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Minister responds to allegations

Friday, 12 August 2005, 6:54 pm | New Zealand Government

Child, Youth and Family Minister Ruth Dyson today responded to allegations in last week’s Sunday News that, 48 hours before police were finally notified, Pacific World told Child, Youth and Family that Otis Auelua had disappeared. More >>

Plant Variety Rights Amendment Bill Consltation

Friday, 12 August 2005, 4:54 pm | New Zealand Government

Associate Minister of Commerce Judith Tizard announced today the release of the draft Plant Variety Rights Amendment Bill for consultation. More >>

Need for more counter-terrorist regulation

Friday, 12 August 2005, 2:41 pm | New Zealand Government

An international evaluation of New Zealand's financial sector has confirmed that planned regulation announced early this year is needed to fully safeguard against money laundering and terrorist financing, Justice Minister Phil Goff said today. More >>

Key clutching at straws

Friday, 12 August 2005, 2:37 pm | New Zealand Government

Finance Minister Michael Cullen said John Key was clutching at straws, and weak straws at that, in his latest attempt to attack Labour’s popular student loans policy. More >>

Unique trades education centre to be established

Friday, 12 August 2005, 10:43 am | New Zealand Government

Tradespeople who will help build, maintain, upgrade and fix the country’s infrastructure will soon have a unique learning environment thanks to a $4.9 million government grant, Education Minister Trevor Mallard announced today. More >>

Another drop in Maori unemployment

Friday, 12 August 2005, 10:04 am | New Zealand Government

Minister of Māori Affairs, Parekura Horomia is delighted to see a further fall in the Maori unemployment rate in the June 2005 quarter according to the Household Labour Force Survey (HLFS) released today. More >>

Another drop in Maori unemployment

Friday, 12 August 2005, 9:43 am | New Zealand Government

Minister of Mâori Affairs, Parekura Horomia is delighted to see a further fall in the Maori unemployment rate in the June 2005 quarter according to the Household Labour Force Survey (HLFS) released today. More >>

Brash caught out again

Friday, 12 August 2005, 9:33 am | New Zealand Government

Finance Minister Michael Cullen says Don Brash’s inability to master details of his own policies was demonstrated yet again yesterday on two separate occasions. More >>

Changes to Collective Bargaining Good Faith Code

Friday, 12 August 2005, 12:00 am | New Zealand Government

Labour Minister Paul Swain today announced changes to the Code of Good Faith in Collective Bargaining. More >>

Further support for teachers for Scholarship 2005

Thursday, 11 August 2005, 3:40 pm | New Zealand Government

Schools will be given financial assistance so teachers can attend professional workshops on Scholarship 2005, Education Minister Trevor Mallard announced today. More >>

Brash eyes return of asset testing for older NZers

Thursday, 11 August 2005, 3:09 pm | New Zealand Government

Don Brash has raised the spectre of a return to National's much-hated asset testing regime for older New Zealanders just weeks after Labour began phasing it out, says Associate Minister of Health Pete Hodgson. More >>

National can't work with other parties

Thursday, 11 August 2005, 2:52 pm | New Zealand Government

National's Gerry Brownlee has underlined why the party is incapable of forming a stable government under MMP says Minister of Transport Pete Hodgson. More >>

Pacific War vets return to pay their respects

Thursday, 11 August 2005, 1:21 pm | New Zealand Government

Sixty years after the end of the War in the Pacific, Veterans' Affairs Minister George Hawkins will lead 80 New Zealand veterans and Defence Force personnel back to the scene of some of the War's fiercest fighting in order to honour their fallen comrades. More >>

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