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Budget 2017: $27m extra for Capital & Coast DHB
Friday, 26 May 2017, 4:07 pm | New Zealand Government
Health Minister Jonathan Coleman says new funding for Capital & Coast DHB in Budget 2017 increases the DHB’s total allocation to a record level. More >>
Budget 2017: $26m extra for Bay of Plenty DHB
Friday, 26 May 2017, 4:05 pm | New Zealand Government
Health Minister Jonathan Coleman says new funding for Bay of Plenty DHB in Budget 2017 increases the DHB’s total allocation to a record level. More >>
Budget 2017: $44m extra for Auckland DHB
Friday, 26 May 2017, 4:04 pm | New Zealand Government
Health Minister Jonathan Coleman says new funding for Auckland DHB in Budget 2017 increases the DHB’s total allocation to a record level. More >>
$8m pay rise for community-based midwives
Friday, 26 May 2017, 3:54 pm | New Zealand Government
Health Minister Jonathan Coleman says community-based midwives are set to receive their share of an $8 million pay increase. More >>
Kaye: $1.5 billion Budget boost for education
Friday, 26 May 2017, 1:32 pm | New Zealand Government
Tēnā koutou katoa. Welcome. It’s a pleasure to be here today to talk about my first Budget as Education Minister. More >>
$144k for up to 495 new youth development opportunities
Friday, 26 May 2017, 1:07 pm | New Zealand Government
Partnerships with InOvation Trust and Te Aratika Creative will see around $144,000 invested to create up to 495 new leadership and mentoring opportunities for young people, Youth Minister Nikki Kaye announced today. More >>
Greenhouse gas emissions decline
Friday, 26 May 2017, 1:04 pm | New Zealand Government
The latest Greenhouse Gas Inventory shows gross emissions have remained stable since 2003 and declined in 2015 as New Zealand is becoming more carbon efficient, says Climate Change Minister Paula Bennett. More >>
Investing in our Pacific communities
Friday, 26 May 2017, 12:37 pm | New Zealand Government
Investment in Budget 2017 will help improve outcomes for our Pacific communities in New Zealand, Pacific Peoples Minister Alfred Ngaro says. More >>
Cathedral Working Group report released
Friday, 26 May 2017, 12:19 pm | New Zealand Government
Cathedral Working Group report released Minister supporting Greater Christchurch Regeneration Nicky Wagner is today releasing the Cathedral Working Group Recommendation Report. “I firmly believe we need an agreed solution on the future of the cathedral, ... More >>
Speech to Public Relations Institute of New Zealand
Friday, 26 May 2017, 11:11 am | New Zealand Government
I assume the title ‘Seismic Shifts’ doesn’t require me to deliver a long, detailed dissertation on what many people here in Canterbury have lived through for more than six years, or to give you a lesson on the world’s tectonic plates. More >>
Scope of multi-use arena study released
Friday, 26 May 2017, 10:55 am | New Zealand Government
Minister supporting Greater Christchurch Regeneration Nicky Wagner and Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel are today releasing the Terms of Reference for a pre-feasibility study into a new multi-use arena in Christchurch. More >>
NZ joins global response to antimicrobial resistance
Friday, 26 May 2017, 9:44 am | New Zealand Government
Health Minister Jonathan Coleman and Food Safety Minister David Bennett welcome the announcement of New Zealand’s action plan for tackling the growing issue of antimicrobial resistance. More >>
Care & support workers’ pay equity bill passes 1st reading
Thursday, 25 May 2017, 7:09 pm | New Zealand Government
Care & support workers’ pay equity legislation passes 1st reading Health Minister Jonathan Coleman says a bill which will ensure 55,000 care and support workers receive their share in a $2 billion pay rise has passed its first reading. The Care and Support ... More >>
Rocket launch a huge step for New Zealand’s space industry
Thursday, 25 May 2017, 5:43 pm | New Zealand Government
Minister for Economic Development Simon Bridges has congratulated the team at Rocket Lab on the successful launch of their first test rocket on the Mahia Peninsula. More >>
Budget Speech 2017
Thursday, 25 May 2017, 5:11 pm | New Zealand Government
I move that the Appropriation (2017/18 Estimates) Bill be now read a second time. More >>
$21.2m to tell New Zealand’s stories and news
Thursday, 25 May 2017, 2:48 pm | New Zealand Government
Budget 2017 includes a significant investment in Radio New Zealand, as well as new funding to support the understanding of our most important national stories, Ms Barry says. More >>
$28m boost for whānau-centred initiatives
Thursday, 25 May 2017, 2:37 pm | New Zealand Government
More whānau will get access to Whānau Ora support across the country with the injection of $10 million of new operating funding over four years in this year’s Budget, Whānau Ora Minister Te Ururoa Flavell says. More >>
$21m boost for Māori language and culture
Thursday, 25 May 2017, 2:36 pm | New Zealand Government
Budget 2017 will provide an extra $21 million of operating funding for Māori language initiatives to support the continued revitalisation of te reo and Māori culture, Māori Development Minister Te Ururoa Flavell says. More >>
Budget 2017 invests $3.4m in Pitt Island Wharf
Thursday, 25 May 2017, 2:34 pm | New Zealand Government
The Government is investing $3.4 million of new operating funding over the next four years in Budget 2017 to complete works for the Pitt Island Wharf resilience programme on the Chatham Islands. More >>
$4.5m to explore census transformation
Thursday, 25 May 2017, 2:34 pm | New Zealand Government
$4.5 million of new operating funding over the next three years will allow Stats NZ to explore new ways of obtaining and providing census information without the expense and inconvenience to New Zealanders of a full five-year census, Statistics ... More >>
