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Peters names new High Commissioner to Kiribati
Tuesday, 25 July 2006, 10:18 am | New Zealand Government
New Zealand’s next High Commissioner to Kiribati will be career diplomat Craig Rickit, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced today. The New Zealand High Commission in Kiribati is also accredited to Palau, the Marshall Islands and the Federated States ... More >>
$50 million plan for e-Learning in schools
Tuesday, 25 July 2006, 9:43 am | New Zealand Government
Using technology to make learning more exciting and innovative is the focus of a $50 million a year action plan launched today by Education Minister Steve Maharey. More >>
Laban congratulates award-winning poet Karlo Mila
Tuesday, 25 July 2006, 9:17 am | New Zealand Government
Associate Minister of Pacific Island Affairs, Luamanuvao Winnie Laban, today congratulated Karlo Mila for winning the 'Best First Book Award for Poetry' at the Montana New Zealand Book Awards. More >>
Peters to Malaysia for ASEAN meetings
Tuesday, 25 July 2006, 9:05 am | New Zealand Government
Foreign Minister Winston Peters leaves for Kuala Lumpur tomorrow to attend the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Post Ministerial Conference (PMC) and ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF). More >>
Peters on Washington trip
Monday, 24 July 2006, 8:16 pm | New Zealand Government
Foreign Minister Winston Peters today expressed his determination that the success of his trip to Washington would not be overshadowed by the New Zealand media's continuing obsession with their own involvement. More >>
NZ backs efforts for Middle East ceasefire
Monday, 24 July 2006, 5:11 pm | New Zealand Government
Prime Minister Helen Clark said today that New Zealand was strongly supporting the efforts of the UN Secretary General to bring about an immediate ceasefire to the conflict in the Middle East and to negotiate and implement a solution to the crisis. More >>
What's the Plan Stan workshops
Monday, 24 July 2006, 5:03 pm | New Zealand Government
Teacher workshops for the new What's the Plan Stan civil defence preparedness resource will be held over the next few weeks, Civil Defence Minister Rick Barker said today. More >>
Transpower agrees to Connell Wagner recommendat'ns
Monday, 24 July 2006, 4:21 pm | New Zealand Government
The state-owned transmission company Transpower has agreed to the recommendations in the Connell Wagner report, as summarised by Energy Minister David Parker in a letter to Transpower on 7 July 2006. More >>
National supports raising doctors fees
Monday, 24 July 2006, 1:57 pm | New Zealand Government
Confirmation that the National Party supports raising the cost of seeing the family doctor is another reminder of how far National is prepared to go in pursuit of reckless tax cuts, Health Minister Pete Hodgson said today. More >>
Fruit in Schools programme making a difference
Monday, 24 July 2006, 1:42 pm | New Zealand Government
Results from an interim evaluation of the Labour-led government’s Fruit in Schools programme are very promising, Health Minister Pete Hodgson said today. Fruit in Schools was launched last year as part of the wider Health Promoting Schools initiative. More >>
Kiwi workers and employers want more flexible work
Monday, 24 July 2006, 9:36 am | New Zealand Government
Forty per cent of New Zealand workers say they need and want more flexible work options according to a new report on work-life balance, Minister of Labour Ruth Dyson announced today. More >>
Quality Flexible Work Summit - Ruth Dyson Speech
Monday, 24 July 2006, 9:35 am | New Zealand Government
I am very pleased to welcome you here today and to share the stage with our partners for this event – Business New Zealand, the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions and the Equal Employment Opportunities Trust. More >>
Ministers to focus on early intervention
Monday, 24 July 2006, 12:44 am | New Zealand Government
The government is signalling changes to the way it funds and manages early intervention programmes that support children and families to get a good start in life, says Education Minister Steve Maharey. More >>
Goff Welcomes Formal Butter Notification
Sunday, 23 July 2006, 3:00 pm | New Zealand Government
Trade Minister Phil Goff welcomed the formal notification by the European Commission that New Zealand butter currently in transit to Europe or held in bonded warehouses awaiting import licenses will be able to be sold. More >>
Mussel Beds To Remain Closed
Sunday, 23 July 2006, 2:57 pm | New Zealand Government
Minister of Fisheries Jim Anderton has agreed to renew the temporary closure of green-lipped mussel beds in Ohiwa Harbour, Bay of Plenty for a further two-year period. This provides statutory support for a local traditional rhui over the area. More >>
Goff Welcomes Formal Butter Notification
Saturday, 22 July 2006, 5:54 pm | New Zealand Government
Trade Minister Phil Goff today welcomed the formal notification by the European Commission that New Zealand butter currently in transit to Europe or held in bonded warehouses awaiting import licenses will be able to be sold. More >>
Hodgson: Intellectual Disability Providers
Friday, 21 July 2006, 4:26 pm | New Zealand Government
Thank you for inviting me to talk to you today at the closing of the National Residential Intellectual Disability Provider Group (NRID) Conference. I would particularly like to thank the conference organising committee and acknowledge the chair, Marese McGee, ... More >>
NZ, Argentina face similar farming challenges
Friday, 21 July 2006, 4:06 pm | New Zealand Government
Minister of Agriculture, Jim Anderton, delivered a speech at the Rural Exposition in Buenos Aires today, outlining the issues facing New Zealand agriculture. He said that while there are some considerable differences in the economies of New Zealand ... More >>
Cullen: Christchurch School of Medicine
Friday, 21 July 2006, 3:36 pm | New Zealand Government
Friday 21 July 2006 at 12.30pm Address to Christchurch School of Medicine & Health Sciences Mid-Winter Dialogue Series Rolleston Lecture Theatre, 2 Riccarton Ave, Christchurch More >>
$9 million to help kids into early education
Friday, 21 July 2006, 2:26 pm | New Zealand Government
Funding of over $9 million will create and retain 500 places for children at 42 new and expanding early childhood education centres across the country. More >>
