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Amy Adams off to sea
Thursday, 6 May 2010, 1:01 pm | New Zealand Government
Selwyn MP Amy Adams is off to sea next week, joining the Navy for five days as the first participant in the New Zealand Defence Force Parliamentarian Scheme. More >>
Turia - Whanau Ora : Budget 2010
Thursday, 6 May 2010, 12:05 pm | New Zealand Government
This is a very significant day for Aotearoa. It is a day in which the Government has placed its faith in families; a day in which the state invests in the potential of whanau. More >>
Unemployment rate falls from 7.1 to 6 percent
Thursday, 6 May 2010, 11:54 am | New Zealand Government
The number of New Zealanders in work has swelled by 22,000 in the last quarter while the number of those unemployed has fallen by 25,000. More >>
Whanau Ora a bold move from innovative Govt
Thursday, 6 May 2010, 11:32 am | New Zealand Government
Social Development Minister Paula Bennett says the social sector will benefit directly from the Government’s investment in Whanau Ora. More >>
Whanau Ora an investment in families
Thursday, 6 May 2010, 11:31 am | New Zealand Government
Today’s Budget announcement of $134.3 million for implementing Whanau Ora is an investment in families, Whanau Ora Minister Tariana Turia says. More >>
Budget 2010 – Whanau Ora launches with $134.3m
Thursday, 6 May 2010, 11:29 am | New Zealand Government
Prime Minister John Key today announced that Whanau Ora will receive $134.3 million in funding over the next four years, as Budget 2010 invests in families. More >>
Dunne on ALAC Working Together Conference
Thursday, 6 May 2010, 10:03 am | New Zealand Government
It is great to see representatives from a range of agencies and sectors coming together to discuss how they can work together to create real and sustainable change in the way New Zealanders think about and use alcohol. More >>
New construction industry strategy group
Wednesday, 5 May 2010, 6:01 pm | New Zealand Government
Building and Construction Minister Maurice Williamson has welcomed the construction industry’s move to establish a high-level strategy group to address industry-wide issues. More >>
Funding for bowel cancer screening pilot
Wednesday, 5 May 2010, 4:54 pm | New Zealand Government
The Government has announced a bowel cancer screening pilot costing $24 million over the next four years which will be funded in the Budget this month. More >>
We got the right man
Wednesday, 5 May 2010, 3:32 pm | New Zealand Government
Welfare Working Group member Professor Peter Saunders was chosen as an expert in his field to participate in the Group’s examination of the welfare system says Social Development Minister Paula Bennett. More >>
Trilingual programme a trail blazer
Wednesday, 5 May 2010, 2:44 pm | New Zealand Government
Disability Issues Minister Tariana Turia is applauding a new trilingual programme that promotes te reo Maori to the deaf community. More >>
NZ presses for concrete nuclear disarmament
Wednesday, 5 May 2010, 2:29 pm | New Zealand Government
Disarmament Minister Georgina te Heuheu today called on the 189 countries assembled for the Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in New York to seize on this historic opportunity to make progress on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation. More >>
Govt investigating recovery of student loan costs
Wednesday, 5 May 2010, 11:15 am | New Zealand Government
The government is investigating changes to student loan administration fees as part of a package of measures that would see more of the tertiary education budget spent on student places. More >>
Reappointments provide continuity
Wednesday, 5 May 2010, 10:29 am | New Zealand Government
Three members of the Board of the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology have been reappointed. More >>
Charges to be laid against kereru shooters
Wednesday, 5 May 2010, 10:28 am | New Zealand Government
Minister of Conservation Kate Wilkinson today said charges would be laid against five Norwegian hunters who shot and killed two protected kereru with a high-powered rifle and then posted footage of the offence on the internet More >>
Three Strikes Bill passes second reading
Wednesday, 5 May 2010, 10:21 am | New Zealand Government
A Bill to ensure the worst repeat serious violent offenders stay in prison for longer, passed its second reading in Parliament today. More >>
French decision to repatriate Maori heads welcomed
Wednesday, 5 May 2010, 9:55 am | New Zealand Government
Arts Culture and Heritage Minister Christopher Finlayson and Maori Affairs Minister Dr Pita Sharples have welcomed a decision today by the French National Assembly to adopt a law enabling ‘Toi moko’ (mummified Māori Heads) held in French institutions ... More >>
Declaration fights international organised crime
Tuesday, 4 May 2010, 4:07 pm | New Zealand Government
A declaration following a meeting of Attorneys-General in Washington DC this week will lead to greater cooperation between New Zealand, the United States, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom in fighting organised cross-border crime, Attorney-General ... More >>
More housing innovation fund recipients
Tuesday, 4 May 2010, 2:08 pm | New Zealand Government
Two projects will receive $5 million in government funding in the latest round of approvals from the Housing Innovation Fund, Housing Minister Phil Heatley announced today. More >>
NZ applauds Samoan ban on cluster munitions
Tuesday, 4 May 2010, 1:24 pm | New Zealand Government
Disarmament Minister Georgina te Heuheu has welcomed news that Samoa has ratified the Cluster Munitions Convention. More >>
