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Focus on cockpit doors, not more screening
Monday, 18 May 2009, 3:44 pm | New Zealand Government
Transport Minister Steven Joyce announced today that the government will not extend security screening for domestic air travel, preferring instead to tighten up flight deck security on domestic aircraft. More >>
Pacific Development & Conservation Trust turns 20
Monday, 18 May 2009, 2:11 pm | New Zealand Government
The 20th anniversary of the Pacific Development and Conservation Trust will be marked at a reception at Parliament tonight (subs: 18 May 2009) hosted by the Minister for Disarmament and Arms Control Georgina te Heuheu. The trust was set up in May 1989 ... More >>
Minister to visit private prisons in Australia
Monday, 18 May 2009, 12:48 pm | New Zealand Government
Corrections Minister Hon Judith Collins will this week visit privately managed prisons in Australia to find out more about how contract management of prisons could work in New Zealand. The Minister will tour three privately managed prisons, one in Victoria ... More >>
Speech: Turia - Disability Information Conference
Monday, 18 May 2009, 10:55 am | New Zealand Government
It was about this time, 78 years ago, that the earth shook, and life would never be the same for Napier again. At 10.45am on the 3rd February, 1931, a quake hit the town lasting two and a half minutes. In two and a half minutes the seaside resort ... More >>
Minister wants pig farm investigated
Monday, 18 May 2009, 10:45 am | New Zealand Government
Animal welfare investigators will inspect a pig farm at the centre of an animal welfare probe as soon as campaigners reveal where the property is, Agriculture Minister David Carter says. Television New Zealand’s ‘Sunday’ programme featured secretly ... More >>
What was it all about Labour ?
Sunday, 17 May 2009, 2:52 pm | New Zealand Government
Leader of the House, Gerry Brownlee, says the dwindling numbers on the Labour benches today only makes their time-wasting tactics more absurd. More >>
Peter Dunne: Address to Dental Health Association
Saturday, 16 May 2009, 1:13 pm | New Zealand Government
It is a real pleasure to be here this evening to join a group of professionals working in an important area of New Zealand’s health system. More >>
Fisheries Minister meeting Pacific colleagues
Saturday, 16 May 2009, 12:56 pm | New Zealand Government
Fisheries Minister Phil Heatley leaves on Sunday for an important meeting with Fisheries Ministers and Government representatives from 16 countries around the Pacific, to be held in Niue on 18 and 19 May. More >>
Tourism energy efficiency programme launched
Friday, 15 May 2009, 2:47 pm | New Zealand Government
Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee has welcomed the launch of a national programme to improve the energy performance of New Zealand’s tourism businesses. “The results from the pilot programme, a joint project between the Energy Efficiency ... More >>
Minister opens new Embassy building in Timor-Leste
Friday, 15 May 2009, 2:14 pm | New Zealand Government
Defence Minister Wayne Mapp and Timor-Leste Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao shared the honours at the formal opening of New Zealand’s new Embassy building in Dili yesterday. Unveiling a plaque to mark the occasion, Dr Mapp said that the new building was a ... More >>
McCully condemns detention of Aung San Suu Kyi
Friday, 15 May 2009, 1:13 pm | New Zealand Government
Foreign Minister Murray McCully today condemned the apparent imprisonment of Burmese pro-democracy leader and Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. “This is totally unacceptable. The only thing Aung San Suu Kyi is guilty of is standing up for the rights of the ... More >>
Speech: Dunne - Institute of Chartered Accountants
Friday, 15 May 2009, 12:55 pm | New Zealand Government
Solway Park, Copthorne Resort, Masterton Thank you for inviting me to speak to your organisation today. With the current international financial crisis, tax has moved into the spotlight internationally, with governments all over the world facing greater ... More >>
Changes bring transparency to Family Court
Friday, 15 May 2009, 12:24 pm | New Zealand Government
New rules affecting the reporting of Family Court proceedings take effect on Monday (subs: 18 May 2009). Courts Minister Georgina te Heuheu says the new rules, contained in the Family Courts Matters Act, will increase the openness of the Family Court. ... More >>
New bill champions personal responsibility
Friday, 15 May 2009, 12:03 pm | New Zealand Government
Housing Minister Phil Heatley says the Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill, which has been introduced into Parliament, promotes personal responsibility and choice. The Bill updates and clarifies existing rental laws in response to significant changes ... More >>
Review of Māori Television Service Act
Friday, 15 May 2009, 11:16 am | New Zealand Government
An independent review of the effectiveness of the Māori Television Service (MTS) Act has come up with recommendations relating to the Māori language and culture, broadcasting platforms and the provision of high-quality, cost effective services. ... More >>
Submissions on anti-counterfeiting agreement
Friday, 15 May 2009, 11:11 am | New Zealand Government
The Minister of Commerce, Simon Power, is calling for submissions on a range of intellectual property proposals that may be considered during ongoing discussions around the proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). “These intellectual property rights ... More >>
Minister questions court action on land access
Friday, 15 May 2009, 9:58 am | New Zealand Government
Agriculture Minister David Carter says the High Court’s quashing of legal action by the New Zealand Fish and Game Council to gain public access to high country land, raises questions about the Council’s direction and leadership. “I seriously question ... More >>
Minister opens Writers’ & Readers Festival
Friday, 15 May 2009, 9:56 am | New Zealand Government
“New Zealand enjoys a flourishing, energetic literary tradition,” Arts Culture and Heritage Minister Christopher Finlayson said last night, opening the 2009 Auckland Writers’ & Readers’ Festival. The festival, in its tenth anniversary year, has ... More >>
Minister acts to bolster court security
Thursday, 14 May 2009, 4:07 pm | New Zealand Government
Budget 2009 will provide $9 million in operating funding and $800,000 in capital funding to upgrade court security over the next four years. More >>
McCully heads to Europe, Japan
Thursday, 14 May 2009, 2:46 pm | New Zealand Government
Foreign Minister Murray McCully leaves for Brussels on Saturday for New Zealand's regular six-monthly consultations with the European Union, before travelling to Japan. “The six-monthly foreign policy consultations with the EU are an important part ... More >>
