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Section of Waikato Expressway opened
Thursday, 1 May 2003, 10:38 am | New Zealand Government
Transport Minister Paul Swain and Hamilton West MP Martin Gallagher welcomed the opening of a section of the Waikato Expressway, south of Rangiriri, today. More >>
Labour Minister’s May Day reminder
Thursday, 1 May 2003, 9:19 am | New Zealand Government
Labour Minister Margaret Wilson has marked May Day with a reminder of the continued gains being made for New Zealand workers under the Labour-led government. More >>
Budget 2003: $85m industry package unveiled
Thursday, 1 May 2003, 9:10 am | New Zealand Government
A major industry training funding package was announced today, together with a campaign to promote the benefits of workplace learning to employers and workers. More >>
Budget 2003: Campaign to boost industry training
Thursday, 1 May 2003, 9:09 am | New Zealand Government
The government is joining forces with Business New Zealand and the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions in a campaign to promote the benefits of workplace learning to employers and workers. More >>
Budget 2003: Vocational education and research
Thursday, 1 May 2003, 9:08 am | New Zealand Government
Funding of $50,000 to develop a proposal for a national centre for vocational education and training research is included in the industry training package announced today. More >>
Language Line telephone interpreting service pilot
Wednesday, 30 April 2003, 6:01 pm | New Zealand Government
Ethnic people throughout the country will be able to talk to key government agencies in thirty different languages over the phone due to a major new initiative launched by Ethnic Affairs Minister Chris Carter today. More >>
Swain congratulates Wellington on its ICT strategy
Wednesday, 30 April 2003, 3:27 pm | New Zealand Government
Minister of Communications and Information Technology Paul Swain congratulated ‘Positively Wellington Business’ on the launch of its information and communication technologies (ICT) strategy for the Wellington region. More >>
Australian Recall of Pan Pharmaceutical Products
Wednesday, 30 April 2003, 3:24 pm | New Zealand Government
Health and Food Safety Minister Annette King today called on the dietary supplements and complementary medicines industry to cooperate responsibly in a voluntary withdrawal from the market of dietary supplements, manufactured by Pan Pharmaceuticals, and ... More >>
Road toll must come down - Swain
Wednesday, 30 April 2003, 3:24 pm | New Zealand Government
We need to keep the pressure on if we are to continue with the good progress we are making in lowering the road toll Transport Minister Paul Swain told the New Zealand Automobile Association’s Driver Education Conference in Wellington this morning. More >>
Tribute paid to New Zealand motorsport icon
Wednesday, 30 April 2003, 10:35 am | New Zealand Government
Sport and Recreation Minister Trevor Mallard today paid tribute to New Zealand’s greatest motorsport hero and icon Possum Bourne who died in Dunedin early today. More >>
Paul Swain AA Driver Education Conference speech
Wednesday, 30 April 2003, 10:31 am | New Zealand Government
Thank you for inviting me here to your annual conference. Before I begin I’d like to acknowledge the AA Driver Education Trust’s Chair Rob Lester, the 12 trust board members and its chief executive Peter Sheppard. More >>
Low business confidence levels expected - Cullen
Wednesday, 30 April 2003, 8:38 am | New Zealand Government
“The weakness in headline business confidence is unsurprising given the sluggish state of the world economy and the uncertainties affecting both the global and the New Zealand environment,” Finance Minister Michael Cullen said. More >>
Parliament confirms new Chief Ombudsman
Wednesday, 30 April 2003, 8:37 am | New Zealand Government
Parliament today unanimously confirmed Commerce Commission Chairman John Belgrave in his appointment as the new Chief Ombudsman from 1 July 2003. More >>
SARS Updates
Wednesday, 30 April 2003, 8:26 am | New Zealand Government
Health Minister Annette King says she is being advised daily by the Ministry of Health on latest developments concerning Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), and is confident the Ministry, working with an expert independent technical advisory council, ... More >>
Talented public servants enter inaugural programme
Wednesday, 30 April 2003, 8:24 am | New Zealand Government
State Services Minister Trevor Mallard today announced the chosen 20 public servants who will attend the inaugural Executive Master of Public Administration (EMPA) degree programme at the Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG). More >>
Library Act fulfils Labour promise
Wednesday, 30 April 2003, 8:22 am | New Zealand Government
The successful passing of the National Library Bill by Parliament today should be celebrated by the whole community, according to the National Library Minister Marian Hobbs. More >>
Goff Speech: on work of the Ad Hoc Experts Group
Wednesday, 30 April 2003, 8:21 am | New Zealand Government
Address to the second regional ministerial conference on people smuggling, trafficking in persons and related transnational crime Bali, Indonesia More >>
Smith and Shirley misleading on Dobson proposal
Wednesday, 30 April 2003, 8:20 am | New Zealand Government
Claims made by National MP Nick Smith and Act MP Ken Shirley about the Dobson Dam hydro project are misleading, Conservation Minister Chris Carter said today. More >>
Future development of Hydrogen Economy Discussed
Wednesday, 30 April 2003, 12:20 am | New Zealand Government
Hon Harry Duynhoven MP, Associate Minister of Energy, has welcomed the surprise announcement by US Secretary of Energy, Spencer Abraham, calling for development of international collaboration in advanced research and development that will support the future deployment ... More >>
US welfare reforms show one size does not fit all
Wednesday, 30 April 2003, 12:09 am | New Zealand Government
Selective dissemination of recent US welfare reform studies by Act and the National Party have no relevance in New Zealand and demonstrate nothing more than a frustrated attempt to derail this Government's positive social policy direction. More >>
