21 August, 2008
Defence Minister Phil Goff has received the final report from the Chief of Defence Force on inconsistencies over UN housing allowance claims by seconded NZDF personnel in New York.
Read full release >>20 August, 2008
A NZ Infantry contingent is heading to Europe in September to participate in an army training exercise with forces from Australia, Britain, Canada and the USA
Read full release >>19 August, 2008
The 757s will greatly enhance the NZDF’s strategic airlift capability to deploy New Zealand troops to overseas missions, evacuate people from the world's hotspots and transport humanitarian aid to where it is needed.
Read full speech >>19 August, 2008
Defence Minister Phil Goff has officially welcomed home the first of the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s (RNZAF) Boeing 757 aircraft following an extensive refit in the United States.
Read full release >>18 August, 2008
Australian and New Zealand ministers meeting in Melbourne celebrated the 25th anniversary of Closer Economic Relations and marked further progress towards creating a trans Tasman Single Economic Market.
Read full release >>14 August, 2008
NZ and Australian trade, industry and agriculture ministers are to meet for the annual Closer Economic Relations Ministerial Forum
Read full release >>13 August, 2008
The outer protective coating on three of the 17 Royal New Zealand Air Force Skyhawks kept at Woodburn Air Base was torn during the recent storm, but there was no damage to the aircraft, Defence Minister Phil Goff said.
Read full release >>13 August, 2008
A new combined drug and special treatment unit for prisoners at Spring Hill Prison in north Waikato is expected to significantly reduce re-offending, Corrections Minister Phil Goff said.
Read full release >>13 August, 2008
The goal of this unit is to reduce re-offending. To do that, we need smart, well-designed and well-implemented interventions directed at those most at risk of re-offending.
Read full speech >>1 August, 2008
Eight New Zealand Defence Force personnel are to join the United States Nursing Ship (USNS) MERCY to provide medical support to the people of Papua New Guinea.
Read full release >>30 July, 2008
World Trade Organisation talks in Geneva aimed at concluding the Doha Development Round this year have ended without final agreement being reached.
Read full release >>24 July, 2008
The FTA -- coming into force on 1 October -- is an historic advance in New Zealand’s trading relationships
Read full release >>22 July, 2008
Ed Hillary and Tensing Norgay, from two small countries sitting alongside each other in this room – Nepal and New Zealand – first climbed Everest 55 years ago. We will need the qualities they showed – courage and determination – for us to realise the goal of completing agriculture and NAMA modalities this week.
Read full speech >>17 July, 2008
This programme involves inmates at Auckland Women’s Corrections Facility giving something back to the community by raising and training mobility assistance dogs to help people with disabilities in the community..
Read full speech >>17 July, 2008
Canon technicians will teach prisoners how to assemble new photocopiers and clean existing machines. A new operation has also started up at this prison where prisoners dismantle obsolete printers for recycling.
Read full speech >>17 July, 2008
Corrections Minister Phil Goff launches programme which involves prison inmates helping train mobility dogs to help people in the community
Read full release >>17 July, 2008
Corrections Minister Phil Goff launches prisoner employment partnership between the Department of Corrections and Canon New Zealand
Read full release >>16 July, 2008
Trade Minister Phil Goff will travel to Geneva tomorrow to meet with other Trade Ministers with the aim of progressing the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) Doha Development Round trade negotiations.
Read full release >>16 July, 2008
The first of the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s upgraded C-130 Hercules has completed a series of successful test flights, Defence Minister Phil Goff said today.
Read full release >>16 July, 2008
The Government has approved a request from the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) to redeploy a New Zealand military liaison officer from Sudan’s capital Khartoum to Darfur, Defence Minister Phil Goff said today.
Read full release >>15 July, 2008
Trade Minister Phil Goff speaks to Export New Zealand; removing barriers to trade has never been more important
Read full speech >>14 July, 2008
Trade Minister Phil Goff announced today that Indonesia has lifted a temporary suspension of New Zealand meat imports which was put in place last week due to Indonesia concerns over labelling and halal certification.
Read full release >>11 July, 2008
Corrections Minister Phil Goff said today that cellphone blocking being implemented in New Zealand prisons is a major step forward that will stop prisoners committing further offences while behind bars.
Read full release >>11 July, 2008
Acting Minister of Police Phil Goff said today: "Our hearts go out to the family of Sergeant Derek Wootton, the police officer who died in the line of duty, and to his friends and his colleagues in the New Zealand Police Force. We extend to them our condolences and deepest sympathy.
Read full release >>10 July, 2008
This project will provide employment and training to more than 90 prisoners at this site, which will likely increase in the future. More than 40 prisoners will work in the refurbishment yard and 50 in the internal prison workshop, refurbishing up to 40 state houses a year.
Read full speech >>10 July, 2008
A new building construction yard at Spring Hill Prison will see prisoners refurbishing state houses for families in need while learning new skills, Corrections Minister Phil Goff and Housing Minister Maryan Street said today.
Read full release >>9 July, 2008
Minister of Corrections and Acting Minister of Police Phil Goff has welcomed the release of the ministerial inquiry into the death of Debbie Ashton and endorsed its recommendations.
Read full release >>9 July, 2008
Defence Minister Phil Goff extended the New Zealand Government’s sympathy and condolences to the family of Signaller Sean McCarthy, killed in Afghanistan yesterday while serving with the Australian Defence Force.
Read full release >>5 July, 2008
Speech to Focal Conference, Carey Baptist College, 473 Great South Rd, Penrose. The New Zealand Government is of the view that trade is fair when it is allowed to take place in an open, non-discriminatory global trading system, based on predictable and equitable rules.
Read full speech >>4 July, 2008
New Image and companies like it play an important role in transforming New Zealand’s economy. They reflect our aspiration for our economy to become high-value and high-income, innovative and export led.
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