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MPs push for peace
Wednesday, 8 December 2004, 8:40 am | New Zealand Government
Parliamentarians can be very effective in pushing for progress towards a more peaceful world, Disarmament and Arms Control Minister, Marian Hobbs said today. More >>
Hobbs: Network for Nuclear Disarmament
Wednesday, 8 December 2004, 12:54 am | New Zealand Government
Hon Marian Hobbs: Address to Parliamentary Network for Nuclear Disarmament - "New Agenda Coalition Proposals For Disarmament And Non-Proliferation" 9.40am December 8 2004 More >>
Minister has full confidence in Film Censor & FLRB
Tuesday, 7 December 2004, 5:18 pm | New Zealand Government
Internal Affairs Minister, George Hawkins, today declined to accept an invitation from the Society for Protection of Community Standards to dismiss the entire Film and Literature Board of Review. More >>
7,000 Modern Apprenticeships exceed expectations
Tuesday, 7 December 2004, 3:58 pm | New Zealand Government
Over 7,000 young people are now in Modern Apprenticeships, gaining the skills and experience they need to prosper in today's competitive economy, Associate Education (Tertiary) Minister Steve Maharey has announced. More >>
More families now eligible for Kiwibank home loans
Tuesday, 7 December 2004, 2:53 pm | New Zealand Government
More families will be a step closer to home ownership following changes to Kiwibank In Reach home loan eligibility criteria, Housing Minister Steve Maharey said today. More >>
NZ Olympian appointed to WADA committee
Tuesday, 7 December 2004, 2:30 pm | New Zealand Government
Sport and Recreation Minister Trevor Mallard has welcomed the appointment of New Zealand Sports Drug Agency (NZSDA) chair, associate professor David Gerrard, to the health, medical and research committee of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). More >>
Auditor-General report on NZ T&E
Tuesday, 7 December 2004, 2:27 pm | New Zealand Government
Ministers have welcomed assurances by NZ Trade and Enterprise that grant administration systems have been improved. More >>
Labour cannot ignore China gagging NZ union leader
Tuesday, 7 December 2004, 2:00 pm | New Zealand Government
The Greens are calling on the Labour Government to call off trade negotiations with China in response to the Chinese Government cancelling CTU President Ross Wilson's visitor's visa. More >>
Consular agreement to support NZ-China links
Tuesday, 7 December 2004, 1:11 pm | New Zealand Government
A consular agreement to be tabled in Parliament today will support the rapidly growing links between New Zealand and China, says Foreign Minister Phil Goff. More >>
Extra 240 beds to be added to prison system
Tuesday, 7 December 2004, 11:04 am | New Zealand Government
An additional 240 beds are being added to the country's prison capacity as part of the Corrections Department's management of record inmate numbers, Acting Corrections Minister Phil Goff announced today. More >>
Referendum dangers highlighted by Royal Commission
Tuesday, 7 December 2004, 10:27 am | New Zealand Government
Calls for a referendum to be held on the Civil Union Bill appears to be exactly the situation a Royal Commission warned against, says Associate Justice Minister David Benson-Pope. More >>
New forum for psychiatric patients
Tuesday, 7 December 2004, 10:24 am | New Zealand Government
The government will establish a forum for former psychiatric patients who claim to have suffered abuse while in hospital, Attorney-General Margaret Wilson announced today. More >>
CER trade ministers to meet in Queenstown
Tuesday, 7 December 2004, 10:16 am | New Zealand Government
This year's CER trade ministers' meeting will be held in Queenstown on December 10 and 11, Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton said today. More >>
Dairy farmers making progress towards clean water
Tuesday, 7 December 2004, 10:15 am | New Zealand Government
Dairy farmers are making good progress towards clean healthy streams under the Fonterra Dairying and Clean Streams Accord, Environment Minister Marian Hobbs and Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton said today. More >>
Cullen Address to Four Winds Breakfast
Tuesday, 7 December 2004, 8:32 am | New Zealand Government
Michael Cullen Address to Four Winds Communication Breakfast President’s Room, Wellington Club, 88 The Terrace, Wellington More >>
Goff seeks release of Zimbabwean Opposition figure
Tuesday, 7 December 2004, 12:51 am | New Zealand Government
Foreign Minister Phil Goff is calling on the Zimbabwe government to release Opposition MP Roy Bennett, who has been jailed for one year with hard labour for pushing a minister during parliamentary debate. More >>
Motor vehicle GST exemption for returning Kiwis
Monday, 6 December 2004, 5:47 pm | New Zealand Government
Commerce Minister Margaret Wilson today announced that New Zealanders returning home would be able to bring their motor vehicle into the country without paying GST. More >>
Minister: Worth amendment about wrecking bill
Monday, 6 December 2004, 5:44 pm | New Zealand Government
Associate Justice Minister David Benson-Pope says Richard Worth's amendment to the Civil Union Bill is ill conceived and appears to be simply a strategy to wreck the Civil Union Bill. More >>
Launch of Tracking the Obesity Epidemic: Speech
Monday, 6 December 2004, 5:43 pm | New Zealand Government
Hon. Mita Ririnui 6 December 2004 Speech Notes Launch of Tracking the Obesity Epidemic: New Zealand 1977-2003 More >>
New Zealand Weighed Down By Obesity Burden
Monday, 6 December 2004, 5:43 pm | New Zealand Government
Obesity is now twice as common in New Zealand adults as it was 25 years ago according to a comprehensive report into obesity trends prepared by the Ministry of Health and released today by the Under Secretary for Health, Mita Ririnui. More >>
