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Beehive Bulletin Friday 8 August
Friday, 8 August 2003, 4:04 pm | New Zealand Government
A $104.5 million jobs package was unveiled this week help people get off benefits and into employment. Jobs Jolt will help employers facing skill shortages, the long-term unemployed, people with disabilities, long-term sickness and invalid beneficiaries, ... More >>
Dalziel Speech: Immigration: Where we are heading
Friday, 8 August 2003, 2:59 pm | New Zealand Government
Good morning and thank you for the opportunity to again speak to the NZAMI Conference. I said in my introduction to the NZAMI Annual report that I was surprised to be invited to contribute to the report given the matter of the legal proceedings that arose ... More >>
Extending New Zealand’s borders off-shore
Friday, 8 August 2003, 2:57 pm | New Zealand Government
Scrutiny of airline travellers to New Zealand will be enhanced through the new Advance Passenger Screening (APS) system launched by Immigration Minister Lianne Dalziel in Auckland today. More >>
Pathways from school to work and study
Friday, 8 August 2003, 2:54 pm | New Zealand Government
Trevor Mallard Speech to the annual conference of the New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER), Quality Hotel, Wellington More >>
Students moving up with STAR programme
Friday, 8 August 2003, 2:52 pm | New Zealand Government
Senior secondary students greatly value their STAR experiences and the programme is working well to help them move into employment and training, according to a research report released today by Education Minister Trevor Mallard. More >>
Nick Smith gets it wrong again
Friday, 8 August 2003, 10:30 am | New Zealand Government
The Department of Conservation's refusal to stand by the "legal opinion" on the foreshore trumpeted by Nick Smith demonstrates Dr Smith got it wrong – again, Land Information Minister John Tamihere says. More >>
Goff Speech: Launch Pacific Cooperation Foundation
Friday, 8 August 2003, 8:31 am | New Zealand Government
Governor-General, Dame Sylvia Cartwright, your excellences Members of the Diplomatic corp, ministerial and parliamentary colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen. More >>
Goff welcomes Bali bombing verdict
Friday, 8 August 2003, 8:30 am | New Zealand Government
Foreign Minister Phil Goff has welcomed the guilty verdict handed down today in the first of the Bali bombing murder trials. More >>
Employment growth sees fall in unemployment
Friday, 8 August 2003, 12:05 am | New Zealand Government
Continued employment growth, against expectations, has seen New Zealand’s unemployment rate fall to its lowest level in sixteen years. More >>
Annan commends Solomons intervention
Friday, 8 August 2003, 12:02 am | New Zealand Government
Foreign Minister Phil Goff today welcomed a statement from United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan praising the regional response to the Solomon Islands crisis. More >>
Skills training amongst tertiary priorities
Thursday, 7 August 2003, 5:20 pm | New Zealand Government
The importance of skills training has been emphasised in a new Statement of Tertiary Education Priorities (STEP) released today. More >>
Satisfaction levels high in first NZDF
Thursday, 7 August 2003, 5:14 pm | New Zealand Government
More than 90% of NZDF personnel are satisfied with their employment, according to the 2002 NZDF On-going Attitude Survey (O-AtS)—the first such survey to be used by the Defence Force. More >>
Toll agreement exclusive – Cullen
Thursday, 7 August 2003, 2:57 pm | New Zealand Government
Finance Minister Michael Cullen today confirmed that the agreement reached with Toll Holdings was an exclusive one pending the success of Toll’s acquisition bid for Tranz Rail. More >>
Complaint regarding the Auckland Regional Council
Thursday, 7 August 2003, 2:42 pm | New Zealand Government
Local Government Minister Chris Carter confirmed today that he had received a request from a member of the public to formally intervene in the operations of the Auckland Regional Council. More >>
NZ denounces Iceland's plans for whale slaughter
Thursday, 7 August 2003, 2:41 pm | New Zealand Government
Iceland's decision to start-up a "scientific" whaling programme is of deep concern, Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Phil Goff and Conservation Minister Chris Carter said today. More >>
Kiwi music radio play reaches new high
Thursday, 7 August 2003, 11:52 am | New Zealand Government
New Zealand music played on commercial radio has increased again to a new high – mirroring Kiwi success in the sales charts this week. More >>
Public access for piece of Nelson coast
Thursday, 7 August 2003, 10:52 am | New Zealand Government
Public access to a beautiful piece of north-west Nelson coastline has been guaranteed in a new purchase by the Nature Heritage Fund, Conservation Minister Chris Carter announced today. More >>
Walkathon's success ensures its future
Thursday, 7 August 2003, 10:40 am | New Zealand Government
This year's Project K Weet-Bix Kiwi Kids Walkathon raised more than $140,000 for the 376 schools involved and youth charity Project K. More >>
Skilling the Nation – the Mission of Polytechnics
Thursday, 7 August 2003, 9:51 am | New Zealand Government
Address to the Association of Polytechnics in New Zealand Sector Charter and Brand Launch. Turnbull House, Wellington. More >>
The engine room of the knowledge society
Thursday, 7 August 2003, 9:50 am | New Zealand Government
Polytechnics and institutes of technology are the engine-rooms of the knowledge society, a role that can be properly acknowledged and resourced now that the government’s tertiary education reforms are in place, according to Associate Education (Tertiary ... More >>
