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Te reo goes mobile
Friday, 31 July 2009, 2:16 pm | New Zealand Government
Up to forty (40) te reo Māori audio phrases and words can now be downloaded to mobile phones. Associate Minister of Māori Affairs Georgina te Heuheu this morning launched Maori Television’s Māori language application for mobile phones. m.Māori is a ... More >>
Views sought on changes to binding rulings law
Friday, 31 July 2009, 1:57 pm | New Zealand Government
An issues paper released today seeks feedback on suggested changes to the legislation on binding tax rulings, Revenue Minister Peter Dunne has announced. Binding rulings are issued by Inland Revenue upon formal request by a taxpayer and set out how Inland ... More >>
Poroporoaki: Diggeress Te Kanawa
Friday, 31 July 2009, 1:36 pm | New Zealand Government
Tariana Turia expressed today the Maori Party’s sadness at the passing of Diggeress Te Kanawa, one of Aotearoa’s most prestigious Maori weavers. “Diggeress was a vessel of knowledge for the survival and renaissance of raranga, whatu, and taniko,” ... More >>
Turia welcomes Talk to Action report
Friday, 31 July 2009, 1:18 pm | New Zealand Government
Tariana Turia today welcomed a report on government engagement with citizens and communities. From Talk to Action was written by the Building Better Government Engagement reference group, members of which come from community organisations, local and central ... More >>
Minister opens hometown renewal project
Friday, 31 July 2009, 1:13 pm | New Zealand Government
Housing Minister and Whangarei MP Phil Heatley was on hand in his home town today to open Housing New Zealand’s newest neighbourhood improvement project office in Otangarei, Whangarei. Housing New Zealand, which owns just under half the properties ... More >>
PM launches ‘Great Kiwi Invite’ tourism campaign
Friday, 31 July 2009, 1:07 pm | New Zealand Government
Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism John Key today launched a new campaign encouraging Kiwis to invite their overseas relatives and friends to visit New Zealand. The ‘Great Kiwi Invite’ campaign, run by Tourism New Zealand, aims to increase the number ... More >>
Minister pleased with certainty
Friday, 31 July 2009, 9:18 am | New Zealand Government
Housing Minister Phil Heatley is pleased that there is now certainty for all involved after the Tenancy Tribunal ruled today that the 90-day notices issued to tenants from Farmer Crescent in Pomare were lawful. More >>
Great news for NZ in latest fisheries research
Friday, 31 July 2009, 9:01 am | New Zealand Government
Scientists have rated New Zealand one of the two healthiest fisheries on the planet, Fisheries Minister Phil Heatley announced today. Mr Heatley applauded the top “Green” rating received by New Zealand in the comprehensive international scientific research ... More >>
Port Nicholson Block Claims Settlement enacted
Friday, 31 July 2009, 8:58 am | New Zealand Government
Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Christopher Finlayson welcomed the enactment of the Port Nicholson Block (Taranaki Whanui ki Te Upoko o Te Ika) Claims Settlement Bill in Parliament today. More >>
PM welcomes acceptance of Crown apology
Friday, 31 July 2009, 8:55 am | New Zealand Government
Prime Minister John Key has welcomed a statement of forgiveness from Wellington-based Taranaki Whanui ki Te Upoko o Te Ika that was given in response to a Crown apology for breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi. More >>
Māori Language Week
Friday, 31 July 2009, 8:43 am | New Zealand Government
From modest beginnings in 1975, Māori Language Week has blossomed, transforming the landscape in a manner few New Zealanders could have anticipated, Associate Minister of Maori Affairs Georgina te Heuheu says. More >>
Government fuels future creativity at Weta Digital
Thursday, 30 July 2009, 5:11 pm | New Zealand Government
A major TechNZ investment of $5.8 million in a research partnership with Weta Digital over three years announced today has been welcomed by Minister of Research, Science and Technology Wayne Mapp. Weta’s dollar investment will be on a basis of at least ... More >>
Health Minister confirms new medicines spending
Thursday, 30 July 2009, 3:50 pm | New Zealand Government
Health Minister Tony Ryall has told Parliament today that Pharmac's planning is well advanced on how it will spend tens of millions of dollars in new medicines funding More >>
Turia commends stop smoking superwoman
Thursday, 30 July 2009, 2:55 pm | New Zealand Government
Tariana Turia today congratulated Tainui woman and pharmacy assistant Te Ana Simmonds for the work she has been doing to help free people from the smoking addiction. More >>
Defence Minister to attend France-Oceania Summit
Thursday, 30 July 2009, 2:52 pm | New Zealand Government
Defence Minister Wayne Mapp will represent New Zealand at the third triennial France-Oceania Summit in Noumea on Friday 31 July. More >>
Govt doubles drug treatment places
Thursday, 30 July 2009, 2:45 pm | New Zealand Government
Corrections Minister Judith Collins today announced that three additional Drug Treatment Units will be operating in New Zealand prisons by December 2011, doubling the number of prisoners able to undertake rehabilitation. More >>
Minister welcomes release of liquor report
Thursday, 30 July 2009, 12:59 pm | New Zealand Government
Justice Minister Simon Power welcomes the release today of the Law Commission's issues paper on the reform of New Zealand's liquor laws. "This is a comprehensive report that looks closely at a wide range of problems caused by alcohol use, and raises ... More >>
Alcohol report comprehensive, thought-provoking
Thursday, 30 July 2009, 12:58 pm | New Zealand Government
UnitedFuture leader and Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne has welcomed the Law Commission’s report, Alcohol in Our Lives, released today. “The report is both thorough and thought-provoking,” Mr Dunne said. “It contains a chilling chronicle ... More >>
Minister gives paua a helping hand
Thursday, 30 July 2009, 12:47 pm | New Zealand Government
Fisheries Minister Phil Heatley has given paua stocks a helping hand by releasing hundreds of farm-bred baby paua into the water at Stirling Point near Bluff this morning. Mr Heatley was taking part in a paua reseeding programme funded and run ... More >>
Depreciation: Govt check ‘building’ interpretation
Thursday, 30 July 2009, 8:58 am | New Zealand Government
The Government will introduce legislation to mitigate the impact on businesses of a possible change in the treatment of buildings and other structures for tax depreciation purposes, Revenue Minister Peter Dunne announced today. “A draft interpretation ... More >>
