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Electives up - CCDHB delivers record surgery
Monday, 29 March 2010, 9:27 am | New Zealand Government
The largest ever annual increase in waiting list patients receiving elective surgery happened in 2009 according to official figures released today by Health Minister Tony Ryall. More >>
Minister Welcomes Poll On Stocktake Plan
Sunday, 28 March 2010, 12:53 pm | New Zealand Government
Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee says he is encouraged by a poll out in today’s Sunday Star Times showing good levels of support for the government’s plans to prospect for valuable minerals in a small area of what is presently Schedule ... More >>
Launch Of The Albany Settling In Report
Saturday, 27 March 2010, 1:27 pm | New Zealand Government
Albany is the perfect place to be launching this report. They tell me that there are one thousand people migrating here, each year; with overseas born residents making up almost half of the total population. More >>
UN Rights Committee Releases Observations On NZ
Saturday, 27 March 2010, 11:32 am | New Zealand Government
The United Nations Human Rights Committee has released its concluding observations following consideration of New Zealand’s Fifth Periodic Report under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. More >>
Sharples - Opening of MAINZ New Facilities
Saturday, 27 March 2010, 10:39 am | New Zealand Government
Hon Gerry Brownlee: Correction and Clarification
Saturday, 27 March 2010, 10:29 am | New Zealand Government
Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee today moved to correct a statement he made yesterday in regard to mining permits on the Department of Conservation Estate issued under the previous Labour government. More >>
Westland National Park Turns 50
Saturday, 27 March 2010, 10:10 am | New Zealand Government
Minister of Conservation Kate Wilkinson kicked off Westland Tai Poutini National Park’s 50th anniversary celebrations today in Franz Josef and officially opened the newly sealed glacier roads. More >>
Volvo stopover gets government backing
Friday, 26 March 2010, 2:30 pm | New Zealand Government
Economic Development Minister Gerry Brownlee announced today that government will work in partnership with the Auckland City Council to enable the city to host a stopover for the 2011/2012 Volvo Ocean Race. More >>
New courthouse geared for the 21st Century
Friday, 26 March 2010, 2:17 pm | New Zealand Government
Levin’s new courthouse was described as a “triumph of modern architecture” when it was officially opened today by the Prime Minister, Hon John Key. Speaking at the opening, Courts Minister, Hon Georgina te Heuheu QSO said that “despite ... More >>
New courthouse geared for the 21st Century
Friday, 26 March 2010, 2:17 pm | New Zealand Government
Levin’s new courthouse was described as a “triumph of modern architecture” when it was officially opened today by the Prime Minister, Hon John Key. Speaking at the opening, Courts Minister, Hon Georgina te Heuheu QSO said that “despite ... More >>
Turia: Whitireia Graduation
Friday, 26 March 2010, 2:14 pm | New Zealand Government
The ceremony this afternoon celebrates expertise and commitment in nursing; in social work; in paramedics; in hospice palliative care; in primary health care; mental health nursing, perioperative nursing; forensic psychiatric care; accounting, information ... More >>
State highway classification project underway
Friday, 26 March 2010, 1:11 pm | New Zealand Government
A state highway classification system to guide future investment and management of the network is being developed, Transport Minister Steven Joyce has announced. More >>
SmartGate proves a success story
Friday, 26 March 2010, 12:55 pm | New Zealand Government
The SmartGate automated passenger processing facility at Auckland Airport has just celebrated another major milestone, Customs Minister Maurice Williamson announced today. More >>
Charter ferry service secured for Tonga
Friday, 26 March 2010, 11:00 am | New Zealand Government
An interim ferry service in Tonga, secured by the Governments of New Zealand, Australia, and Tonga, will commence next month once the charter vessel, the Ajang Subuh, has arrived from Malaysia, Foreign Minister Murray McCully announced today. More >>
UN makes progress on streamlined gender agency
Friday, 26 March 2010, 10:16 am | New Zealand Government
Women’s Affairs Minister Pansy Wong is pleased that the United Nations has made rapid progress on an issue that New Zealand lobbied strongly for at the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York earlier this month. More >>
David Bain notification of claim for compensation
Friday, 26 March 2010, 9:52 am | New Zealand Government
The Minister of Justice, Simon Power, has this afternoon received a letter from the lawyers for David Bain formally notifying him of a claim for compensation for ‘wrongful conviction and imprisonment.’ More >>
Minister congratulates Human Rights Commissioner
Friday, 26 March 2010, 9:24 am | New Zealand Government
Justice Minister Simon Power today congratulated Human Rights Commissioner Rosslyn Noonan on her election as chair of the International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights. More >>
Minister welcomes forestry turnaround
Thursday, 25 March 2010, 4:39 pm | New Zealand Government
New data released today shows New Zealand has reversed the trend of deforestation and re-started tree planting, Minister for Climate Change Issues Nick Smith says. More >>
MMP Bill introduced
Thursday, 25 March 2010, 4:09 pm | New Zealand Government
A bill to empower the 2011 referendum on the Mixed Member Proportional Representation (MMP) voting system was introduced to Parliament today by Justice Minister Simon Power. More >>
Minister welcomes state sector changes
Thursday, 25 March 2010, 3:51 pm | New Zealand Government
Internal Affairs Minister Nathan Guy has welcomed the proposed integration of the National Library and Archives New Zealand into the Department of Internal Affairs. More >>
