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Trade Minister in China for FTA discussion
Saturday, 28 February 2015, 12:55 pm | New Zealand Government
Trade Minister Tim Groser departs for China tonight to undertake a range of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) related meetings including discussions with his trade counterpart, Minister Gao Hucheng. More >>
Joint Statement by Prime Ministers Tony Abbott and John Key
Saturday, 28 February 2015, 11:53 am | New Zealand Government
Prime Minister the Hon Tony Abbott MP and Prime Minister the Rt Hon John Key met in Auckland on 28 February 2015 for the annual Australia-New Zealand Leaders’ Meeting. More >>
PMs Key and Abbott meet in Auckland
Saturday, 28 February 2015, 11:49 am | New Zealand Government
Prime Minister John Key met with Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott in Auckland today for their annual Leaders’ Talks. More >>
Coleman meets Australian counterpart
Saturday, 28 February 2015, 10:12 am | New Zealand Government
Health Minister Jonathan Coleman today met with his Australian counterpart Sussan Ley, Minister of Health and Minister for Sport. More >>
Gisborne Court gets connected to AVL network
Friday, 27 February 2015, 2:32 pm | New Zealand Government
Justice and Courts Minister Amy Adams has welcomed the addition of the Gisborne courthouse to the audio visual link (AVL) network that connects courts and prisons. The new link is the latest in a $27.8 million upgrade and expansion of AVL links to a total ... More >>
Encouraging start to the year for building consents
Friday, 27 February 2015, 2:28 pm | New Zealand Government
Encouraging start to the year for building consents Building and Housing Minister Dr Nick Smith has welcomed today’s release of building consent figures for January 2015 from Statistics New Zealand, which show the number of consents issued for the ... More >>
Appointments to Lottery Distribution Committees
Friday, 27 February 2015, 1:31 pm | New Zealand Government
Internal Affairs Minister Peter Dunne today announced 13 new members to ten Lottery distribution committees with terms commencing on 2 March 2015. More >>
Northland water storage study shows potential
Friday, 27 February 2015, 11:36 am | New Zealand Government
Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy has welcomed the commissioning of a new report to examine the potential of water storage and infrastructure in Northland. “This study will identify areas where improved water supply and potential water infrastructure ... More >>
Govt backs data forum’s recommendations
Friday, 27 February 2015, 11:28 am | New Zealand Government
The Government is backing the recommendations of the NZ Data Futures Forum to make better use of public data and uphold privacy standards, Finance Minister Bill English and Statistics Minister Craig Foss say. More >>
New toolkit to help DHBs in suicide prevention
Friday, 27 February 2015, 11:25 am | New Zealand Government
Health Minister Jonathan Coleman says a new resource released today is designed to help DHBs, in partnership with their communities, prevent and respond to suicide. More >>
Voluntary compliance a win-win at the border
Friday, 27 February 2015, 11:14 am | New Zealand Government
Customs Minister Nicky Wagner says promoting voluntary compliance at the border is helping Customs track ahead of Treasury’s forecast revenue and saving traders money. “Helping importers and excise payers improve data integrity and avoid administrative ... More >>
Celebrating children and foster carers
Friday, 27 February 2015, 10:37 am | New Zealand Government
Celebrating children and foster carers Sunday 1 March 2015 marks both Children’s Day and the beginning of Fostercare Awareness Week 2015. Social Development Minister Anne Tolley encourages parents of all kinds to spend time with their kids this Sunday. ... More >>
More medicines for rare disorders to be funded
Friday, 27 February 2015, 9:24 am | New Zealand Government
Health Minister Jonathan Coleman says people with rare disorders will benefit from Pharmac’s new funding approach for rare disorders medicines. Pharmac has announced that 28 proposals from eight suppliers emerged from its request for proposals for ... More >>
English: Auckland Chamber of Commerce and Massey University
Thursday, 26 February 2015, 5:09 pm | New Zealand Government
Thank you Michael and the Auckland Chamber of Commerce, and Steve and Massey University, for inviting me back to this annual event. More >>
PM disappointed with MPs' pay rise decision
Thursday, 26 February 2015, 4:27 pm | New Zealand Government
Prime Minister John Key has expressed his disappointment at the Remuneration Authority’s decision to increase MP remuneration. More >>
Report shows importance of whanau and community
Thursday, 26 February 2015, 3:18 pm | New Zealand Government
A research report released today has highlighted the importance of whanau and the community in preventing violence against Maori women and children. More >>
Pragmatic answer to GST for bodies corporate
Thursday, 26 February 2015, 2:13 pm | New Zealand Government
Bodies corporate will no longer be required to register for GST following the introduction today of the Taxation (Annual Rates for 2015–16, Research and Development, and Remedial Matters) Bill, Revenue Minister Todd McClay says. Included in the omnibus ... More >>
Reforms helping our most vulnerable succeed
Thursday, 26 February 2015, 2:04 pm | New Zealand Government
Social Development Minister Anne Tolley has welcomed the latest valuation of the benefit system showing welfare reforms are having a tangible effect on the future costs of benefits. “The June 2014 valuation shows the current lifetime liability ... More >>
Appointments to the Archives Council
Thursday, 26 February 2015, 1:10 pm | New Zealand Government
Internal Affairs Minister Peter Dunne today announced three appointments to the Archives Council Te Rua Wānanga. The Council has a statutory role to provide the Minister with independent advice on archives and recordkeeping issues. The new members ... More >>
Thousands of new houses for Auckland’s Tāmaki
Thursday, 26 February 2015, 12:53 pm | New Zealand Government
Around 7,500 new houses are expected to be built in the Auckland suburb of Tāmaki over the next decade as part of the Government’s programme of increasing and speeding up new housing developments, Finance Minister Bill English says. That will represent ... More >>
