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PM to Attend East Asia Summit and visit Hong Kong

Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 8:41 am | New Zealand Government

Prime Minister Helen Clark is to attend the East Asia Summit in Cebu in the Philippines next week, and will also make an official visit to Hong Kong. More >>

President of Korea to visit New Zealand

Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 8:40 am | New Zealand Government

Korean President Roh Moo hyun will visit New Zealand from 7 to 10 December, Prime Minister Helen Clark announced today. More >>

Government to strengthen truancy service

Tuesday, 5 December 2006, 12:12 am | New Zealand Government

The government will invest an additional $2 million over the next four years to strengthen the District Truancy Service, Education Minister Steve Maharey announced today. More >>

Weathertightness - Chief Adjudicator Appointed

Monday, 4 December 2006, 4:30 pm | New Zealand Government

Building and Construction Minister Clayton Cosgrove today announced the appointment of Patricia McConnell as Chief Adjudicator of the Weathertight Homes Resolution Service (WHRS) for a three-year term starting this month. More >>

Dalziel: World Congress for Total Quality Managemt

Monday, 4 December 2006, 2:34 pm | New Zealand Government

Opening Address by Commerce Minister Lianne Dalziel to 11th World Congress for Total Quality Management Duxton Hotel, Wakefield St, Wellington More >>

More mobile screening for Kiwi women

Monday, 4 December 2006, 2:18 pm | New Zealand Government

Three new mobile breast screening buses are ready to hit the road bringing the total number of mobile screening units to 11, Health Minister Pete Hodgson said today. More >>

Funding boost for rural midwives

Monday, 4 December 2006, 11:16 am | New Zealand Government

The Labour-led government will invest $2 million per year from 2007 to support the rural midwifery workforce, Associate Minister of Health Damien O'Connor announced today. More >>

Court building benefiting communities

Monday, 4 December 2006, 9:32 am | New Zealand Government

Communities continue to benefit from the Government's investment in courts, Courts Minister Rick Barker said today. More >>

Key's failure of leadership on Coleman

Monday, 4 December 2006, 9:17 am | New Zealand Government

Just one week into the job National leader John Key has made a significant misstep by confirming Jonathan Coleman as Associate Health Spokesman despite knowing about Coleman's behaviour during an incident with British American Tobacco, Health Minister ... More >>

International Day of Disabled Persons

Monday, 4 December 2006, 9:11 am | New Zealand Government

"Good progress is being achieved in our country in creating a fully inclusive society for disabled persons and their families", said Disability Issues Minister Ruth Dyson today, marking International Day of Disabled Persons. More >>

Older driver test ends

Monday, 4 December 2006, 12:52 am | New Zealand Government

Prime Minister Helen Clark today welcomed the removal of the mandatory on-road driving test every two years for people aged 80 years and over. More >>

Beehive Bulletin 1 December 2006

Friday, 1 December 2006, 5:05 pm | New Zealand Government

The Prime Minister delivered a formal apology to Te Arawa at Te Papaiouru Marae in Rotorua, for Treaty of Waitangi breaches relating to 14 lakes in the area. Helen Clark presented Te Arawa with a photograph of each of the 14 lakes, and a Maori translation ... More >>

Comment on Moshe Ya'alon case

Friday, 1 December 2006, 4:26 pm | New Zealand Government

Attorney-General Michael Cullen today said his decision in the Moshe Ya'alon case was made on the basis that there was insufficient evidence to support any possible prosecution. More >>

Rural GP research outdated - O'Connor

Friday, 1 December 2006, 2:57 pm | New Zealand Government

Minister for Rural Affairs and Associate Health Minister Damien O'Connor says a study of the workings of a rural general practice is too old and narrow to be useful to current debate. More >>

Scrutiny of security and investigator reforms

Friday, 1 December 2006, 10:32 am | New Zealand Government

A range of proposals to modernise and expand the scope of regulations covering the security guard and private investigator industry will be put out for targeted consultation early next year said the Associate Justice Minister Clayton Cosgrove today. More >>