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One man dead in Kawerau crash
Friday, 27 November 2015, 11:02 am | New Zealand Government
Police are still at the scene of a two-truck crash on McKee Road, south of Kawerau. More >>
Remuneration Authority Appointments
Friday, 27 November 2015, 10:33 am | New Zealand Government
Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety Michael Woodhouse today announced the appointment of Fran Wilde as Chair and Geoffrey Summers as a new member of the Remuneration Authority (the Authority). The Authority is responsible for setting the rates of ... More >>
Where does the city end and the country begin?
Friday, 27 November 2015, 10:31 am | New Zealand Government
New Zealanders who want to understand the similarities or differences between Sandringham and Three Kings, Brooklyn and Vogeltown, or Sydhenham and Beckenham can have their say about how these areas and more are defined for statistical purposes, Statistics ... More >>
Marlborough colleges to co-locate
Friday, 27 November 2015, 10:30 am | New Zealand Government
Marlborough Boys’ and Girls’ Colleges are to be co-located on a new site in a development costing up to $63 million that will equip them with state-of-the-art buildings and technology, Education Minister Hekia Parata announced today. More >>
Minimum family tax credit to rise
Friday, 27 November 2015, 9:07 am | New Zealand Government
Hon Todd McClay Minister of Revenue 26 November 2015 Minimum family tax credit to rise More >>
Lower rate for calculating FBT on low-interest loans
Friday, 27 November 2015, 9:03 am | New Zealand Government
Lower rate for calculating FBT on low-interest loans Revenue Minister Todd McClay today announced that the new prescribed interest rate used to calculate fringe benefit tax on low-interest loans provided by employers to their employees will be 5.99%. ... More >>
Inquiry highlights lessons from Penrose outage
Thursday, 26 November 2015, 2:03 pm | New Zealand Government
Energy and Resources Minister Simon Bridges has welcomed the Electricity Authority’s report on the October 2014 outage at Penrose substation in Auckland. More >>
Education Legislation Bill 2015 introduced
Thursday, 26 November 2015, 12:12 pm | New Zealand Government
Education Minister Hekia Parata says the Education Legislation Bill 2015 introduced today will amend eight statutes to improve administrative and governance arrangements for educational entities and funding organisations across the education sector. Ms ... More >>
Resource legislation introduced to Parliament
Thursday, 26 November 2015, 12:09 pm | New Zealand Government
The Government introduced to Parliament today its substantive Bill overhauling the Resource Management Act (RMA) to support business growth and housing development while also ensuring more effective environmental management, Environment Minister ... More >>
West Coast joins Regional Growth Programme
Thursday, 26 November 2015, 11:10 am | New Zealand Government
Opportunities for more investment, more jobs and better incomes for the West Coast will be the focus of a comprehensive economic study announced today by Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce and Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy. More >>
Greymouth joins ranks of fully-fibred towns
Thursday, 26 November 2015, 11:02 am | New Zealand Government
Greymouth has become the twelfth New Zealand town to be fully-fibred under the Government’s Ultra-Fast Broadband programme, Communications Minister Amy Adams announced today. More >>
Southland to get new Trades Academy
Thursday, 26 November 2015, 10:20 am | New Zealand Government
A brand new Trades Academy will open in Southland next year, meaning secondary school students in every region of the country will now have the opportunity to gain practical skills while studying towards NCEA credits and tertiary qualifications, Minister ... More >>
Start of aeromagnetic survey programme
Thursday, 26 November 2015, 10:16 am | New Zealand Government
Energy and Resources Minister Simon Bridges has announced that the Government’s latest programme of aeromagnetic surveys will begin soon in Nelson and Marlborough. More >>
Ministers welcome 5000th Christchurch repair
Thursday, 26 November 2015, 9:31 am | New Zealand Government
The Minister Responsible for Housing New Zealand, Bill English, along with Social Housing Minister, Paula Bennett, are welcoming news that the massive programme to repair 5000 earthquake-damaged social housing stock in Christchurch has been reached ... More >>
Turakina Māori Girls’ College to close
Thursday, 26 November 2015, 8:48 am | New Zealand Government
Education Minister Hon Hekia Parata has announced that Turakina Māori Girls’ College will close on 27 January 2016. More >>
Overseas visitors vote with their wallets
Wednesday, 25 November 2015, 5:23 pm | New Zealand Government
New tourism figures out today show overseas visitors are voting with their wallets and endorsing New Zealand’s reputation as a world-class destination, Associate Tourism Minister Paula Bennett says. More >>
Flavell: Ngā Tohu Reo Māori 2015
Wednesday, 25 November 2015, 5:19 pm | New Zealand Government
Rārangi maunga tū tonu tū tonu, rārangi tāngata ngaro noa, ngaro noa. More >>
Flavell: Rise 2025 Indigenous Coaching & Development Program
Wednesday, 25 November 2015, 5:17 pm | New Zealand Government
Today we are here to acknowledge the first 14 wāhine Māori to embark upon the # Rise 2025 Indigenous Coaching and Development Programme supported by MWDI. This global coaching certification aims to deploy these certified coaches to work with MWDI clients. ... More >>
Flavell: Crossing the floor book launch
Wednesday, 25 November 2015, 5:16 pm | New Zealand Government
I am delighted to welcome you all here to the Banquet Hall of Parliament to celebrate the Honourable Dame Tariana Turia , and to launch her biography, as written by Helen Leahy . It is a mark of the high esteem in which she is held that there are so many ... More >>
Good progress in two years of Housing Accord
Wednesday, 25 November 2015, 5:15 pm | New Zealand Government
The Auckland Housing Accord is freeing up land faster for housing and helping drive increasing momentum in residential construction, Building and Housing Minister Dr Nick Smith and Mayor Len Brown said today in releasing the second year monitoring ... More >>
