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Drop in teacher vacancies at start of 2007 year
Wednesday, 7 February 2007, 10:37 am | New Zealand Government
A drop in the number of teacher vacancies ahead of the new school year reflects the government's efforts to match teacher numbers with demand, says Education Minister Steve Maharey. More >>
King Backs Campaign To Reduce Speed Near Schools
Wednesday, 7 February 2007, 9:51 am | New Zealand Government
Police and Transport Minister Annette King has backed a new road safety campaign near schools aims to reduce the special risks faced by New Zealand's young and vulnerable children as they go to and from school. More >>
Key out of touch
Tuesday, 6 February 2007, 1:52 pm | New Zealand Government
National leader John Key's offer to supply breakfast to Wesley School shows how out of touch he is, says Education Minister Steve Maharey. More >>
Anderton sees more to celebrate each year
Tuesday, 6 February 2007, 10:11 am | New Zealand Government
Jim Anderton sees New Zealand as a nation of diverse and talented people with more and more to celebrate every year. Speaking at the Orongomai Marae, he said " I first came to Waitangi Day celebrations here in the Hutt at the end of the nineties. Back ... More >>
Experience the Treaty of Waitangi
Monday, 5 February 2007, 9:46 am | New Zealand Government
New Zealanders are encouraged to experience the Treaty of Waitangi during the touring Treaty 2 U exhibition or to view the original Treaty in Wellington on Waitangi day. More >>
Hawke’s Bay benefit numbers tell real story
Monday, 5 February 2007, 8:23 am | New Zealand Government
Labour MP Rick Barker today urged people to look at the facts before getting caught up in the National Party’s new found interest in New Zealand’s ‘underclass’. More >>
NZ enables medical aid to Japanese whaler
Sunday, 4 February 2007, 1:45 pm | New Zealand Government
New Zealand has enabled medical aid to be given to a crew member of the Japanese whaling fleet who fell gravely ill in the Southern Ocean, Conservation Minister Chris Carter said today. More >>
Goff – Substance Not Grandstanding is Needed
Sunday, 4 February 2007, 1:24 pm | New Zealand Government
John Key should have visited McGehan Close before branding its residents as an underclass in a bad street, says Mt Roskill MP Phil Goff. More >>
National launches its Food in Schools programme
Sunday, 4 February 2007, 1:21 pm | New Zealand Government
National Party Leader John Key has announced the first initiative in what will be a National Food in Schools programme. "National is committed to providing practical solutions to the problems which Helen Clark says don’t exist," says Mr Key. More >>
More Elective Surgery For The Capital
Sunday, 4 February 2007, 1:18 pm | New Zealand Government
Around a thousand more Wellingtonians will get the elective procedures they need in the first half of the year as the region makes use of its share of the first chunk of the additional $200 million for electives announced by Health Minister Pete Hodgson ... More >>
Report confirms need for action on climate change
Saturday, 3 February 2007, 3:25 pm | New Zealand Government
The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) leaves little room to doubt that the world must take urgent and serious action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, says Climate Change Minister David Parker. More >>
New York Film Award for This is New Zealand
Saturday, 3 February 2007, 3:21 pm | New Zealand Government
The film made for Expo 70 in Japan, This Is New Zealand, remastered by Archives New Zealand has won a prestigious award at the New York Festivals Film and Video Competition, Archives Minister Judith Tizard announced today. More >>
Record number of tourists great news for NZ
Friday, 2 February 2007, 3:05 pm | New Zealand Government
Tourism Minister Damien O'Connor said he was delighted with statistics out today showing more people visited New Zealand last year than ever before. A growth rate of 1.6% in 2006 pushed international arrivals up to 2,421,561 for the year, Statistics ... More >>
Minister wishes Gattung well
Friday, 2 February 2007, 1:24 pm | New Zealand Government
Communications Minister David Cunliffe wishes Telecom chief executive Theresa Gattung well following the announcement today of her resignation. More >>
District Court Judge appointed
Friday, 2 February 2007, 11:50 am | New Zealand Government
Whangarei lawyer Noel Douglas Cocurullo has been appointed a District Court Judge with a Family Court warrant, Attorney-General Michael Cullen announced today. More >>
Maternity services get $11.4 million funding boost
Friday, 2 February 2007, 11:41 am | New Zealand Government
Minister of Health Pete Hodgson has announced an additional $11.4 million (GST ex) for primary maternity services from 1 July 2007, at a meeting with key maternity stakeholders in Wellington yesterday. More >>
Goff Hosts Singapore Minister for Defence Talks
Friday, 2 February 2007, 9:49 am | New Zealand Government
New Zealand Defence Minister Phil Goff yesterday met with Dr Ng Eng Hen, Singapore's Minister for Labour and Second Minister for Defence, for talks on defence cooperation and regional security issues. More >>
Minister Launches Plastics Environment Guidelines
Thursday, 1 February 2007, 5:02 pm | New Zealand Government
The Hon David Benson-Pope, Minister for the Environment, officially launched Plastics New Zealand’s Design for the Environment Guidelines at the Plastics Centre of Excellence - Auckland University’s Tamaki Campus today. “The production of these Design ... More >>
Anderton Vows To Fix Quarantine Failures
Thursday, 1 February 2007, 4:28 pm | New Zealand Government
Following the release of a report into imported GM corn seed, Jim Anderton, the Minister for Biosecurity, has said that failures identified within the MAF Quarantine Service are disappointing and unacceptable but will be fixed without delay. More >>
Peters welcomes resumption date for Nt Korea talks
Thursday, 1 February 2007, 1:55 pm | New Zealand Government
Foreign Minister Winston Peters is welcoming news that the Six Party Talks on North Korea will resume on 8 February. More >>
