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When's an insurance scheme not an insurance scheme
Friday, 12 May 2006, 11:12 am | Progressive Party
Progressive Party leader Jim Anderton supports the pensioners who spoke out against the Southern Cross Healthcare hikes in its premium for the elderly in what Southern Cross Healthcare has called a 'rebalancing of costs'. More >>
Anderton addresses biosecurity issues
Thursday, 11 May 2006, 12:21 am | Progressive Party
Anderton addresses biosecurity issues with freight at Custom Brokers and Freight Forwarders Federation AGM More >>
Community Trust 20th Anniversary Celebration
Monday, 1 May 2006, 9:29 am | Progressive Party
We owe a great debt to everyone involved in caring for our mentally ill. When we think about the way our community looks after mental illness, we ask a lot from carers and we recognise their work poorly. More >>
Opening the Antartica Non-Native Species Workshop
Monday, 10 April 2006, 2:43 pm | Progressive Party
Minister of Biosecurity, Jim Anderton opened the Antarctica Non-Native Species Workshop in Christchurch today, which is the first forum to specifically address biosecurity issues in Antarctica and brings delegates from France, the United Kingdom, the United ... More >>
Anderton: Meet me in Miami premiere
Thursday, 23 March 2006, 9:21 am | Progressive Party
New Zealanders have a strong interest in movies – I can certainly put my hand up as being a regular movie-goer. Carole and I usually go every Friday night and we were at this cinema recently where three of the films showing were New Zealand films. ... More >>
Amendment to the Meat Board Act 2004
Wednesday, 22 March 2006, 2:19 pm | Progressive Party
The Minister of Agriculture announced today the introduction of legislation amending the Meat Board Act 2004. The proposed amendments relate to provisions dealing with allocation of access to meat export quota markets. More >>
Potential to benefit from increased squid numbers
Tuesday, 21 March 2006, 9:01 am | Progressive Party
Fisheries Minister Jim Anderton is considering a one-off easing of fishing-related mortality limits for New Zealand sea lions in the southern squid trawl fishery to allow fishers to take advantage of increased squid numbers there this season. More >>
Anderton opens unique Bookshop
Thursday, 16 March 2006, 1:26 pm | Progressive Party
Jim Anderton, as Associate Minister of Health responsible for Drugs and Alcohol, opened a bookshop today in St Martins that is dedicated to providing a central point of reference for information on addiction. More >>
Anderton on the front foot with party pills
Wednesday, 15 March 2006, 11:04 am | Progressive Party
Jim Anderton responded today to a petition with 7000 signatures which is due to be presented to Parliament today, calling for a select committee inquiry into the reclassification of party pills. More >>
Reducing Parliament to 100 MPs has lost relevance
Tuesday, 14 March 2006, 6:30 pm | Progressive Party
Jim Anderton has written to Barbara Stewart MP to inform her that he will not be supporting her Member's Bill to amend the Electoral Act 1993, to reduce the numbers in Parliament to 100 MPs. More >>
Public Trust's Smedley Station celebrates 75 years
Friday, 10 March 2006, 6:12 pm | Progressive Party
Jim Anderton, as Minister Responsible for Public Trust and Minister of Agriculture, is at the Smedley Station reunion (Saturday) in the Hawkes Bay to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the first cadets coming to the station. The reunion will bring over ... More >>
Nancy Wake is a hero, no question about that
Friday, 24 February 2006, 11:39 am | Progressive Party
Judith Collins demand that Jim Anderton be sacked from the Honours Secretariat is ridiculous because he is not even on it. More >>
New Zealanders continue to support Kiwibank
Thursday, 16 February 2006, 5:26 pm | Progressive Party
The announcement today of Kiwibank's profit of $5.4 million after tax for the six-month period ending December 31 has delighted Jim Anderton. More >>
Anderton Attends Training Trust's Graduation
Friday, 10 February 2006, 5:08 pm | Progressive Party
Jim Anderton is attending the Apprenticeship Training Trust's Graduation, Annual Awards and Prizegiving Ceremony on the North Shore in Auckland tonight. More >>
Anderton celebrated Waitangi Day at Orongomai Mara
Tuesday, 7 February 2006, 8:56 am | Progressive Party
Jim Anderton is at his 'local' Wellington marae in Upper Hutt to celebrate and commemorate Waitangi Day this year. As a Hutt resident of his 'state house', as Jim Anderton calls his Wellington home, Vogel House, he has made it something of a tradition to ... More >>
Anderton says farmers' contribution is undervalued
Friday, 3 February 2006, 5:21 pm | Progressive Party
Jim Anderton's two-day visit to Southland and South Otago, which includes Telford Rural Polytech today, signals the importance the new Minister of Agriculture gives to New Zealand's primary productive industries. More >>
Anderton Answers Anti-drug Crusader's Call
Friday, 27 January 2006, 5:28 pm | Progressive Party
"I want to assure all those in the community who fear the effects of dangerous drugs like “P” and the newer ones like party pills that I am, as the Minister responsible for drug policy committed to fighting all drugs that effect the health of our young ... More >>
National's 'Workers Friend' Posturing Phoney
Wednesday, 25 January 2006, 4:26 pm | Progressive Party
"Not only can the National Party not be trusted to get the facts right in the closure of the wholesale wing of the Jack Links beef jerky plant in Manukau City, their posturing to be the 'workers' friend' needs more scrutiny", Jim Anderton said today. More >>
Alternative measures to address deforestation
Wednesday, 21 December 2005, 1:39 pm | Progressive Party
Officials have been asked to explore alternative measures to address the issue of greenhouse gas emissions arising from deforestation, as part of the government’s review of climate change policies, the Minister of Forestry, Jim Anderton, announced ... More >>
Minister urges boaties to prevent squirt's spread
Tuesday, 20 December 2005, 12:11 am | Progressive Party
Boaties are being encouraged to help stop the spread of the invasive sea squirt this summer by the Minister for Biosecurity, Jim Anderton. More >>
