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Minister celebrates Samoan Language Week
Monday, 25 May 2009, 12:41 pm | New Zealand Government
Samoan Language Week gives New Zealand the opportunity to recognise and celebrate the language and culture of its fourth largest ethnic community and the third most spoken language after English and Māori. Hon Georgina te Heuheu, Minister for Pacific ... More >>
Government announces Infrastructure Board
Monday, 25 May 2009, 11:47 am | New Zealand Government
Infrastructure Minister Bill English has announced appointments to the new National Infrastructure Advisory Board. The board has been set up to provide independent advice to the Infrastructure Minister and to help formulate the first 20-year National Infrastructure ... More >>
Minister pleased pay talks settled
Sunday, 24 May 2009, 2:39 pm | New Zealand Government
Education Minister Anne Tolley is very pleased with news that kindergarten teacher pay talks have been settled. More >>
Key Notes No.49 - 22 May 2009
Saturday, 23 May 2009, 10:25 pm | New Zealand Government
The Prime Minister with Flat Stanley from the children of Room 10, Te Awa School, Napier. The Flat Stanley project involves schoolchildren reading and writing about Flat Stanley, making their own version of him, and learning about the country and ... More >>
Minister disappointed with US export subsidies
Saturday, 23 May 2009, 10:15 pm | New Zealand Government
Trade Minister Tim Groser today expressed his disappointment at the US Administration’s decision on 22 May, to reintroduce export subsidies on dairy products. More >>
Making time during Youth Week
Saturday, 23 May 2009, 10:13 pm | New Zealand Government
This year’s Youth Week is all about how young people interact with their parents and caregivers – and vice versa, says Youth Affairs Minister Paula Bennett. More >>
100 million reasons for optimism
Friday, 22 May 2009, 4:18 pm | New Zealand Government
The Minister of Fisheries, Phil Heatley, has good news for southern oyster fishermen and the country’s many Bluff oyster fans on the eve of the 18th annual Bluff Oyster Festival: the health of the Foveaux Strait oyster beds is improving. “Attendees ... More >>
Electoral Finance Act Issues Paper released
Friday, 22 May 2009, 2:19 pm | New Zealand Government
An Issues Paper that aims to generate public discussion and ideas about how to address issues around electoral finance reform has been released, Justice Minister Simon Power said today. "The Issues Paper allows the public to have a say on what kind ... More >>
$10 million to complete national taser roll out
Friday, 22 May 2009, 2:08 pm | New Zealand Government
Extra money to equip all police districts with tasers is to be included in the Budget, Police Minister Judith Collins announced today. A total of $5.3 million in operating funding will be provided in 2009/10 to complete deployment of tasers throughout the ... More >>
Mark Ford to lead Auckland Transition Agency
Friday, 22 May 2009, 12:57 pm | New Zealand Government
Local Government Minister Rodney Hide today announced that Mark Ford would chair the Auckland Transition Agency (ATA). The Agency will manage the transition from the existing seven territorial authorities and one regional council, to a single ... More >>
Sharples highlights value of community education
Friday, 22 May 2009, 11:16 am | New Zealand Government
Dr Pita Sharples says adult community education is an investment in our society and it should not be viewed as the “poor relative” in education circles here and across the Tasman. “Adult and community education programmes are often under-valued ... More >>
Hotline boosts international emergency links
Thursday, 21 May 2009, 4:56 pm | New Zealand Government
Civil Defence Minister John Carter has welcomed the formalisation of a civil defence ‘hotline’ that strengthens links between New Zealand and Australian emergency management agencies. A formal Administrative Arrangement between the Ministry of ... More >>
Report raises serious and legitimate concerns
Thursday, 21 May 2009, 4:52 pm | New Zealand Government
Energy and Resources Minister, Gerry Brownlee, says he’s very concerned by the findings in the Commerce Commission investigation into the New Zealand electricity market. The Commission’s report has concluded that the four main generators (Contact, ... More >>
Victims of crime to benefit from $50 offender levy
Thursday, 21 May 2009, 3:48 pm | New Zealand Government
The Budget next week will provide $2.3 million for the first step in the Government's policy to put victims at the centre of the justice system –the establishment of the offender levy. More >>
Dr John Wood welcomed as Treaty negotiator
Thursday, 21 May 2009, 3:22 pm | New Zealand Government
Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Christopher Finlayson today welcomed the appointment of former senior diplomat John Wood as the Crown’s lead negotiator in talks with Wanganui iwi around the settlement of historical claims. Dr Wood has ... More >>
Auckland convention centre gets $250k kick start
Thursday, 21 May 2009, 2:35 pm | New Zealand Government
Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism John Key, has announced the Government will contribute a quarter of a million dollars to conduct a feasibility study into the development of an international conference centre in Auckland that will cater for ... More >>
Speech: Sharples - Adult and Community Education
Thursday, 21 May 2009, 12:07 pm | New Zealand Government
I pay my respects first to Barani, in the words of the Eora, the original peoples of this land, “yesterday”. I recognize the traditional owners, the Cadigal band, and the thirty clans or bands with their distinctive language groups and heritage ... More >>
NZ doubts fair trial for Aung San Suu Kyi
Thursday, 21 May 2009, 11:26 am | New Zealand Government
New Zealand doubts that Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will get a fair trial, and continues to call for her immediate release, Foreign Minister Murray McCully said today. Last week, Mr McCully condemned the arrest of the Burmese opposition ... More >>
Excellent response to Trades Academies
Thursday, 21 May 2009, 9:43 am | New Zealand Government
Education Minister Anne Tolley is delighted by the interest that’s been shown in the government’s aim to establish a minimum of five Trades Academies across the country. “The Ministry of Education has received 113 expressions of interest from ... More >>
Worth: Speech to 2009 GOVIS Conference
Wednesday, 20 May 2009, 5:31 pm | New Zealand Government
Today I'd like to talk about the government's priorities and the challenges and opportunities that exist in harnessing information and communications technology for the benefit of New Zealanders. More >>
