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Call to Action: Healthy Eating-Healthy Action

Friday, 25 June 2004, 8:49 am | New Zealand Government

Health Minister Annette King today launched the Healthy Eating-Healthy Action: Oranga Kai-Oranga Pumau implementation plan, a call to action to reverse our expanding waistlines and get us off the couch. More >>

King Speech: Healthy Eating-Healthy Action

Friday, 25 June 2004, 8:47 am | New Zealand Government

Health Minister Annette King today launched the Healthy Eating-Healthy Action implementation plan, saying it provided a great opportunity to improve nutrition, increase physical activity and reduce obesity. More >>

Growth stronger than expected - Cullen

Friday, 25 June 2004, 12:03 am | New Zealand Government

“The latest quarterly gross domestic product results are at the top end of market expectations and point to the continuing resilience of the New Zealand economy,” Finance Minister Michael Cullen said today. More >>

Cullen Address to Enterprise Waitakere Business

Friday, 25 June 2004, 12:02 am | New Zealand Government

Last month’s budget has been greeted as primarily a social budget, focusing on the needs of low to middle income working families. I do not dispute that that was its major emphasis; but there is a great deal in the budget that has a positive impact ... More >>

Green light for $309 million transport projects

Thursday, 24 June 2004, 4:27 pm | New Zealand Government

Two key links in Auckland's Western ring route today got the green light. More >>

Government tackles alcohol-related harm

Thursday, 24 June 2004, 2:12 pm | New Zealand Government

The Government today announced a major new programme, aimed at reducing alcohol-related harm. More >>

Excellent teaching a key for student success

Thursday, 24 June 2004, 2:03 pm | New Zealand Government

Education Minister Trevor Mallard congratulated 20 early childhood education, primary and secondary teachers who received "Excellence in Teaching" awards at Parliament today. More >>

Green light for $309 million transport projects

Thursday, 24 June 2004, 1:47 pm | New Zealand Government

When completed, both projects will ease the burden on local roads, provide a more direct route across the city and boost the options for future public transport development. Together they will ease two key bottlenecks and help unlock Auckland's potential ... More >>

Sutton: Royal Agricultural Society Conference

Thursday, 24 June 2004, 10:48 am | New Zealand Government

The Royal Agricultural Society and the 106 A&P shows and more than 60 breed shows that you represent throughout New Zealand are part of the fabric of our nation. More >>

'It’s Cool to Read' Government tells students

Thursday, 24 June 2004, 10:41 am | New Zealand Government

Education Minister Trevor Mallard today welcomed the start of Government Book Week, which encourages children from low decile schools to get excited about reading. More >>

Cullen Speech: to Dairy Workers Union Congress

Thursday, 24 June 2004, 9:11 am | New Zealand Government

It was with considerable relief that I recently introduced the Foreshore and Seabed Bill and saw it through its first stages in Parliament. The Bill is now before select committee and I hope that there will now be an opportunity for the opposing sides ... More >>

Outstanding tertiary teachers recognised

Thursday, 24 June 2004, 8:51 am | New Zealand Government

Dr Gary Bold, a physics lecturer at Auckland University, was tonight awarded the supreme prize by the Prime Minister at the 2004 Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awards ceremony held at Parliament. More >>

Tourism is NZ's number one export industry

Wednesday, 23 June 2004, 1:50 pm | New Zealand Government

The release today of the Tourism Satellite Account 2000-2003 confirms the official status of tourism as New Zealand’s number one export industry. More >>

National losing the plot

Wednesday, 23 June 2004, 1:49 pm | New Zealand Government

"National's internal manouevrings over tax policy are just the latest in a long line of issues on which it seems unable to reach any solid agreement," Finance Minister Michael Cullen said today. More >>

Families Commissioners appointed (With Bios)

Wednesday, 23 June 2004, 1:48 pm | New Zealand Government

Prime Minister Helen Clark and Acting Minister for Social Development and Employment Ruth Dyson today announced the appointments to the new Families Commission. More >>

Lifting maths skills for secondary students

Wednesday, 23 June 2004, 11:14 am | New Zealand Government

Lifting maths skills for secondary students An estimated 10,000 years 9 and 10 students around the country are set to benefit next year from a new project designed to improve the teaching of mathematics in schools, Education Minister Trevor Mallard announced ... More >>

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