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Response to Air NZ-Qantas decision
Monday, 20 September 2004, 2:05 pm | New Zealand Government
Finance Minister Michael Cullen today expressed disappointment with the High Court’s decision on an Air New Zealand application to form an anti-competitive alliance with Qantas. More >>
Hodgson to attend European sustainability meetings
Monday, 20 September 2004, 1:29 pm | New Zealand Government
Pete Hodgson, Minister of Energy, Transport, and Research Science and Technology, will this week attend a series of OECD and bi-lateral intergovernmental meetings with French Ministers in Paris. More >>
NZ beats other countries in education performance
Monday, 20 September 2004, 11:50 am | New Zealand Government
New Zealand is spending more on education than most countries, according to an Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) survey More >>
Conservation concessions to be sped up
Monday, 20 September 2004, 10:32 am | New Zealand Government
DOC aims to halve processing times for concessions for low impact business activities More >>
Law establishing universities clarified
Friday, 17 September 2004, 5:26 pm | New Zealand Government
The Education (Establishment of Universities) Amendment Bill sets up a better process for determining whether an organisation can be established as a university. More >>
NZ, France & Intl. Security: The Pacific Dimension
Friday, 17 September 2004, 5:23 pm | New Zealand Government
Thank you for the invitation to be with you this evening. I would like to focus my comments on New Zealand's perspective on international security and in particular on security issues in the Pacific. More >>
$47 Million Settlement For Te Tai Hauauru Iwi
Friday, 17 September 2004, 5:16 pm | New Zealand Government
Mita Ririnui, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Treaty Negotiations, says the passing of the Maori Fisheries Act is probably one of the most significant pieces of Maori legislation to pass into law in the last 100 years. More >>
Jim Sutton speech to Meat Industry Association
Friday, 17 September 2004, 5:05 pm | New Zealand Government
Chairman Bill Falconer, chief executive Caryll Shailer, Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you for the opportunity to speak today. It's a pleasure to be here. More >>
Women urged to exercise right to vote
Friday, 17 September 2004, 4:51 pm | New Zealand Government
Women’s Affairs Minister Ruth Dyson is encouraging New Zealand women to celebrate the 111th anniversary of women’s suffrage on 19 September by exercising their right to vote in the upcoming local body and district health board elections. More >>
David Irving refused permission to board
Friday, 17 September 2004, 4:30 pm | New Zealand Government
David Irving presented at the Qantas check-in in Los Angeles today and was refused permission to board his flight to New Zealand, Associate Immigration Minister Damien O'Connor said. More >>
Submissions open on workplace savings scheme
Friday, 17 September 2004, 3:54 pm | New Zealand Government
The public and interested parties can now make submissions to the government on savings schemes in the workplace. This follows the presentation of a report prepared for Finance Minister Michael Cullen by the Savings Product Working Group. It proposes ... More >>
Ministers to visit Pacific states
Friday, 17 September 2004, 3:52 pm | New Zealand Government
Government ministers will be visiting two Pacific states over the next two weekends. More >>
Hui Taumata '05 launched by PM and Sir Paul Reeves
Friday, 17 September 2004, 11:57 am | New Zealand Government
Prime Minister Helen Clark and Sir Paul Reeves have officially launched the process for Hui Taumata 2005, a three-day hui to be held in Wellington in March to look at ways to accelerate Maori growth. More >>
Restrictions removed for credit unions
Friday, 17 September 2004, 11:16 am | New Zealand Government
Finance Minister Michael Cullen has announced changes to legislation to allow credit unions to grow, increase their membership and modernise. More >>
PM Speech: Launch of Hui Taumata 2005
Friday, 17 September 2004, 12:49 am | New Zealand Government
Hui Taumata 2005 will celebrate what has been achieved since Mâoridom last gathered formally in this way for a stocktake; and it will focus on how to expand economic pathways to benefit current and future generations. More >>
Benson-Pope: Maori Fisheries Bill - Third Reading
Thursday, 16 September 2004, 5:53 pm | New Zealand Government
The Maori Fisheries Bill 2004 will repeal and replace the Maori Fisheries Act 1989, and give effect to the model that has been developed by the Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Commission, in consultation with Maori, for allocating fisheries settlement assets ... More >>
Hobbs Speech: Public Records Bill, First Reading
Thursday, 16 September 2004, 5:52 pm | New Zealand Government
Mr Speaker, I move that the Public Records Bill be read a first time. At the appropriate time I will move that the Bill be referred to the Government Administration Select Committee. More >>
Action follows reappraisal of oil stocks
Thursday, 16 September 2004, 5:44 pm | New Zealand Government
The Ministry of Economic Development (MED) is leading work with New Zealand's major oil companies to investigate how best to increase the country's stockholding of crude oil and oil products, including petrol and diesel. More >>
If you don't vote you can't complain
Thursday, 16 September 2004, 5:01 pm | New Zealand Government
Local Government Minister Chris Carter is calling on New Zealanders to ensure they vote in the local authority elections. More >>
Historic fisheries settlement an enduring solution
Thursday, 16 September 2004, 5:00 pm | New Zealand Government
The passing of the Maori Fisheries Bill today is an historic moment and represents an enduring solution, says Fisheries Minister David Benson-Pope. More >>
