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Better Letters to encourage students' writing

Friday, 25 July 2003, 3:27 pm | New Zealand Government

Education Minister Trevor Mallard was at Wellington's Te Aro School today to launch Better Letters, a literacy resource aimed at helping teachers develop their students' letter writing skills. More >>

Burton To Foreign Correspondents’ Lunch, Sydney

Friday, 25 July 2003, 3:23 pm | New Zealand Government

Good afternoon, and welcome to you all. I’m delighted to see so many of you are interested in hearing about tourism in and to New Zealand. More >>

Wallaceville shutdown dangerous says Forum

Friday, 25 July 2003, 3:14 pm | New Zealand Government

The Greater Wellington Forum has welcomed progress on roading in the Wellington region and improved co-ordination in matching workers to skill gaps but expressed unanimous concern at the proposed shutdown of Agresearch's Wallaceville research ... More >>

Turia furious at attacks on Maori health providers

Friday, 25 July 2003, 2:37 pm | New Zealand Government

Associate Health Minister Tariana Turia has strongly defended Maori health providers, saying the history of Maori health has shown that whanau, hapu and iwi have a greater chance of achieving successful outcomes than others. More >>

Government supports partnership to protect Taupo

Friday, 25 July 2003, 11:22 am | New Zealand Government

The government has committed to a plan to protect Lake Taupo from the effects of excess nitrogen, Environment Minister, Marian Hobbs announced today. More >>

Hon Jim Sutton: Global Business Forum meeting, DC

Friday, 25 July 2003, 11:14 am | New Zealand Government

Thank you for that generous introduction and to the Global Business Dialogue for hosting this forum. I am delighted to have this opportunity to talk to you about New Zealand perspectives on the Doha Round. More >>

John Austin to World Bank

Friday, 25 July 2003, 10:16 am | New Zealand Government

Finance Minister Michael Cullen today announced the appointment of New Zealander John Austin as the next Executive Director of the World Bank. More >>

Police wage round settled

Friday, 25 July 2003, 9:22 am | New Zealand Government

This year’s police wage round includes a general wage adjustment and increases to most allowances of three per cent from 1 July 2003, two per cent next year and 2.5 per cent the following year. More >>

Solomon Islands Deputy Coordinator appointed

Friday, 25 July 2003, 9:20 am | New Zealand Government

New Zealander Peter Noble will be the Deputy Coordinator of the strengthened assistance programme to the Solomon Islands, Foreign Minister Phil Goff and Defence Minister Mark Burton announced today. More >>

NZ-US climate change partnership projects

Friday, 25 July 2003, 12:33 am | New Zealand Government

Senior officials from New Zealand and the United States met in Wellington today to consolidate cooperation under the bilateral climate change partnership. Through this initiative, the U.S. and New Zealand have committed to enhanced bilateral dialogue ... More >>

Protecting New Zealand's Landscapes

Friday, 25 July 2003, 12:08 am | New Zealand Government

Speech by Conservation Minister Chris Carter Landscape Conference Bruce Mason Centre, Auckland 25 July 2003 More >>

Goff travels to French Polynesia, Solomon Islands

Friday, 25 July 2003, 12:07 am | New Zealand Government

Foreign Minister Phil Goff heads to French Polynesia on Sunday to attend an informal forum with French President Jacques Chirac before flying to the Solomon Islands for talks with the government. More >>

Strengthened securities trading law

Thursday, 24 July 2003, 3:46 pm | New Zealand Government

Commerce Minister Lianne Dalziel today announced proposals to strengthen New Zealand’s securities trading law. More >>

Review to look at anomalies in tertiary ed. costs

Thursday, 24 July 2003, 3:45 pm | New Zealand Government

24 July 2003 Media Statement Funding review to look at anomalies in tertiary course costs More >>

NZ delegation promotes UN disability convention

Thursday, 24 July 2003, 3:42 pm | New Zealand Government

A New Zealand delegation has made a significant contribution to the development of a convention on the rights of people with disabilities, after attending a meeting at the United Nations last month, Foreign Minister Phil Goff and Disability Issues ... More >>

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