23 November, 2009
Housing Minister Phil Heatley has announced that from today first home buyers in higher priced areas of New Zealand will be able to borrow more under the government's Welcome Home Loan scheme, as long as they can service those borrowings.
Read full release >>15 November, 2009
A comprehensive international fisheries science assessment has rated New Zealand the world's top performing country for managing its marine and fishery resources, Fisheries Minister Phil Heatley announced today.
Read full release >>14 November, 2009
Fisheries Minister Phil Heatley today announced a new convention text had been agreed which will create a regional fisheries management organisation to manage non-highly-migratory fisheries in the high seas.
Read full release >>10 November, 2009
Work toward lifting the ban on blue cod fishing in the Marlborough Sounds is progressing well, but the fishery will remain closed this summer, Fisheries Minister Phil Heatley announced today.
Read full release >>5 November, 2009
Fisheries Minister Phil Heatley today announced a final, intensive round of consultation prior to the drafting of new legislation that would allow the country's aquaculture sector to begin growing.
Read full release >>20 October, 2009
Fisheries Minister Phil Heatley has today welcomed final approval from the Ministry of Fisheries for the 1783 hectare Wilson's Bay Interim Aquaculture Management Area in the Firth of Thames.
Read full release >>1 October, 2009
Housing Minister Phil Heatley has kicked off the construction season by launching the 3000 dwelling Hobsonville Point development.
Read full release >>29 September, 2009
Fisheries Minister Phil Heatley has today announced that the legal commercial hoki catch will be increased by 20,000 tonnes. It is estimated the increase will bring in over $29 million in extra export earnings for the country.
Read full release >>15 September, 2009
From today those state house tenants in a position to buy the house they live in can do so, says Housing Minister Phil Heatley.
Read full release >>15 September, 2009
Fisheries Minister Phil Heatley today released Fisheries 2030, a goal and plan of action for future management of the country’s fisheries.
Read full release >>10 September, 2009
Fisheries Minister Phil Heatley today announced a new move to close the net around greedy paua poachers.
Read full release >>9 September, 2009
New, more flexible regulations coming into place on 1 October will allow the government to quickly put in place and refine mandatory measures for fishing vessels to avoid accidentally catching seabirds, Fisheries Minister Phil Heatley announced today.
Read full release >>8 September, 2009
Fisheries Minister Hon Phil Heatley has today announced the introduction of electronic catch reporting, a move that will bring an important part of the fisheries process into the modern day and save all parties considerable time and money.
Read full release >>1 September, 2009
New fishing rules that come into affect on 1 October bring good news for recreational fishers nationwide, says Minister of Fisheries Phil Heatley.
Read full release >>28 August, 2009
Fisheries Minister Phil Heatley is calling on scallop fishers to follow the rules when they go fishing in Auckland.
Read full release >>25 August, 2009
Housing New Zealand has launched an Options and Advice Service designed to help more low-to-modest income families with housing, Housing Minister Phil Heatley announced today.
Read full release >>19 August, 2009
Housing Minister Phil Heatley has announced changes that will deliver a helping hand to first home buyers in higher priced areas of New Zealand and those wanting to build houses on multiple-owned Maori land.
Read full release >>31 July, 2009
Housing Minister and Whangarei MP Phil Heatley was on hand in his home town today to open Housing New Zealand’s newest neighbourhood improvement project office in Otangarei, Whangarei.
Read full release >>31 July, 2009
Housing Minister Phil Heatley is pleased that there is now certainty for all involved after the Tenancy Tribunal ruled today that the 90-day notices issued to tenants from Farmer Crescent in Pomare were lawful.
Read full release >>31 July, 2009
Scientists have rated New Zealand one of the two healthiest fisheries on the planet, Fisheries Minister Phil Heatley announced today.
Read full release >>30 July, 2009
Fisheries Minister Phil Heatley has given paua stocks a helping hand by releasing hundreds of farm-bred baby paua into the water at Stirling Point near Bluff this morning.
Read full release >>29 July, 2009
Fisheries Minister Phil Heatley and Environment Minister Nick Smith today announced the appointment of the Aquaculture Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to provide expert input to the aquaculture reform process.
Read full release >>15 July, 2009
Fisheries Minister Phil Heatley is calling on scallop fishers to follow the rules when they go fishing in the Marlborough Sounds and Tasman and Golden Bays.
Read full release >>25 June, 2009
Bereft of angles to attack the government's announcement that state house tenants will have the opportunity to buy the homes they're living in - such is the policy's commonsense - Labour has gotten itself in a frightful tangle trying to oppose it, says Housing Minister Phil Heatley.
Read full release >>24 June, 2009
State house tenants will have the option to buy the house they are living in from Housing New Zealand Corporation from mid September, Housing Minister Phil Heatley announced today.
Read full release >>9 June, 2009
The new television documentary Expedition Antarctica gives the world an armchair view of New Zealand's largest ever Antarctic marine research programme, says Minister of Fisheries Phil Heatley.
Read full release >>8 June, 2009
"The recovery in our valuable hoki stocks is great news for everyone involved in this important fishery," Fisheries Minister Phil Heatley said today, following the release of the latest Ministry of Fisheries research into the hoki population.
Read full release >>28 May, 2009
“The Supreme Court’s ruling out today on the management of the kahawai fishery is an important decision that will be carefully considered by all the parties involved,” says Fisheries Minister Phil Heatley.
Read full release >>28 May, 2009
New Budget funding will help the aquaculture industry grow, put more fisheries officers on New Zealand beaches and help improve recreational fisheries management.
Read full release >>28 May, 2009
Budget 2009 will provide an extra $40 million for housing services over the next four years, Housing Minister Phil Heatley says.
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