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Progress on New Zealand apples access to Australia
Monday, 4 July 2005, 8:19 am | New Zealand Government
Progress on New Zealand apples access to Australia The longstanding dispute over access for New Zealand apples to the Australian market should be resolved soon. Strong indications were given of this in a discussion between the Foreign Ministers of Australia ... More >>
Australia/NZ Joint Action On Zimbabwe
Monday, 4 July 2005, 8:18 am | New Zealand Government
Hon. Alexander Downer MP Hon. Phil Goff MP Minister for Foreign Affairs Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Australia New Zealand More >>
Correction to DomPost ACC petrol levy figures
Sunday, 3 July 2005, 8:10 pm | New Zealand Government
The 2005/06 ACC levy on petrol will increase the annual cost of the levy to the average motorist by $9.52 a year, NOT by an extra $80.78 as reported in today’s Dominion Post. More >>
Beehive Bulletin 1 July 2005
Friday, 1 July 2005, 5:46 pm | New Zealand Government
Transport spending over the next decade is set to top $21 billion under Land Transport New Zealand's latest National Land Transport Programme, Transport Minister Pete Hodgson announced this week. More >>
Govt funds int'l centre for eco-restoration
Friday, 1 July 2005, 5:05 pm | New Zealand Government
An international centre for Biodiversity and Eco-restoration is to be built at the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary, in Wellington, New Zealand as a result of an important investment by the government, Education Minister Trevor Mallard and Wellington Central ... More >>
Curriculum "smoke screen" for unpopular agenda
Friday, 1 July 2005, 5:02 pm | New Zealand Government
National's change of focus onto the school curriculum is because their other divisive education policies have been roundly rejected says Education Minister Trevor Mallard. More >>
Grooming laws catch cellphone paedophiles
Friday, 1 July 2005, 5:00 pm | New Zealand Government
Paedophiles sending pre-paid cellphones to children with the intention of meeting them to develop a sexual relationship face up to seven years' jail under sexual grooming laws that came into force in May, says Justice Minister Phil Goff. More >>
Funding boosted for hospices & cancer drugs
Friday, 1 July 2005, 2:06 pm | New Zealand Government
District Health Boards are now being allocated sufficient funding to allow them to fund hospices for 100 per cent of their essential services, says Health Minister Annette King. More >>
Grooming laws catch cellphone paedophiles
Friday, 1 July 2005, 1:41 pm | New Zealand Government
Media statement Grooming laws catch cellphone paedophiles Paedophiles sending pre-paid cellphones to children with the intention of meeting them to develop a sexual relationship face up to seven years' jail under sexual grooming laws that came into force in May, ... More >>
Welcome Home Loans a hand-up to ownership
Friday, 1 July 2005, 10:11 am | New Zealand Government
Thousands more New Zealanders are now eligible for help with buying their first home, Housing Minister Steve Maharey announced today. More >>
MP confident of own Lions victory
Friday, 1 July 2005, 8:53 am | New Zealand Government
As the country gears up for the second All Black – Lions match on Saturday night, West Coast-Tasman MP and flanker Damien O'Connor is warming up for his own Lions clash. More >>
Forensic Pathologists go 24/7
Friday, 1 July 2005, 8:48 am | New Zealand Government
The Ministry of Justice and the Auckland District Health Board tomorrow launch a new national forensic pathology service that provides forensic pathologists for the Police, across the whole of New Zealand. More >>
Govt builds on platform of achievement
Friday, 1 July 2005, 8:42 am | New Zealand Government
Prime Minister Helen Clark says that 1 July is another important milestone date for the government’s policy programme, which is about building a stronger future for New Zealand. More >>
Paid parental leave payments increase
Friday, 1 July 2005, 8:40 am | New Zealand Government
Maximum paid parental leave payments will increase from tomorrow, 1 July 2005, Associate Labour Minister Ruth Dyson said today. More >>
Briefing offer for political parties on Zimbabwe
Friday, 1 July 2005, 12:52 am | New Zealand Government
Foreign Minister Phil Goff says New Zealand's stand against Zimbabwe's human rights abuses and the cricket tour proceeding would be helped by other parties' endorsement of this position. More >>
Where's the policy?
Thursday, 30 June 2005, 5:38 pm | New Zealand Government
The real debate in the upcoming campaign will be about the future of New Zealand, not National's elusive tax cut plan, Social Development and Employment Minister Steve Maharey said today. More >>
Labour shatters transport spending record again
Thursday, 30 June 2005, 5:35 pm | New Zealand Government
Transport spending over the next ten years is set to top $21 billion following Land Transport New Zealand's publication of the latest National Land Transport Programme, up from $18.7 billion last year. More >>
Brash promise unwise and ill thought-out
Thursday, 30 June 2005, 2:30 pm | New Zealand Government
Foreign Minister Phil Goff says National's promise to pay millions of taxpayers' dollars to Zimbabwe if the cricket tour does not go ahead is unwise and ill thought-out. More >>
Goff names deputy to Police Complaints Authority
Thursday, 30 June 2005, 2:13 pm | New Zealand Government
Wellington barrister John Gibson QC has been appointed deputy to the Police Complaints Authority (PCA), Justice Minister Phil Goff announced today. More >>
Molesworth protected so National can't sell it
Thursday, 30 June 2005, 2:02 pm | New Zealand Government
New Zealand's largest farm, Molesworth Station, officially becomes a protected park tomorrow preventing the National Party from ever selling it, Conservation Minister Chris Carter said today. More >>
