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21 August, 2008

NZ committed to a healthy Pacific

New Zealand will work to help Pacific governments build health systems that deliver quality care to all -- Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting announcement

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20 August, 2008

RSE Scheme extended to Solomon Islands workers

The NZ Government is establishing a scheme to provide training in New Zealand for Recognised Seasonal Employer scheme workers from the Pacific, and is inviting Solomon Islands to join the five other nations which already have kick start status under the scheme

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20 August, 2008

Relief from high remittance costs

The cost to Pacific workers of remitting money from New Zealand will drop when proposed regulatory changes are made, Prime Minister Helen Clark announced today at the Pacific Islands Forum in Niue.

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20 August, 2008

Economic growth focus for NZ development efforts

Prime Minister Helen Clark said today that building an environment conducive to economic growth in Pacific Island countries is a focus for New Zealand’s development assistance programme in the region

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19 August, 2008

Support for Australasian science initiative

In a joint statement, NZ Prime Ministers Helen Clark and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd say New Zealand will offer strong support for Australia’s bid to host the world’s largest radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array

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12 August, 2008

PM to Niue for 39th Pacific Islands Forum

Prime Minister Helen Clark to attend the 39th Pacific Islands Forum and post- Forum dialogue in Niue from 19-21 August

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12 August, 2008

PM commemorates world-first social security system

Prime Minister Helen Clark today launches a new biography of one of the architects of New Zealand’s social security scheme, Sir Arnold Nordmeyer, as part of commemorative events marking the 70th anniversary of the Social Security Act 1938.

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11 August, 2008

Pacific mourns loss of former Forum Secretary General

Prime Minister Helen Clark sends condolences to the family of the former Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum, Greg Urwin, who has passed away at his home in Apia, Samoa

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11 August, 2008

Hostilities and loss of life in South Ossetia

NZ Government deeply concerned about the hostilities and loss of life in South Ossetia and the ramifications for regional stability in the Caucasus.

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5 August, 2008

Australian PM to visit NZ

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will visit Auckland on 19 August to participate in a trans-Tasman climate change conference

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4 August, 2008

NorthTec gets $8.5 million capital injection

Northland Polytechnic is getting a significant government capital injection

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31 July, 2008

Prime Minister’s Fellowship marks Tongan coronation

A Fellowship to foster the leadership and governance skills of future generations of Tongan leaders will be New Zealand’s gift to mark the Coronation of King George Tupou V

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29 July, 2008

Croatian settlement in New Zealand

Prime Minister Helen Clark's address at the Parliamentary reception celebrating 150 years settlement by Croatians in New Zealand

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28 July, 2008

Local Government NZ Conference

Prime Minister Helen Clark speaks to the Local Government New Zealand Annual Conference

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28 July, 2008

New Zealand representation for Tongan Coronation

Prime Minister travelling to Tonga for the coronation of King George Tupou V of Tonga in Nuku’alofa

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25 July, 2008

Niue’s Premier to make first visit to NZ

New Zealand and Niue are bound together by bonds of family and citizenship. More than 25,000 people of Niuean descent have made New Zealand their home and our links with the community on Niue are important

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22 July, 2008

Skills Strategy and Action Plan Launch

Prime Minister Helen Clark delivers the opening address at the Industry Training Federation Conference

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22 July, 2008

PM launches fresh approach to workplace skills

New Zealand’s competitiveness and productivity will benefit from the new Skills Strategy Action Plan launched by Prime Minister Helen Clark

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21 July, 2008

Montana New Zealand Book Awards

Prime Minister Helen Clark speaks at the Montana New Zealand Book Awards

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18 July, 2008

Kerikeri Heritage Bypass

Prime Minister Helen Clark speaks at event to mark the opening of the Kerikeri Heritage Bypass

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16 July, 2008

Screen Production Incentive Fund

Prime Minister Helen Clark speaks to Address at event to celebrate the introduction of the Screen Production Incentive Fund

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15 July, 2008

Ancestry visa access to UK safe for Kiwis

New Zealanders who have grandparents born in the United Kingdom will continue to be able to live and work in the UK for up to five years using ancestry visas

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15 July, 2008

Waikato DHB Redevelopment

The Prime Minister speaks at the opening of the First Stage of Waikato DHB Redevelopment at Waikato Hospital Campus

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15 July, 2008

Waikato part of huge investment in public health

Official opening of the first facilities to be completed at Waikato Hospital -- part of the Waikato District Health Board’s $215 million redevelopment programme

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4 July, 2008

Rotorua Museum redevelopment funding

Rotorua’s Museum of Art and History is to get a $7.5 million government grant to complete its centenary redevelopment project

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4 July, 2008

Rotorua Museum Centennial Development Project

The Prime Minister announces Government Funding

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4 July, 2008

Rugby Ball London Venue

The Prime Minister announces NZ's World Cup Rugby Ball London venue

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4 July, 2008

Rugby World Cup promotion lands in UK

New Zealand’s giant inflatable Rugby Ball Venue will make its second international appearance, in front of London’s Tower Bridge in November

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3 July, 2008

NZ Principals Federation conference

We all have an interest in making our schools the place of choice for young people to be, and the place where we can make education personal and relevant to them and their needs

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3 July, 2008

New AUT Manukau campus

The Prime Minister announces a capital grant of $25 million for Auckland University of Technology to purchase the site for its new campus in South Auckland

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