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19 May, 2013

Budget 2013: $2m for ‘New Zealand Story’ project

Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce today announced $2 million in new funding to launch the New Zealand Story project – an initiative to help New Zealand companies gain a competitive advantage from the use of the New Zealand brand in international markets.Budget 2013: $2m for ‘New Zealand Story’ project

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17 May, 2013

Budget focuses on export growth

Budget 2013 is investing in growing New Zealand’s exports markets and boosting our overseas profile and international competiveness, Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce says.

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17 May, 2013

Budget 2013: Marsden Fund recognised with $20m increase

Budget 2013 has recognised the importance of the Marsden Fund to New Zealand’s science and innovation system with a funding increase of $20 million over four years.

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16 May, 2013

$40m to boost international education

Budget 2013 invests $40 million over the next four years in marketing and promoting New Zealand’s international education industry, as the country targets doubling the value of international education to $5 billion by 2025.

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16 May, 2013

Lifting student loan repayments from overseas-based borrowers

Budget 2013 will target overseas-based student loan borrowers with new initiatives to increase repayments and reduce defaulting, Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce and Revenue Minister Peter Dunne say.

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16 May, 2013

Budget 2013: Investing $200m in science, innovation & research

Budget 2013 delivers on the Government’s commitment to building a more competitive and productive economy with $200 million of new funding over the next four years for science and innovation, Science and Innovation Minister Steven Joyce says.

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16 May, 2013

Over $130m to strengthen higher-level tertiary education

Budget 2013 commits over $130 million over four years in new funding for investment in tertiary education, Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce says.

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16 May, 2013

Focusing student support on younger learners

Budget 2013 focuses on providing the maximum possible level of support for students in the early years of tertiary study and those from low-income families, while ensuring the system is sustainable for taxpayers.

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16 May, 2013

$130m boost for Kiwi R&D and start-ups

Budget 2013 is investing nearly $130 million into Callaghan Innovation to encourage businesses to invest more in research and development, and to support new start-ups.

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15 May, 2013

Tertiary sector continues strong financial performance

New Zealand’s tertiary sector continued to sustain a strong financial performance in 2012 reflecting the increasing size of the Government’s investment, latest figures from the Tertiary Education Commission show.

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13 May, 2013

Govt & SkyCity agree to $402m Convention Centre

Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce today announced the Government and SkyCity have signed a Heads of Agreement to build a $402 million international-standard convention centre in Auckland.

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9 May, 2013

Budget 2013: Expansion of Māori and Pasifika trades training

A major expansion of Māori and Pasifika Trades Training to 3,000 places as part of Budget 2013 was announced today by Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce, and Associate Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Tariana Turia.

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9 May, 2013

Overseas-based borrowers paying, but not enough

The latest student loan statistics show that the gap between the repayment rates of New Zealand-based borrowers and overseas-based borrowers continues to grow, despite overall lifts in the number of people paying off their loans.

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9 May, 2013

HLFS shows encouraging job growth

The drop in the unemployment rate from 6.9 per cent to 6.2 per cent in the March quarter is encouraging news, Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment Minister Steven Joyce says.

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7 May, 2013

Govt to write off small Novopay overpayments

Minister Responsible for Novopay Steven Joyce today announced the Ministry of Education will not be seeking to recover small overpayments to school staff that are uneconomic to recover.

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7 May, 2013

Govt releases PwC report on Pay Period 3

Minister Responsible for Novopay Steven Joyce today released the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report on complaints and notifications in regards to Pay Period 3 of the schools’ payroll.

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7 May, 2013

Novopay to stay in the meantime

Minister Responsible for Novopay Steven Joyce today announced that Talent2 will continue to administer the school payroll – but that the long-term future of the system will stay under review.

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6 May, 2013

NZ ready for business at the America’s Cup

Construction of the Emirates Team New Zealand (ETNZ) base for the America’s Cup has begun in San Francisco signalling the start of a series of events to showcase New Zealand businesses.

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1 May, 2013

Budget 2013: National Science Challenges announced - Budget boost of $73.5m

The Government has today announced the final 10 selected National Science Challenges and a $73.5 million boost over four years to fund them, as part of Budget 2013.

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30 April, 2013

Govt report gives new insight into regional economies

Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce today released a new Government report into the economic performance of New Zealand’s 16 regions.

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29 April, 2013

New Lincoln Hub plans unveiled

Science and Innovation Minister Steven Joyce and Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy have today unveiled concept plans for a world-class agricultural research and education facility to be sited at Lincoln, near Christchurch.

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27 April, 2013

Labour becoming the 'Anti-Growth Party'

Labour is fast becoming the Anti-Growth Party by pursuing polices that would hurt households and damage the New Zealand economy, Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce says.

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24 April, 2013

Govt streamlines procurement rules

Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce today announced the release of new rules on Government procurement that will make it easier for smaller New Zealand companies to tender for Government contracts and provide better value for money for taxpayers.

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23 April, 2013

Govt releases PwC report on Pay Period 2

Minister Responsible for Novopay Steven Joyce today released the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report on complaints and notifications in regards to Pay Period 2 of the schools’ payroll.

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23 April, 2013

Labour-Greens power ‘plan’ economic sabotage

The façade behind the Labour-Greens power plan is crumbling as it becomes clear their electricity nationalisation ‘plan’ is nothing more than deliberate economic sabotage for attempted political gain, Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce says.

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23 April, 2013

Progress on Pike River Implementation Plan

Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce and Labour and Energy and Resources Minister Simon Bridges today released an update on the Pike River Implementation Plan.

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21 April, 2013

Greens & Labour would cost household power bills and jobs

Claims that households would save money on power under a Greens-Labour Government are demonstrably false, Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce says.

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19 April, 2013

Labour-Greens electricity threats would destroy savings & jobs

Reckless threats by Labour and the Greens to nationalise the electricity industry have already wiped hundreds of millions of dollars off New Zealanders’ hard-earned savings, Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce says.

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18 April, 2013

Opposition loses the plot on economy

Labour and the Greens have jumped the shark with a half-baked Soviet Union-style nationalisation “plan” for electricity in New Zealand, Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce says.

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12 April, 2013

Speech to the New Zealand China Partnership Forum

The inaugural New Zealand-China Partnership Forum is an historic event.

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