minister of Veterans’ Affairs 12 October 2012 Media Statement Alexandra teenager wins Passchendaele multi-media competition Veterans’ Affairs Minister Nathan Guy has announced this year’s winner of the Battle of Passchendaele Multi-Media ... More >>
Dunne: Australian National Suicide Prevention Conference
Friday, 12 October 2012, 1:44 pm | New Zealand Government
Address to the Australian National Suicide Prevention Conference Sydney, Australia Friday, 12 October 2012 More >>
Changes to Kainga Whenua loan scheme on the horizon
Friday, 12 October 2012, 1:33 pm | New Zealand Government
12 October 2012 Media Statement Changes to Kainga Whenua loan scheme on the horizon Hon Tariana Turia, Associate Minister of Housing, has today announced the Government has made changes to the Kainga Whenua loan scheme which will enable houses to be ... More >>
Rotorua First Site For Children’s Teams
Friday, 12 October 2012, 11:48 am | New Zealand Government
Hon Paula Bennett Minister for Social Development Minister of Youth Affairs 12 October 2012 Media Statement Rotorua First Site For Children’s Teams Social Development Minister Paula Bennett announced the first Children’s Team will be trialled in ... More >>
Major milestone for Newmarket Viaduct project
Friday, 12 October 2012, 10:47 am | New Zealand Government
Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee has marked a significant milestone this morning in the Government’s effort to improve Auckland’s motorway network. More >>
Opening address – Pasifika Medical Association
Friday, 12 October 2012, 10:29 am | New Zealand Government
President Dr Kiki Maoate; Chief Executive Debbie Sorensen; Dr Joseph Williams, and the Executive Board of the Pasifika Medical Association – thank you for the honour of opening this conference session. More >>
Tyson’s visa application declined
Friday, 12 October 2012, 10:20 am | New Zealand Government
Associate Immigration Minister Kate Wilkinson has declined to grant a visa that would allow Mike Tyson to enter New Zealand. More >>
Supporting Pacific Women’s Aspirations
Friday, 12 October 2012, 10:08 am | New Zealand Government
What a great way to start the day – attending a working breakfast with a room full of Pasifika women. More >>
Children must come first in Family Court
Thursday, 11 October 2012, 6:37 pm | New Zealand Government
Justice Minister Judith Collins rejects comments made today by the former chair of the Expert Reference Group on Family Court reform, Antony Mahon. More >>
Better deal for retirement village residents
Thursday, 11 October 2012, 9:30 am | New Zealand Government
Building and Construction Minister Maurice Williamson announced today that owners of retirement village units will soon be entitled to the original capital sum of their investment following situations such as the Canterbury earthquakes. More >>
Hon Paula Bennett: Speech At White Paper Launch
Thursday, 11 October 2012, 9:00 am | New Zealand Government
Take care of our children, take care of what they hear, take care of what they see, take care of what they feel. For how the children grow, so will be the shape of Aotearoa. The work I introduce today is for the broken and the neglected, for those children ... More >>
White Paper for Vulnerable Children released
Thursday, 11 October 2012, 8:52 am | New Zealand Government
Social Development Minister Paula Bennett has released the White Paper for Vulnerable Children today at the Jigsaw national conference in Wellington. More >>
TC3 workshop a positive step
Wednesday, 10 October 2012, 4:04 pm | New Zealand Government
10 October 2012 Media Statement TC3 workshop a positive step Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says he is confident progress was made today to overcome and minimise barriers to rebuilding on Technical Category 3 (TC3) land in ... More >>
Dunne: legal highs regime costs and penalties announced
Wednesday, 10 October 2012, 1:43 pm | New Zealand Government
Legal high manufacturers will face estimated $180,000 application fees plus $1 million to $2 million in testing costs for each product they want to sell, and up to eight years in prison for selling banned substances, Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne ... More >>
Dunne: depression tools website hits 1.5 million visits
Wednesday, 10 October 2012, 1:09 pm | New Zealand Government
Wednesday, 10 October 2012 Media Release Dunne: depression tools website hits 1.5 million visits Health Ministry statistics released today show that thousands of New Zealanders with depression are using The Journal – an online tool on the depression.org.nz ... More >>
Christchurch convention centre process underway
Wednesday, 10 October 2012, 12:07 pm | New Zealand Government
Work on Christchurch’s new Convention Centre Precinct is underway, with the Christchurch Central Development Unit (CCDU) and Christchurch City Council now calling for expressions of interest (EOI) from groups wishing to participate in the project. More >>
Crown’s OBEGAL deficit halved in 2011/12
Wednesday, 10 October 2012, 11:40 am | New Zealand Government
Higher tax revenue, lower core Crown expenses and a large fall in annual Canterbury earthquake expenses helped to halve the Government’s operating deficit before gains and losses to $9.2 billion in the year to 30 June 2012. More >>
Mainstream Awards celebrate good employers
Wednesday, 10 October 2012, 11:35 am | New Zealand Government
Employers in both the state and private sectors have been recognised today for going the extra mile for staff with significant disabilities. More >>
Tariana Turia: Speech At Mainstream Awards
Wednesday, 10 October 2012, 11:31 am | New Zealand Government
I have been greatly looking forward to this ceremony to recognise and celebrate the successes of employers and employment agents who are doing so much to create an enabling society. More >>
Second part of Canterbury earthquakes report received
Wednesday, 10 October 2012, 10:58 am | New Zealand Government
The government has received the second part (volume 4 of 7) of the report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Building Failure Caused by Canterbury Earthquakes, addressing practice and policy issues relating to earthquake-prone buildings, Attorney-General ... More >>
