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Peters calls for release of Mugabe opponents
Monday, 12 March 2007, 4:00 pm | New Zealand Government
Foreign Minister Winston Peters today called on Zimbabwe Prime Minister Robert Mugabe to immediately release opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai and his colleagues from captivity. More >>
NZ steps up skills and talent search in Australia
Monday, 12 March 2007, 11:59 am | New Zealand Government
New Zealand Tourism and the Labour Department are launching a joint marketing campaign in Australia to attract the skills, labour and visitors this country needs, say Immigration Minister David Cunliffe and Tourism Minister Damien O'Connor. More >>
NZQA about-face on NCEA
Monday, 12 March 2007, 12:06 am | New Zealand Government
National welcomes the NZQA’s belated acceptance that the moderation model for NCEA internal assessment potentially has statistical flaws, says National’s Education spokeswoman Katherine Rich. More >>
Huge ticket rise has smell of quotas about it
Sunday, 11 March 2007, 1:42 pm | New Zealand Government
A huge increase in the number of tickets issued for exceeding the speed limit by 6-10 kilometres an hour again raises suspicions of a ticket quota and revenue-gathering policy by the Government, says National’s Police spokesman, Chester Borrows. More >>
District Court Judge appointed
Saturday, 10 March 2007, 1:57 pm | New Zealand Government
Auckland lawyer Allan Christopher Roberts has been appointed a District Court Judge and will sit in New Plymouth. More >>
Key and English completely unconvincing
Saturday, 10 March 2007, 1:56 pm | New Zealand Government
To suggest he and Mr English are seeing eye to eye is laughable. The honeymoon for Mr Key is over. More >>
Mapp NZLAV comments fatuous
Saturday, 10 March 2007, 1:54 pm | New Zealand Government
New Zealand's Light Armoured Vehicles (NZLAV) are state of the art armoured vehicles designed to provide high protection to New Zealand defence personnel should they be deployed in high risk environments. More >>
Clayton Cosgrove - The Way Forward
Saturday, 10 March 2007, 1:53 pm | New Zealand Government
Members of the 29 Associations of the Royal Federation; the Royal Federation's President Gavin Kerr and the soon to be elected President - John Falconer; the Royal Federation's Registrar - Alan Hart; Chair of the Justice & Electoral Select Committee - Martin ... More >>
Beehive Bulletin
Friday, 9 March 2007, 5:47 pm | New Zealand Government
Environment Minister, David Benson-Pope says virtually all plastic packaging used in New Zealand should be recyclable and the government will be working with local government and industry to stop it being dumped into landfills. More >>
Mapp's NZLAV comments fatuous
Friday, 9 March 2007, 4:03 pm | New Zealand Government
New Zealand's Light Armoured Vehicles (NZLAV) are state of the art armoured vehicles designed to provide high protection to New Zealand defence personnel should they be deployed in high risk environments said Defence Minister Phil Goff. More >>
Work underway on 'One plan' for Auckland
Friday, 9 March 2007, 2:50 pm | New Zealand Government
Coordinated strategic planning across the Auckland region is critical to ensuring that Auckland can compete as a twenty-first century city, Local Government Minister Mark Burton said today. More >>
Carter Launches New Report on the Status of Kiwi
Friday, 9 March 2007, 2:46 pm | New Zealand Government
A new report detailing the status of New Zealand's national bird, the kiwi, was launched today by Conservation Minister Chris Carter. The report highlights a huge increase in private kiwi conservation efforts around New Zealand, and was launched at Auckland ... More >>
Key and English completely unconvincing
Friday, 9 March 2007, 1:37 pm | New Zealand Government
National leader John Key's attempts to heal the policy divide between himself and co-leader Bill English are far from convincing, Finance Minister Michael Cullen said today. More >>
Laban: New Zealand in the Pacific
Friday, 9 March 2007, 1:20 pm | New Zealand Government
New Zealand in the Pacific More >>
Economics New and Old
Friday, 9 March 2007, 11:01 am | New Zealand Government
Because resources are limited, we can't have everything we want and therefore we have to make choices about how we use what we have. More >>
NZers spending more money on domestic trips
Friday, 9 March 2007, 10:44 am | New Zealand Government
Tourism Minister Damien O'Connor says he is delighted that travelling New Zealanders are pumping more money into the domestic economy. New Ministry of Tourism data shows that domestic travellers within New Zealand spent $7.2 billion in the year to September ... More >>
English slithers on tax cuts
Friday, 9 March 2007, 10:31 am | New Zealand Government
Bill English has again poured cold water on the personal tax cuts his co-leader John Key so desperately wants to pursue, Finance Minister Michael Cullen said today. More >>
Unlimited opportunities for mussel industry
Friday, 9 March 2007, 8:54 am | New Zealand Government
At an awards ceremony this evening celebrating two of Marlborough's brightest industries, Fisheries Minister Jim Anderton spoke of the strength to be gained by linking the two. "Wine in the region has often led the way. Positioning our iconic greenshell ... More >>
A symbol of goodwill and commitment
Friday, 9 March 2007, 8:52 am | New Zealand Government
Fisheries Minister Jim Anderton is enthusiastic about a new fisheries partnership established with iwi organisations in the Tasman / Marlborough area. "The Memorandum of Understanding signed with the eight iwi that make up the Te Tau Ihu Forum is an ... More >>
Plan for wider land review
Friday, 9 March 2007, 12:31 am | New Zealand Government
Maori Affairs Minister Parekura Horomia has welcomed government plans to review land sale processes by all government departments, agencies, SOEs and crown entities. More >>
