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Cullen Speech - Address to Waipukurau Rotary Club
Tuesday, 16 March 2004, 1:03 pm | New Zealand Government
Tonight I have been asked to talk about the vexed question of the ownership of the seabed and foreshore. Nine months ago most New Zealanders barely gave this issue a thought. We understood it to be a settled principle that the seabed and foreshore ... More >>
Sutton speech to persuasive policies conference
Tuesday, 16 March 2004, 11:38 am | New Zealand Government
Ladies and Gentlemen: thank you for the invitation to speak with you today. It is said that politics is the art of the possible. Getting right down to it, we can only govern sustainably by consent. As a minister, I think it is important to explore ... More >>
Helensville community action to fight drugs
Tuesday, 16 March 2004, 12:40 am | New Zealand Government
Helensville has been selected as the site for a Community Action on Youth & Drugs or CAYAD project to combat illicit drug use. More >>
Creativity And Innovation Tranforming New Zealand
Monday, 15 March 2004, 5:05 pm | New Zealand Government
Economic development, using creativity and innovation is transforming New Zealand into a high wage, high skill economy said Jim Anderton today in a speech to the EDANZ (Economic Development Association of New Zealand) conference in Wellington. More >>
Address to Labour Party - Michael Cullen
Monday, 15 March 2004, 4:58 pm | New Zealand Government
We are now a little over half way through our second term in government since the MMP electoral system came into force. It is clear that the second half of this term is going to prove a little more testing of our capacities than the first has been. More >>
Release of financial reporting discussion document
Monday, 15 March 2004, 4:56 pm | New Zealand Government
Commerce Minister Margaret Wilson says a discussion document released today will help establish who should be subject to financial reporting requirements. More >>
Response to decile funding inquiry tabled
Monday, 15 March 2004, 2:49 pm | New Zealand Government
The government's response to the select committee inquiry into decile funding was tabled in Parliament today. More >>
Mediator for Timaru review announced
Monday, 15 March 2004, 2:49 pm | New Zealand Government
Former New Zealand School Trustees Association national president Janet Kelly is to be the independent mediator for the school network review in Timaru, in line with recommendations from the community, Education Minister Trevor Mallard announced today. More >>
Cullen: Address to Labour Party Conference
Monday, 15 March 2004, 11:19 am | New Zealand Government
We are now a little over half way through our second term in government since the MMP electoral system came into force. It is clear that the second half of this term is going to prove a little more testing of our capacities than the first has been. More >>
Government to review infringement system
Monday, 15 March 2004, 10:41 am | New Zealand Government
A comprehensive review of the infringement system will be undertaken this year despite recent increases in the number of unpaid fines being collected, Courts Minister Rick Barker announced today. "Over recent years both the rate of collection, and ... More >>
Consumers' rights recognised around the world
Monday, 15 March 2004, 8:33 am | New Zealand Government
Today is World Consumer Rights Day, a day when the basic rights of all consumers are promoted and recognised. More >>
Tariana Turia not intending to resign
Monday, 15 March 2004, 8:32 am | New Zealand Government
Tariana Turia says she remains committed to representing her constituents as best she can, and that is what they have asked her to do. More >>
Aid Minister to visit Niue
Friday, 12 March 2004, 6:27 pm | New Zealand Government
Aid Minister Marian Hobbs will visit Niue this weekend to discuss the island government's plans for recovering from the devastation caused by Cyclone Heta and to reaffirm New Zealand's commitment to maintaining a living community there. More >>
Small Business Booming on North Shore - Tamihere
Friday, 12 March 2004, 6:20 pm | New Zealand Government
Speech to North Shore Small Business Day, Bruce Mason Centre, Friday March 12, 5.45pm More >>
NZ Expresses Sympathy For Madrid Bombing Victims
Friday, 12 March 2004, 6:20 pm | New Zealand Government
Foreign Minister Phil Goff today extended New Zealand's sympathy to the families of those killed and injured in the Madrid terrorist bombings More >>
NZ funds for campaign against nuclear terrorism
Friday, 12 March 2004, 4:03 pm | New Zealand Government
New Zealand is contributing a further $20,000 to the Nuclear Security Fund of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), to help fight the possibility of nuclear terrorism, Disarmament and Arms Control Minister, Marian Hobbs, said today. More >>
Long Bay College Fitness Centre Opened
Friday, 12 March 2004, 4:02 pm | New Zealand Government
Education Minister Trevor Mallard today officially opened a new fitness centre at Long Bay College, Auckland, praising the school's goal of working closely with the Torbay community and primary schools in the area. More >>
Address to APEC ConnectionsNZ conference
Friday, 12 March 2004, 4:01 pm | New Zealand Government
- Chair and Cabinet colleague, Pete Hodgson, New Zealand's Minister of Research, Science and Technology. - Mayor of Christchurch - Gary Moore - Keynote speakers: - Professor Alan McDiarmid - Dr Nathaniel G Pitts, from the National Science Foundation ... More >>
Tariana Turia - Public interest in public health
Friday, 12 March 2004, 3:46 pm | New Zealand Government
E nga mana, e nga reo, tena koutou. Ngati Whatua, mihi mai, mihi mai. E nga iwi e huihui nei i tenei ra, tena koutou katoa. More >>
Tariana Turia Speech - Taonga
Friday, 12 March 2004, 3:45 pm | New Zealand Government
E nga mana, e nga reo, tena koutou. E te iwi kainga, Ngai Tai, kua mihi mai koutou, tena koutou. E nga iwi e huihui nei, tena tatou katoa. Ka huri au ki to tatou manuhiri tuarangi, ki a Joy Wandin-Murphy, koutou ko to iwi Wurundjeri, tena koutou. More >>
