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Charting assessment assists shipping safety
Monday, 20 July 2015, 3:50 pm | New Zealand Government
An in-depth assessment of New Zealand’s waters is set to improve maritime safety for ships, Minister for Land Information Louise Upston has announced today. More >>
First two new tertiary councils formed
Monday, 20 July 2015, 11:28 am | New Zealand Government
Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce has announced the first two tertiary councils to be established under changes to the Education Act. More >>
Trans-Tasman agreement on deported offenders
Monday, 20 July 2015, 8:40 am | New Zealand Government
Corrections Minister Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga and his Australian state and territory counterparts have agreed to develop better processes for sharing Corrections information across borders about deported offenders. More >>
New playground for Christmas
Monday, 20 July 2015, 8:37 am | New Zealand Government
Work on construction of the Margaret Mahy Family Playground is underway to be complete in time for the Christmas holidays this year, says Associate Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Nicky Wagner. More >>
Review of prison incidents to be widened
Sunday, 19 July 2015, 11:35 am | New Zealand Government
Over the last few days, video footage has emerged which apparently shows prisoners at Mt Eden Corrections Facility fighting and engaging in other activities that are banned inside New Zealand prison facilities. More >>
New plastics recycling initiative announced
Saturday, 18 July 2015, 6:21 pm | New Zealand Government
The Government is partnering with the retail sector and packaging industry to recycle thousands of tonnes of plastics like shopping bags that currently cannot be, Environment Minister Dr Nick Smith announced today. More >>
$200k 2016 Youth Fund open for applications
Saturday, 18 July 2015, 10:24 am | New Zealand Government
Youth Minister Nikki Kaye today opened applications for Youth Fund 2016, which makes $200,000 available for community projects led by young people. More >>
Funding boost for Calwell Slipway clean up
Friday, 17 July 2015, 3:59 pm | New Zealand Government
The Government is contributing $200,000 towards the design of a clean-up of the Calwell Slip in Port Nelson, contaminated from copper and tributyltin from ship maintenance operations in the 1970s. “This project is a partnership between the Government, ... More >>
NZ remembers anniversary of MH17 downing
Friday, 17 July 2015, 3:09 pm | New Zealand Government
Foreign Minister Murray McCully says the thoughts of all New Zealanders are with the victims of the MH17 tragedy and their families on the first anniversary of the flight going down. More >>
Labour re-announces Government announcement
Friday, 17 July 2015, 10:44 am | New Zealand Government
Acting Minister of Finance Steven Joyce has congratulated Labour Party Leader Andrew Little on finally announcing his first “new” policy after eight months in the job, although unfortunately for Labour it’s a cut and paste of a previous Government ... More >>
Benefit data lowest for June quarter since GFC
Friday, 17 July 2015, 10:16 am | New Zealand Government
Social Development Minister Anne Tolley says the latest benefit figures show the number of people receiving welfare is the lowest for any June quarter since before the Global Financial Crisis. More >>
$100m-plus transportable classroom deal signed
Friday, 17 July 2015, 10:13 am | New Zealand Government
A contract has been signed with the consortium Interlink which will provide over $100 million worth of modern, multi-purpose, transportable classrooms over ten years, says Associate Education Minister Nikki Kaye. More >>
Trade And Climate Change - Tim Groser
Friday, 17 July 2015, 9:17 am | New Zealand Government
Address to the Institute of International and European Affairs Leadership Forum on Climate-Smart Agriculture, 16 July 2015 More >>
NZ-Japan commitment to geothermal energy
Thursday, 16 July 2015, 4:16 pm | New Zealand Government
Energy and Resources Minister, Simon Bridges, says a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed today will strengthen the strategic partnership in renewable energy research and development between New Zealand and Japan. More >>
Language Line use continues to grow
Thursday, 16 July 2015, 3:34 pm | New Zealand Government
More than 1000 people a week are now using the telephone interpreter service Language Line, Ethnic Communities Minister Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga says. Over the last year, almost 56,500 phone calls were made to access Language Line, which allows non-English ... More >>
ICT Graduate Schools announced in Auckland and Christchurch
Thursday, 16 July 2015, 10:43 am | New Zealand Government
Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce has today announced the successful hosts of the first two new Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Graduate Schools to be established in Auckland and Christchurch. More >>
Pacific Peoples Advisory Council appointed
Thursday, 16 July 2015, 9:41 am | New Zealand Government
A former government minister and a former TVNZ reporter are among the new faces in the council that advises Pacific Peoples Minister Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga. More >>
McCully to New York for UNSC Presidency
Thursday, 16 July 2015, 9:26 am | New Zealand Government
Foreign Minister Murray McCully travels to New York this weekend to support New Zealand’s Presidency of the United Nations Security Council. More >>
Minister welcomes Tourism Industry Association partnership
Wednesday, 15 July 2015, 4:18 pm | New Zealand Government
A new partnership between the Department of Conservation and New Zealand’s largest tourism industry organisation will benefit both our natural environment and the economy, Conservation Minister Maggie Barry says. The partnership will see DOC work with the ... More >>
Lake Taupō water quality plan three years ahead of schedule
Wednesday, 15 July 2015, 3:05 pm | New Zealand Government
Lake Taupō water quality plan three years ahead of schedule A joint Government and council initiative to reduce nitrogen leaching into Lake Taupō by 20 per cent, or 170 tonnes per year, has achieved its goal three years ahead of schedule, Environment ... More >>
