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Hon Michael Cullen: Speech to The Salvation Army

Tuesday, 3 August 2004, 1:37 pm | New Zealand Government

"You have asked me to explain something about my personal vision for New Zealand, and to put more of a human face on the role of finance minister and Deputy Prime Minister." More >>

Cullen Speech Salvation Army East City Church

Tuesday, 3 August 2004, 11:09 am | New Zealand Government

2 August 2004 Speech Notes Speech to The Salvation Army - East City Church Function 37 Wellington St, Howick, Auckland More >>

Anderton: Creating West Coast Entrepreneurs

Tuesday, 3 August 2004, 12:57 am | New Zealand Government

ting West Coast Entrepreneurs – Education to Business Conference More >>

PM to attend Pacific Island Forum

Tuesday, 3 August 2004, 12:50 am | New Zealand Government

Prime Minister Helen Clark leaves on Thursday for the 2004 Pacific Islands Forum to be held in Apia, Samoa. She will also visit Tokelau - the first Prime Ministerial visit since David Lange's Tokelau trip in 1985, and only the third by a New Zealand ... More >>

Pellet initiative rewarded with emission units

Tuesday, 3 August 2004, 12:47 am | New Zealand Government

Hastings wood pellet manufacturing company, Fire-Logs (NZ) Limited has been awarded up to 19,818 emission units, under the government's Projects to Reduce Emissions programme. More >>

Annette King - World Breastfeeding Week 2004 Spch.

Monday, 2 August 2004, 5:13 pm | New Zealand Government

Hon Annette King 2 August 2004 Speech Notes World Breastfeeding Week 2004, and presentation of Baby Friendly Hospital certificates More >>

Imported Food Review discussion document released

Monday, 2 August 2004, 5:11 pm | New Zealand Government

A discussion document on New Zealand’s import regime for food and food-related products and agricultural chemicals is now available for public submissions, Minister for Food Safety Annette King announced today. More >>

MACCAH report released

Monday, 2 August 2004, 5:06 pm | New Zealand Government

A need for more research on complementary and alternative medicine is highlighted in a major report released today. More >>

New deemed rate of return for foreign funds

Monday, 2 August 2004, 5:03 pm | New Zealand Government

The deemed rate of return used for taxing foreign investment fund interests has dropped from 9.90 per cent to 9.45 per cent for the 2003-04 income year, Revenue Minister Michael Cullen announced today. More >>

GST reforms to apply from 1 January next year

Monday, 2 August 2004, 5:02 pm | New Zealand Government

Major GST changes relating to financial and imported services will come into force on 1 January 2005, the Minister of Revenue announced today. More >>

PM Official Opening of the Auckland Fish Market

Monday, 2 August 2004, 1:27 pm | New Zealand Government

It is my pleasure to be here today at this important celebration for the New Zealand seafood industry; the official opening of the Auckland Fish Market. More >>

Best of student art on tour

Monday, 2 August 2004, 1:26 pm | New Zealand Government

Education Minister Trevor Mallard today welcomed the arrival in the capital of Top Art, an exhibition of the best artwork from 2003 University Bursaries students. More >>

Exploring ideas for psychiatric claims

Monday, 2 August 2004, 8:59 am | New Zealand Government

Exploring ideas for psychiatric claims Attorney-General Margaret Wilson is exploring ways to allow former psychiatric patients to avoid court cases if they wish. More >>

Goff welcomes UN action on Darfur

Monday, 2 August 2004, 8:54 am | New Zealand Government

Goff welcomes UN action on Darfur The United Nations response to the emerging humanitarian disaster in Darfur, Sudan, is both timely and decisive, Foreign Minister Phil Goff said today. More >>

Marathon negotiation gets WTO back on track

Sunday, 1 August 2004, 1:13 pm | New Zealand Government

The Doha Development Round is firmly back on track to success, Trade Negotiations and Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton said today. More >>

Auckland Gets A Big Slice Of Tourism Pie

Friday, 30 July 2004, 2:49 pm | New Zealand Government

Tourism's role as the number one export dollar earner is paying off for Auckland, new tourism figures show. More >>

Fees reduced for 10,000 students

Friday, 30 July 2004, 2:23 pm | New Zealand Government

Fees will be reduced for more than 10,000 students next year whose courses were temporarily exempted from the fee maxima policy in 2004. More >>

Lifting the quality of early childhood education

Friday, 30 July 2004, 2:18 pm | New Zealand Government

Education Minister Trevor Mallard says initiatives to help early childhood education providers meet the 2005 teacher qualification target are well underway as the government seeks to lift the quality of early childhood education. More >>

Opening of National Research for Growth and Dev.

Friday, 30 July 2004, 2:11 pm | New Zealand Government

Thank you for the invitation to open formally the National Research Centre for Growth and Development. It is a pleasure to do so because this Centre represents so much of what we in New Zealand are trying to achieve with research, and, more specifically, ... More >>

Doctors clear medical vetting for benefits

Friday, 30 July 2004, 10:57 am | New Zealand Government

The Ministry of Social Development is satisfied that clients on the unemployment benefit are not being moved to sickness benefits unnecessarily, after meeting with the New Zealand Medical Association (NZMA) today. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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