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Crown entity scoops Business Excellence Award
Friday, 2 December 2011, 3:16 pm | New Zealand Government
Hon Craig Foss Associate Minister of Commerce 2 December 2011 Media Statement Crown entity scoops Business Excellence Award More >>
Tonga audit finds no evidence of fraud
Friday, 2 December 2011, 3:01 pm | New Zealand Government
Hon Murray McCully Minister of Foreign Affairs 2 December 2011 Media Statement Tonga audit finds no evidence of fraud An independent audit into the financial management of the Constitutional and Electoral Reform programme in Tonga has found no evidence ... More >>
NZ public sector tops world integrity list
Thursday, 1 December 2011, 5:18 pm | New Zealand Government
State Services Minister Tony Ryall says New Zealanders will be proud their public sector continues to lead the world in integrity. Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index for 2011 was released today and New Zealand is again ranked in ... More >>
Minister saddened at loss of DOC ranger
Thursday, 1 December 2011, 4:01 pm | New Zealand Government
Hon Kate Wilkinson Minister of Conservation 1 December 2011 Media Statement Minister saddened at loss of DOC ranger Minister of Conservation Kate Wilkinson says she is deeply saddened by the tragic death of Department of Conservation ranger William ... More >>
Turia: Te Upoko O Ngā Oranga O te Rae
Thursday, 1 December 2011, 12:56 pm | New Zealand Government
I want to thank Te Menenga Pai Trust in Newtown and Te Paepae Arahi of the Hutt Valley, for the invitation to join with you today. More >>
Turia cautions against complacency
Thursday, 1 December 2011, 9:58 am | New Zealand Government
Associate Minister of Health, Hon Tariana Turia, has cautioned against complacency as New Zealand marks World AIDS Day (today 1 December). More >>
Groser to attend UN climate change talks
Wednesday, 30 November 2011, 3:09 pm | New Zealand Government
Minister Responsible for International Climate Change Negotiations Tim Groser will travel to Durban, South Africa, from 1-11 December to attend the annual ministerial conference of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. More >>
NZ condemns attack on British Embassy in Iran
Wednesday, 30 November 2011, 2:39 pm | New Zealand Government
Foreign Minister Murray McCully has expressed serious concern over the storming of the two British Embassy compounds in Tehran yesterday. More >>
Govt to support further testing at Moanataiari
Wednesday, 30 November 2011, 2:37 pm | New Zealand Government
The Government will provide $237,500 towards further soil testing in the Thames suburb of Moanataiari, Environment Minister Nick Smith announced today. More >>
Fund continues to support vital community services
Wednesday, 30 November 2011, 10:27 am | New Zealand Government
Over $4.5 million of funding has been provided to 121 community organisations in the eighth round of the Community Response Fund. More >>
Boost in national preventive health targets
Tuesday, 29 November 2011, 10:11 am | New Zealand Government
Hon Tony Ryall Minister of Health 29 November 2011 Media Statement Boost in national preventive health targets The latest quarterly results for the six National Health Targets have been published. Health Minister Tony Ryall says there is good improvement ... More >>
Boost in national preventive health targets
Tuesday, 29 November 2011, 10:07 am | New Zealand Government
The latest quarterly results for the six National Health Targets have been published. Health Minister Tony Ryall says there is good improvement in the preventive health targets for quarter one 2011/12 – particularly with better help for smokers to ... More >>
IG Markets - Afternoon thoughts 25/11/11
Friday, 25 November 2011, 5:28 pm | New Zealand Government
Across Asia, regional markets are mostly weaker after losses for European markets overnight. US markets were closed for the Thanksgiving holiday, but European markets lost ground after German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced that she remains opposed ... More >>
CERA powers unlock Kaiapoi development
Wednesday, 23 November 2011, 5:25 pm | New Zealand Government
The Government has used the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Act to approve changes to the Waimakariri District Plan, freeing up 550 sections at the Silverstream Estates development in west Kaiapoi. More >>
Recycling of earthquake waste to be maximised
Wednesday, 23 November 2011, 3:46 pm | New Zealand Government
The Government is working with councils and industry to maximise the recycling of the estimated 4.5 million tonnes of demolition and liquefaction waste from the Canterbury earthquakes, Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee and Environment ... More >>
$2.4 m for research interns for business this summer
Wednesday, 23 November 2011, 11:39 am | New Zealand Government
An extra 140 undergraduate students will be funded to do research and development projects for New Zealand businesses this summer, Science and Innovation Minister Wayne Mapp announced today. More >>
Groser Speech: Opening Of Synlait New Dairy Factory
Wednesday, 23 November 2011, 8:53 am | New Zealand Government
I am delighted to open this new dairy factory today - the largest infant formula facility of its type in the Southern Hemisphere. I congratulate the senior executives of the NZ company, Synlait Milk, and our Chinese partners, Bright Food Group, one ... More >>
Opening of Synlait new dairy factory
Tuesday, 22 November 2011, 5:26 pm | New Zealand Government
I am delighted to open this new dairy factory today – the largest infant formula facility of its type in the Southern Hemisphere. I congratulate the senior executives of the NZ company, Synlait Milk, and our Chinese partners, Bright Food Group, one ... More >>
Groser: Opening of Synlait new dairy factory
Tuesday, 22 November 2011, 5:21 pm | New Zealand Government
I am delighted to open this new dairy factory today – the largest infant formula facility of its type in the Southern Hemisphere. I congratulate the senior executives of the NZ company, Synlait Milk, and our Chinese partners, Bright Food Group, one ... More >>
Further Moanataiari soil testing a priority
Tuesday, 22 November 2011, 5:13 pm | New Zealand Government
The Government has a contestable fund that the Waikato Regional Council and Thames-Coromandel District Council can apply to for further testing of contaminants at the Moanataiari subdivision in Thames, Environment Minister Nick Smith says. More >>
