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River and lake targets need to be practical

Saturday, 4 March 2017, 7:20 pm | New Zealand Government

The Government’s 90 per cent swimmability target covers waterways over 40cm deep and lakes more than 1.5km in perimeter so the target is practical and measureable, Environment Minister Dr Nick Smith says. More >>

Bennett to lead trade delegation to Sri Lanka

Saturday, 4 March 2017, 2:27 pm | New Zealand Government

Bennett to lead trade delegation to Sri Lanka Food Safety Minister David Bennett is today travelling to Sri Lanka with a New Zealand business delegation to further strengthen ties between the two countries. “New Zealand’s relationship with Sri ... More >>

Minister welcomes campaign to wipe out wasps

Friday, 3 March 2017, 4:53 pm | New Zealand Government

Conservation Minister Maggie Barry today praised a new eradication campaign, ‘Wasp Wipeout’, which is removing pest wasps from the Nelson-Tasman region this summer. More >>

Celebrating Children’s Day and Foster Carers

Friday, 3 March 2017, 3:56 pm | New Zealand Government

Minister for Children Anne Tolley says that events are being held all around New Zealand this Sunday to celebrate Children’s Day, as Foster Care Awareness week gets under way. More >>

McCully to visit the Gulf

Friday, 3 March 2017, 2:26 pm | New Zealand Government

Foreign Minister Murray McCully travels to the Gulf region this weekend for meetings in Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Bahrain. More >>

Stats NZ takes lead on open data

Friday, 3 March 2017, 2:02 pm | New Zealand Government

Statistics Minister Mark Mitchell has welcomed the transfer of the Government’s open data programme to Statistics New Zealand (Stats NZ), saying it will help boost the Government’s commitment to providing better and more freely available information. ... More >>

Kiwis benefiting from lifestyle prescriptions

Friday, 3 March 2017, 1:00 pm | New Zealand Government

Health Minister Jonathan Coleman says more adults and their families are benefiting from medication-free healthy lifestyle prescriptions. More >>

Police locate man being sought in Te Awamutu

Friday, 3 March 2017, 12:46 pm | New Zealand Government

Jago's associate 24-year-old Dominic Brinkman is still sought by Police and we continue to appeal for information from the public on his whereabouts. More >>

Major upgrade planned from Whangarei to Northport

Friday, 3 March 2017, 11:28 am | New Zealand Government

Transport Minister Simon Bridges has announced that the NZ Transport Agency is working to ensure significant improvements to a section of State Highway 1 between Whangarei and Port Marsden Highway are completed as quickly as possible, with construction ... More >>

Northland transport projects making solid progress

Friday, 3 March 2017, 11:26 am | New Zealand Government

Transport Minister Simon Bridges says transport infrastructure continues to be a priority in Northland as the region marked the start of two new transport projects and celebrated the completion of more today. More >>

Address to International Fiscal Association Conference

Friday, 3 March 2017, 10:26 am | New Zealand Government

Thank you for inviting me to open your conference. More >>

Preferred bidder for third schools PPP

Friday, 3 March 2017, 10:22 am | New Zealand Government

ShapEd has been selected as the preferred bidder for the Ministry of Education’s third Public Private Partnership (PPP) to build six schools, Education Minister Hekia Parata announced today. More >>

Three BEPS consultation documents released

Friday, 3 March 2017, 9:54 am | New Zealand Government

Finance Minister Steven Joyce and Revenue Minister Judith Collins have released three consultation papers proposing new measures to strengthen New Zealand’s rules for taxing large multinationals. More >>

Three new primary schools to open in 2019

Friday, 3 March 2017, 9:27 am | New Zealand Government

Education Minister Hekia Parata has announced Auckland, Tauranga and Canterbury will each see a new primary school opening their doors for students in 2019. More >>

New agreement to strengthen data use

Thursday, 2 March 2017, 2:43 pm | New Zealand Government

Statistics Minister Mark Mitchell today announced Statistics New Zealand will team up with its Netherlands counterpart to strengthen the way both agencies gather and use data. More >>

New Corrections officers graduate

Thursday, 2 March 2017, 1:44 pm | New Zealand Government

Corrections Minister Louise Upston has congratulated 65 new Corrections officers and offender employment instructors who graduated from their 12-week training course today. “I thank these men and women for choosing a career with Corrections and ... More >>