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Not another committee on the health workforce
Wednesday, 26 March 2008, 12:43 am | New Zealand Government
National Party Health spokesman Tony Ryall is welcoming the provisional pay settlement with senior doctors, but questioning the value of yet another Labour Government committee to deal with pay issues. More >>
Taxation Review Authority filing fees to rise
Wednesday, 26 March 2008, 12:24 am | New Zealand Government
An order in council signed yesterday raises the fee for filing a notice of claim to the Taxation Review Authority to $400 from 1 April and allows the Authority to waive the fee in certain circumstances. More >>
Helping hand for car buyers looking for savings
Wednesday, 26 March 2008, 12:09 am | New Zealand Government
Car buyers wanting to save money on their fuel bills will find it easier to choose a vehicle that goes further on a full tank, as a result of new fuel efficiency labels. More >>
Important social research funding welcomed
Wednesday, 26 March 2008, 12:06 am | New Zealand Government
Research, Science and Technology Minister Pete Hodgson has welcomed the announcement of government grants for research that will address important issues for children and young people. More >>
Clark: Restoration Project for Rotorua Lakes
Wednesday, 26 March 2008, 12:01 am | New Zealand Government
I have come today with three government ministers to honour our commitment to Te Arawa to build a relationship based on mutual trust and co-operation, and to honour our undertaking with the three parties to the Rotorua Lakes Strategy Group to work ... More >>
Minister Receives Revised Separation Plan
Tuesday, 25 March 2008, 4:52 pm | New Zealand Government
Communications and Information Technology Minister David Cunliffe has today received Telecom New Zealand’s revised Separation Plan. More >>
Minister to open NZT&E Mumbai office
Tuesday, 25 March 2008, 4:50 pm | New Zealand Government
Forestry Minister Jim Anderton today opened a new NZ Trade and Enterprise office in the world's most populous city, Mumbai. More >>
New digital super group announced
Tuesday, 25 March 2008, 3:51 pm | New Zealand Government
Communications and Information Technology Minister David Cunliffe has announced the government will fund the establishment of a new overarching digital sector forum. More >>
KiwiSaver breaks through half-million mark
Tuesday, 25 March 2008, 3:17 pm | New Zealand Government
500,000 New Zealanders are planning for their future and are now enrolled in the Labour-led Government’s KiwiSaver scheme, Prime Minister Helen Clark, Finance Minister Michael Cullen, and Revenue Minister Peter Dunne announced today. More >>
Minister to visit site of school arson
Tuesday, 25 March 2008, 11:55 am | New Zealand Government
The Minister of Education, Chris Carter, says he will visit the site of the serious fire at Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Taumarere in Northland tomorrow. Over the weekend five classrooms were destroyed at a Maori immersion school, Te Kura Kaupapa Maori ... More >>
Celebrating Everyday Young New Zealanders
Tuesday, 25 March 2008, 10:44 am | New Zealand Government
Youth Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta is celebrating the positive contribution made by young people. “It is important to celebrate our young people, and encourage them to reach their full potential, because their success is crucial to our success ... More >>
‘Multiple use’ consents will provide a “fast track
Monday, 24 March 2008, 2:04 pm | New Zealand Government
Building and Construction Minister Shane Jones says the provision of ‘multiple use’ consents has the potential to provide a “fast track” approach for big property developers and large volume builders. More >>
Design competition will boost starter homes
Monday, 24 March 2008, 2:02 pm | New Zealand Government
Building and Construction Minister Shane Jones is proposing a nationwide design competition as part of the package to improve flexibility and reduce regulatory costs of building a modest starter home. More >>
Government slashes building industry red tape
Monday, 24 March 2008, 2:01 pm | New Zealand Government
Minister for Building and Construction, Shane Jones, today announced plans to slash red tape in the building industry and provide simpler, more flexible consents process for starter homes. More >>
NZ to host Forum Foreign Ministers meeting on Fiji
Monday, 24 March 2008, 12:28 am | New Zealand Government
Pacific Islands Forum Foreign Ministers will meet in Auckland on Wednesday to discuss Fiji’s progress towards elections, Foreign Minister Winston Peters said today. "Forum leaders agreed in Nuku’alofa last October that Foreign Ministers should ... More >>
Tokelau Easter Festival
Sunday, 23 March 2008, 3:54 pm | New Zealand Government
Winnie Laban with (from left) National Tokelau Association President Tea Aleki Aloisio, and Tokelauan elders Meleane Posini and Foai Foai from Hawaii who are participating in the weekend tournament. More >>
Goff voices support for Keith Park memorial
Sunday, 23 March 2008, 2:07 pm | New Zealand Government
Defence Minister Phil Goff said today he has written to campaigners and Britain’s Secretary for Defence in support of a statue of Kiwi war hero Sir Keith Park being erected in Trafalgar Square. More >>
Goff to make Easter visit to Timor Leste
Sunday, 23 March 2008, 2:06 pm | New Zealand Government
Defence Minister Phil Goff is to leave for Timor Leste tomorrow where he will spend three days visiting New Zealand troops on the ground and holding talks with the country’s leaders. More >>
Workers to get more protections in workplace
Sunday, 23 March 2008, 1:49 pm | New Zealand Government
The government is to boost protections for vulnerable workers and breastfeeding mothers by putting minimum meal and rest break requirements into the law, along with a code of practice to promote breastfeeding in the workplace. More >>
Centenary marked by more protection for workers
Sunday, 23 March 2008, 1:48 pm | New Zealand Government
It’s great to be here with you all to celebrate the 100 year aniversary of a strike which dramatically changed the future of workers in New Zealand and which sowed the seed for the birth of the New Zealand Labour Party. More >>
