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Personalising learning the way forward
Thursday, 27 April 2006, 10:39 am | New Zealand Government
Personalising education to better meet the needs of individual students will be a key focus for the government over the next three years, says Education Minister Steve Maharey. More >>
Cullen - Address to University of Waikato
Thursday, 27 April 2006, 10:16 am | New Zealand Government
Hon Michael Cullen Keynote Address to University of Waikato School of Education 2006 Graduation Ceremony More >>
Young environmentalists get active
Thursday, 27 April 2006, 9:30 am | New Zealand Government
Young people with a passion for the environment are helping ensure the spirit of Sir Peter Blake's work lives on, through a forum aimed at inspiring action in their own communities. More >>
Benson-Pope: Work and Income's New Approach
Thursday, 27 April 2006, 12:35 am | New Zealand Government
Hon David Benson-Pope Minister for Social Development and Employment Member of Parliament for Dunedin South More >>
Comment on draft decision on grid upgrade
Thursday, 27 April 2006, 12:29 am | New Zealand Government
Acting Energy Minister Trevor Mallard today made the following comment on the Electricity Commission's draft decision on Transpower's proposed grid upgrade. More >>
Getting people into the right job
Thursday, 27 April 2006, 12:15 am | New Zealand Government
Comprehensive employment help will be available to all Work and Income clients regardless of their benefit type under a new case management approach launched today by Social Development and Employment Minister David Benson-Pope. More >>
Cullen: Opening of New Massey Auckland Complex
Wednesday, 26 April 2006, 4:38 pm | New Zealand Government
One of the many positive aspects of my job as Minister for Tertiary Education is being invited to share in the success of tertiary organisations throughout the country. Those successes outnumber by a wide margin the occasional failures, and it is sadly ... More >>
Goff welcomes call for US to build relations
Wednesday, 26 April 2006, 4:36 pm | New Zealand Government
Defence and Trade Minister Phil Goff has warmly welcomed the support of two former senior United States officials for closer cooperation in defence with New Zealand, and their call for a Free Trade Agreement. More >>
Paper released on investment in generation
Wednesday, 26 April 2006, 1:08 pm | New Zealand Government
Acting Energy Minister Trevor Mallard today announced the release of a discussion paper looking at options to encourage electricity lines companies to make increased investment in generation. More >>
Today is World Intellectual Property Day
Wednesday, 26 April 2006, 11:14 am | New Zealand Government
Today is World Intellectual Property Day and it's a good opportunity to salute those in the creative industries, Associate Commerce Minister Judith Tizard said today. More >>
Congratulations to Fleur Adcock on Royal honour
Tuesday, 25 April 2006, 10:04 pm | New Zealand Government
Prime Minister Helen Clark today congratulated poet Fleur Adcock on receiving the prestigious Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry for 2006. More >>
Speaker Speech At NZ Service Chunuk Bair
Tuesday, 25 April 2006, 9:39 pm | New Zealand Government
ANZAC Day is a day for reflection and remembrance. It is also a day for committing ourselves to working for a world where differences between nations can be resolved without resort to war. In this way we can best honour and pay tribute to the fallen ... More >>
Speaker Speech to Dawn Service ANZAC Cove
Tuesday, 25 April 2006, 3:31 pm | New Zealand Government
Few New Zealand families have not been touched by loss of life, or injury in wars like that here at Gallipoli - a place so remote that many would not have heard of it before the shells rained down on a generation of young men seeking adventure in ... More >>
Inaugural artist in residence at Gallipoli
Tuesday, 25 April 2006, 1:28 pm | New Zealand Government
Prime Minister and Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Helen Clark today announced that artist and moko expert Derek Lardelli will be the first recipient of a new artist in residence programme to be based near the Gallipoli peninsula. More >>
Anzac Day commemorative services
Tuesday, 25 April 2006, 1:26 pm | New Zealand Government
Anzac Day, 25 April, is one of the most important dates on our national calendar. On this day we recall what happened in 1915, when New Zealand soldiers first landed on the rugged Gallipoli peninsula, at the beginning of a campaign which would cost ... More >>
Speaker Speech to Turkish International Service
Tuesday, 25 April 2006, 1:25 pm | New Zealand Government
E nga mana, e nga reo, e nga tangata o nga hau e wha, e huihui nei (To the authorities, languages and people from the four winds assembled here) More >>
Peters representsGovt. at London Anzac Day
Tuesday, 25 April 2006, 1:24 pm | New Zealand Government
Foreign Minister Winston Peters will represent the government at four ANZAC Day commemorative events taking place in London today – a dawn service at the Australian Memorial, the Gallipoli Association ceremony of remembrance at St Paul’s cathedral, a wreath ... More >>
Helen Clark Address - Mt Albert Anzac Day Service
Tuesday, 25 April 2006, 1:23 pm | New Zealand Government
As we gather here today on Anzac Day 2006, we mark a day of special significance to New Zealand. It is 91 years since New Zealand soldiers first reached the shores of Gallipoli on the morning of 25 April 1915. One in five of these men became casualties ... More >>
Helen Clark Speech - Guns of Motutapu
Tuesday, 25 April 2006, 1:22 pm | New Zealand Government
Thank you for the invitation to speak here tonight at the launch of the "Guns of Motutapu" DVD. Tonight's launch is timely, coming as it does on the eve of ANZAC Day, as Motutapu was a significant link in Auckland's network of coastal defence ... More >>
Goff: US-NZ Partnership Forum
Monday, 24 April 2006, 3:20 pm | New Zealand Government
Trade Minister Phil Goff's speech to the US-NZ Partnership Forum at the Cosmos Club, Washington DC, on April 21 More >>
