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Time for Nats to come clean on Kyoto

Thursday, 4 September 2003, 3:57 pm | New Zealand Government

The National Party has to come clean on whether it would withdraw New Zealand from the Kyoto Protocol, says Pete Hodgson, the Convenor of the Ministerial Group on Climate Change. More >>

Farmers must face up to climate change

Thursday, 4 September 2003, 2:10 pm | New Zealand Government

Farmers must face up to climate change and help find solutions to greenhouse gas emissions from their industry, says the Convenor of the Ministerial Group on Climate Change, Pete Hodgson. More >>

Getting smart about quality in health care

Thursday, 4 September 2003, 11:50 am | New Zealand Government

Health Minister Annette King today launched a Ministry of Health document that aims to improve the quality of health care in New Zealand: Improving Quality (IQ): A Systems Approach for the New Zealand Health and Disability Sector. More >>

Review announced for central Northland schools

Thursday, 4 September 2003, 10:26 am | New Zealand Government

Education Minister Trevor Mallard announced today a review of central Northland schools aimed at ensuring that sustainable quality education will continue to be delivered to local students well into the future. More >>

District Court Judge appointed

Thursday, 4 September 2003, 9:06 am | New Zealand Government

Attorney-General Margaret Wilson today announced the appointment of Jan Kelly as a District Court Judge. She will sit in Wellington from 8 October. More >>

Primary Industry Sector And The Government

Wednesday, 3 September 2003, 11:50 pm | New Zealand Government

Pastoral agriculture and the Government are currently discussing the best way of meeting the objectives of the O'Hara report. More >>

Desperate English makes cowardly attack

Wednesday, 3 September 2003, 6:38 pm | New Zealand Government

State Services Minister Trevor Mallard today called on National leader Bill English to apologise to the public service and to the State Services Commissioner for inferring the Commissioner had said public servants were ‘political puppets’. More >>

Address to ANZ Investment Luncheon, Singapore

Wednesday, 3 September 2003, 5:32 pm | New Zealand Government

Thank you for coming here today. The main purpose of lunch today is for you to be able to ask me questions and so I will give you a brief overview of economic conditions in New Zealand and then throw things open for discussion. More >>

English Elastic with the Truth

Wednesday, 3 September 2003, 5:13 pm | New Zealand Government

Bill English's increasingly desperate attempts to create a beat-up around the release of documents related to the November/December 2000 suspected contamination of corn seed, plumbed new depths in Parliament today, Environment Minister Marian Hobbs said. More >>

Climate policy on agriculture: clear & consistent

Wednesday, 3 September 2003, 4:53 pm | New Zealand Government

The Government has been clear and consistent for more than two years on climate change policy relating to agriculture, says the Convenor of the Ministerial Group on Climate Change, Pete Hodgson. More >>

Medical misadventure submissions summary released

Wednesday, 3 September 2003, 4:49 pm | New Zealand Government

A summary of consultation submissions on medical misadventure released today provides sound guidance for reform of the scheme's provisions, ACC Minister Ruth Dyson says. A total of 184 submissions were received from individuals, health professionals, ... More >>

High standards expected of the public service

Wednesday, 3 September 2003, 10:36 am | New Zealand Government

Labour Minister Margaret Wilson says the Department of Labour’s investigation into the management of information relating to Ahmed Zaoui correctly identifies the high standards expected of public servants. More >>

Medal Presentation to Next of Kin

Wednesday, 3 September 2003, 9:58 am | New Zealand Government

Prime Minister Helen Clark and Defence Minister Mark Burton will today present the New Zealand Operational Service Medal (NZOSM) to 49 next of kin of New Zealanders who were killed or died in military operations since 1945. More than 200 people will ... More >>