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Interim Redcliffs decision announced
Wednesday, 25 November 2015, 4:08 pm | New Zealand Government
Education Minister Hekia Parata has made an interim decision to close Redcliffs School in Christchurch because of ongoing concern about the unstable cliff behind the school. More >>
Record low number of backroom bureaucrats
Wednesday, 25 November 2015, 2:12 pm | New Zealand Government
Ongoing restraint in the public sector and a focus on better frontline services has seen a further reduction in the number of core Government employees, State Services Minister Paula Bennett says. More >>
Funding to engage young Wellingtonians with science
Wednesday, 25 November 2015, 1:42 pm | New Zealand Government
Wellington is set to benefit from additional projects in the Unlocking Curious Minds fund, Science and Innovation Minister Steven Joyce announced today. More >>
$1 million to engage young Kiwis with science and tech
Wednesday, 25 November 2015, 1:19 pm | New Zealand Government
Hon Steven Joyce Minister of Science and Innovation 25 November 2015 $1 million to engage young Kiwis with science and tech More >>
More opportunities for Māori and Pasifika Trades Training
Wednesday, 25 November 2015, 11:35 am | New Zealand Government
Changes to the Māori and Pasifika Trades Training (MPTT) programme from next year will open the door to trade careers for more Māori and Pasifika learners, Tertiary Education Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce and Māori Development Minister ... More >>
Minister launches Healthy Families Rotorua
Wednesday, 25 November 2015, 11:27 am | New Zealand Government
Minister launches Healthy Families Rotorua Health Minister Jonathan Coleman has today launched Healthy Families Rotorua at Rotorua Primary School. “Healthy Families NZ is about encouraging people to live healthier lives by making good food choices, ... More >>
Sonny Smith arrested
Wednesday, 25 November 2015, 11:19 am | New Zealand Government
This morning, Hutt Valley Police arrested Sonny Carl SMITH who was wanted to arrest on a parole recall warrant. More >>
Caversham Valley improvements deliver safer journeys
Wednesday, 25 November 2015, 11:17 am | New Zealand Government
Transport Minister Simon Bridges today opened the second and final stage of the Government’s $45 million Caversham Highway Improvement project in Dunedin. More >>
HMNZS Otago to depart for Southern Ocean
Wednesday, 25 November 2015, 9:47 am | New Zealand Government
Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee says off-shore patrol vessel HMNZS Otago will leave Dunedin for the Southern Ocean on Thursday, to monitor fishing activity. More >>
White Ribbon Day puts spotlight on family violence
Wednesday, 25 November 2015, 9:38 am | New Zealand Government
White Ribbon Day highlights the need for a continued focus on helping to reduce family and sexual violence, Justice Minister Amy Adams says. More >>
Soft Plastics Recycling Programme launched
Wednesday, 25 November 2015, 9:16 am | New Zealand Government
A joint initiative between the retail sector, the packaging industry and the Government to enable the recycling of soft plastics that previously could not be was officially launched in Auckland this morning by Environment Minister Dr Nick Smith. More >>
Government suggests options to improve financial advice laws
Wednesday, 25 November 2015, 9:12 am | New Zealand Government
Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Paul Goldsmith today released an options paper which sets out ways to improve our financial advice legislation. More >>
Study confirms NZ’s commitment to education
Wednesday, 25 November 2015, 9:04 am | New Zealand Government
Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce and Education Minister Hekia Parata have welcomed a new report showing that New Zealand invests a larger portion of its public spending in education than all but a handful of other OECD ... More >>
NZ food and beverage sector adding value to volume
Tuesday, 24 November 2015, 9:55 pm | New Zealand Government
A new report on New Zealand’s food and beverage export sector shows that the sector is successfully achieving growth by investing in added value products and moving up the value chain. More >>
ETS review an opportunity for forestry
Tuesday, 24 November 2015, 5:19 pm | New Zealand Government
Today’s announcement of the start of a review of the NZ ETS brings an opportunity to consider how New Zealand can further incentivise the planting of more forests, says Associate Primary Industries Minister Jo Goodhew. More >>
Government begins review of ETS
Tuesday, 24 November 2015, 5:12 pm | New Zealand Government
The Government has begun its review of the Emissions Trading Scheme (NZ ETS) to assess its operation and effectiveness to 2020 and beyond, Climate Change Issues Minister Tim Groser announced today. More >>
Te Ururoa Flavell joins 250 km run
Tuesday, 24 November 2015, 5:01 pm | New Zealand Government
Waiariki MP, Te Ururoa Flavell, will lace up his running shoes tomorrow and join 45-year-old Kahira-Rata Olley as she begins her epic 250 kilometre run which calls for an end to domestic and sexual abuse. More >>
New tourism and hospitality college for Northland
Tuesday, 24 November 2015, 4:58 pm | New Zealand Government
Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce and Associate Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment, Louise Upston have welcomed the announcement today of a new tourism and hospitality college that will open in Northland early next year. More >>
Minister to travel to Paris for key climate meeting
Tuesday, 24 November 2015, 4:46 pm | New Zealand Government
Climate Change Issues Minister Tim Groser will today travel to Paris, France to take part in a key meeting on climate change at which a new global climate change agreement is expected to be concluded. More >>
Employers urged to give offenders a chance
Tuesday, 24 November 2015, 2:56 pm | New Zealand Government
Corrections Minister Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga hosted a breakfast today for more than 80 employers in a bid to help find jobs for offenders and reduce reoffending. The employer engagement breakfast in Auckland, which was also attended by Prime Minister ... More >>
