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McCully to Fiji for talks with Foreign Minister
Thursday, 21 August 2014, 10:33 am | New Zealand Government
McCully to Fiji for talks with Foreign Minister Foreign Minister Murray McCully travels to Nadi tomorrow to meet with Fiji’s Foreign Minister Ratu Inoke Kabuabola. “My meeting with Minister Kabuabola will focus on foreign policy discussions, regional ... More >>
Extra funding for budgeting services available
Thursday, 21 August 2014, 10:12 am | New Zealand Government
Budgeting services now have the opportunity to apply for extra funding to support their work with low income New Zealanders, with a $2 million funding round open for applications. “Budgeting services work alongside some of the most vulnerable people ... More >>
Criminals pay for new drug screening lab
Thursday, 21 August 2014, 9:36 am | New Zealand Government
Customs Minister Nicky Wagner says the opening of the first drug screening laboratory at the border will dramatically speed up analysis of unknown substances, saving time and money for Customs. The $250,000 lab was officially opened by Prime Minister John ... More >>
ACC funding boost for ambulance services
Wednesday, 20 August 2014, 4:55 pm | New Zealand Government
Hon Craig Foss Associate Minister for ACC 20 August 2014 Media Statement ACC funding boost for ambulance services More >>
Kiwi care project receives funding boost
Wednesday, 20 August 2014, 3:39 pm | New Zealand Government
Kiwi care project receives funding boost A trust dedicated to protecting kiwi in eastern Coromandel has been awarded $25,000 for predator control, Associate Conservation Minister Nicky Wagner has announced. The grant from the Community Conservation Partnership ... More >>
Labour and Greens confused on finance plans
Wednesday, 20 August 2014, 3:03 pm | New Zealand Government
Four and a half weeks out from Election Day it is clear that Labour and the Greens are talking past each other on their fiscal plans, and New Zealand taxpayers would be worse off for it. More >>
Youth ambassador selection process announced
Wednesday, 20 August 2014, 3:02 pm | New Zealand Government
Veterans’ Affairs Minister Michael Woodhouse has announced plans to select 25 Youth Ambassadors to attend 2015 Anzac Day commemorations at Gallipoli. More >>
$4m technology block for Northcross Intermediate
Wednesday, 20 August 2014, 2:16 pm | New Zealand Government
Work to address weathertightness issues is now complete with today’s opening of a $4 million technology block at Northcross Intermediate School in Auckland, Associate Education Minister Nikki Kaye says. More >>
More funding to prevent Kauri dieback disease
Wednesday, 20 August 2014, 1:57 pm | New Zealand Government
Associate Conservation Minister Nicky Wagner today announced the Kauri 2000 Trust has received $57,000 to help prevent the spread of Kauri Dieback disease on the Coromandel Peninsula. More >>
Glimmers of light amidst the darkness of suicide in NZ
Wednesday, 20 August 2014, 12:14 pm | New Zealand Government
Latest provisional figures from the Chief Coroner for the year ending 30 June 2014, show an encouraging decline in the number of deaths by suicide among young people aged between 15 and 24 years with 110 suicides compared with 144 last year. The figures ... More >>
Shark finning to be banned from 1 October
Wednesday, 20 August 2014, 11:10 am | New Zealand Government
A ban on the finning of all shark species within New Zealand waters will take effect from 1 October this year, Conservation Minister Dr Nick Smith and Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy announced today. “Implementing this ban has happened much faster ... More >>
Increases for fish stocks show success of QMS
Wednesday, 20 August 2014, 10:52 am | New Zealand Government
Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy has announced increases to catch limits for a range of New Zealand fisheries today, thanks to healthy stock levels. “This shows the success of our world-leading Quota Management System (QMS). It is flexible and ... More >>
Govt funding for Hawke’s Bay freshwater project
Tuesday, 19 August 2014, 5:08 pm | New Zealand Government
Environment Minister Amy Adams today announced funding of $80,000 for a Hawke’s Bay Regional Council project to develop clear criteria for assessing and identifying outstanding water bodies. More >>
Greens plainly wrong again on Budget claims
Tuesday, 19 August 2014, 5:04 pm | New Zealand Government
Russel Norman and the Greens have again confirmed they cannot read Budgets, repeating incorrect claims that the National-led Government is planning multi-billion dollar cuts to health and education spending over the next three years. More >>
Appointments to Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board
Tuesday, 19 August 2014, 3:39 pm | New Zealand Government
Building and Construction Minister Dr Nick Smith today announced two new appointments and five reappointments to the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board. “The Board has an important role in protecting the health and safety of New Zealanders ... More >>
Turia: Midlands Region Pacific Provider Network
Tuesday, 19 August 2014, 2:45 pm | New Zealand Government
Tēnā koutou e te mana whenua o tēnei rohe, Tainui waka, Waikato iwi, e Te Whare o Te Kāhui Ariki, ka nui temihi ki a koutou katoa. More >>
Ensuring New Zealand is prepared for Ebola
Tuesday, 19 August 2014, 12:18 pm | New Zealand Government
Public health officers are being given additional powers to hold aeroplanes and ships at the border if there is a sufficient concern that a person on board is infected with the Ebola virus, says Associate Health Minister Jo Goodhew. More >>
On track to surplus, more jobs, higher incomes
Tuesday, 19 August 2014, 12:16 pm | New Zealand Government
New Zealand is on track to Budget surplus this year, backed by good growth, more jobs and higher incomes under the Government’s economic programme, according to Treasury’s Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update issued today. More >>
Detailed picture of ethnicities in NZ welcomed
Tuesday, 19 August 2014, 11:33 am | New Zealand Government
Statistics Minister Nicky Wagner is encouraging community groups to make use of information released today on 143 ethnic groups. Statistics New Zealand today released detailed statistics on 143 of the 300 ethnic groups recorded in the 2013 Census. More >>
Napier project to turn waste into compost
Tuesday, 19 August 2014, 10:53 am | New Zealand Government
Environment Minister Amy Adams today announced funding of $468,000 for a facility in Napier which turns construction, demolition and industrial waste into compost. More >>
