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NZ Orion on Vanuatu mission
Monday, 1 March 2004, 10:24 am | New Zealand Government
An RNZAF P3 Orion is on its way from Auckland to conduct a surveillance flight over Vanuatu’s outlying islands, Acting Foreign Affairs Minister Marian Hobbs said today. More >>
NZ gives $70,000 for Vanuatu cyclone relief
Monday, 1 March 2004, 10:23 am | New Zealand Government
New Zealand is to give $70,000 to help with emergency relief in cyclone-affected parts of Vanuatu, Acting Foreign Affairs Minister Marian Hobbs said today. More >>
Kiwibank In Reach home loans More People Eligible
Monday, 1 March 2004, 9:32 am | New Zealand Government
More people will be eligible for a Kiwibank In Reach home loan as a result of changes to eligibility criteria, Housing Minister Steve Maharey said today. More >>
Atotorney-General On Master Anthony Christiansen
Monday, 1 March 2004, 8:20 am | New Zealand Government
Attorney-General Margaret Wilson was advised two weeks ago that a complaint had been laid against a Master of the High Court, Anthony Christiansen. More >>
Govt response to scampi inquiry recommendations
Monday, 1 March 2004, 12:44 am | New Zealand Government
The Government has accepted the intent of all the recommendations of the Primary Production Committee's inquiry into the scampi fishery. More >>
Response to Stephen Franks article, Dominion Post
Friday, 27 February 2004, 6:47 pm | New Zealand Government
I must take issue with Stephen Franks' flights of fantasy as expressed in his article on the privately managed Auckland Central Remand Prison. (Dominion Post, February 25) More >>
NZ ready to assist in Vanuatu
Friday, 27 February 2004, 5:44 pm | New Zealand Government
New Zealand is ready to provide relief assistance at short notice to cyclone-hit Vanuatu, Acting Foreign Affairs Minister Marian Hobbs said today. More >>
Master Anthony Christiansen
Friday, 27 February 2004, 3:18 pm | New Zealand Government
Attorney-General Margaret Wilson was advised two weeks ago that a complaint had been laid against a Master of the High Court, Anthony Christiansen. More >>
More secure funding base for land transport
Friday, 27 February 2004, 2:45 pm | New Zealand Government
Fuel excise duty and road user charges for light vehicles will be indexed to inflation from 2006 as part of the government’s transport strategy, Finance Minister Michael Cullen said today. More >>
Media Advisory: Confidence in the outdoors
Friday, 27 February 2004, 1:15 pm | New Zealand Government
Sport and Recreation Minister Trevor Mallard will launch a new quality assurance scheme for outdoor recreation providers on Monday. More >>
Hundreds line up for South I. Small Business Days
Friday, 27 February 2004, 1:13 pm | New Zealand Government
More than a thousand businesspeople have registered to take part in the first three regional Small Business Days in the South Island next week, Minister for Small Business John Tamihere says. More >>
Slide in confidence expected - Cullen
Friday, 27 February 2004, 11:15 am | New Zealand Government
Finance Minister Michael Cullen said latest National Bank survey showing a slide in general business confidence from net 16 per cent negative to net 28 per cent since December was unsurprising given the impact of the high dollar on exports. More >>
Goff to pay tribute to NZ war dead in Uruguay
Friday, 27 February 2004, 12:05 am | New Zealand Government
Foreign Minister Phil Goff will lay a wreath in Montevideo, Uruguay, tomorrow (approx 9.30am Saturday NZT), commemorating the role of New Zealand sailors in one of the Second World War’s best-known naval engagements. More >>
POPs Convention to take effect in May
Thursday, 26 February 2004, 5:50 pm | New Zealand Government
The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants will come into force on May 17 now that 50 states have ratified it, Environment Minister Marian Hobbs announced today. France was the 50th state. More >>
Ministerial List - As at 26 February 2004
Thursday, 26 February 2004, 5:07 pm | New Zealand Government
Notes: 1. All Ministers are members of the Executive Council. 2. Portfolios are listed in the left hand column. Other responsibilities assigned by the Prime Minister are listed in the right hand column. More >>
Staff shortages reinforce govt. focus on skills
Thursday, 26 February 2004, 4:37 pm | New Zealand Government
The continued difficulty employers face in recruiting staff emphasises the government’s focus on skills development, Social Development and Employment Minister Steve Maharey said today. More >>
Rural assistance payments to flood victims
Thursday, 26 February 2004, 4:29 pm | New Zealand Government
The government has increased the rates of emergency payments to disaster victims and approved on-going financial assistance for flood affected farmers in the lower North Island, Social Development and Employment Minister Steve Maharey said today. More >>
Otago students win out of videoconferencing
Thursday, 26 February 2004, 3:08 pm | New Zealand Government
OtagoNet, a cluster of nine rural Otago schools, is to receive $330,000 over three years to enhance students' education through video conferencing, Education Minister Trevor Mallard announced today. More >>
Ombudsman's report accepted in full
Thursday, 26 February 2004, 3:01 pm | New Zealand Government
The Acting Immigration Minister Paul Swain says he accepts in full the report of the Ombudsman into the actions of the Department in regard to an Official Information Act complaint. More >>
Official opening of Huntly Energy Efficiency Trust
Thursday, 26 February 2004, 1:47 pm | New Zealand Government
My parliamentary colleague Nanaia Mahuta, Kaumatua Thomas Nota, Keri Nota, Pat Kingi and Tokoroa Waikato, Kuia Mutual Broadhurst, Pamela Storey (Chair of the Huntly Energy Efficiency Trust (HEET), Peter Harris, Mayor of the Waikato District Council. More >>
