6 November, 2009
The 2008 New Zealand Tobacco Use Survey: Quitting Results published today shows overwhelmingly most smokers want to quit, Associate Minister of Health Hon Tariana Turia said.
Read full release >>5 November, 2009
Associate Minister of Health, Tariana Turia, has expressed her great sadness at the tragic loss of Sir Don Beaven, Emeritus Professor of the Christchurch School of Medicine, University of Canterbury.
Read full release >>4 November, 2009
Associate Minister of Health, Hon Tariana Turia, is excited about the proposed next steps in implementing the Government's new approach to primary health care.
Read full release >>29 October, 2009
Tariana Turia has commended a move by the Western Bay of Plenty District Council to ban smoking on 30 beaches in its district.
Read full release >>26 October, 2009
This week is the inaugural No Smoking Whanganui Week and I am putting my full support behind it for one simple reason - I want our families and children to live fuller and better lives.
Read full release >>23 October, 2009
Minister for Disability Issues Tariana Turia has today stressed New Zealand’s commitment to increasing social and economic participation by people with disability in the Pacific.
Read full release >>21 October, 2009
Tariana Turia says Maori will benefit from a major overhaul of the country's health system announced today by the Minister of Health Tony Ryall.
Read full release >>20 October, 2009
Tariana Turia is urging Maori health providers who have innovative ideas to tackle health problems among Maori to apply for a new fund before it closes this Friday at noon.
Read full release >>14 October, 2009
About one in five Maori have a disability and there is a growing concern they have been left behind without the help they need to take part in their culture, Tariana Turia says.
Read full release >>12 October, 2009
Tariana Turia says creating jobs will be a key aim for the Bay of Plenty region over the next year.
Read full release >>8 October, 2009
Tariana Turia is praising Ngati Manawa for leading a hikoi in Murupara today against the violence that has seen two children killed in their town over the past nine months.
Read full release >>7 October, 2009
Community and Voluntary Sector Minister Tariana Turia has praised the sterling efforts of community volunteers which have been demonstrated to the fore during the recent hazardous weather conditions.
Read full release >>25 September, 2009
Tariana Turia today farewelled Tuhoe elder and a leader of Maori rongoa Tikirau Stevens who passed away today.
Read full release >>24 September, 2009
Gaming machine funding can still go to sport, says Minister of Internal Affairs Nathan Guy and Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector Tariana Turia.
Read full release >>22 September, 2009
Tariana Turia is stoked that Te Ao Auahatanga Hauora Maori (Maori Health Innovation Fund) she launched recently has received a new international award from the University of Toronto in Canada.
Read full release >>22 September, 2009
Tariana Turia has welcomed the passing of tax legislation that will make it easier for employees to give to community organisations through their pay.
Read full release >>11 September, 2009
Tariana Turia has welcomed a review which dismisses the claim that Maori commit acts of violence because of a ‘warrior gene.'
Read full release >>7 September, 2009
Maori health groups with innovative ideas to help improve Maori health will be allocated $20 million over the next four years, Tariana Turia announced today.
Read full release >>7 September, 2009
A recent evaluation shows the $8.8 million fund to Maori health groups strengthen themselves is working, Tariana Turia says.
Read full release >>7 September, 2009
Tariana Turia announced today that the Government is committed to strengthening its community relationships and would like to do this through an agreement with the sector by the end of next year.
Read full release >>4 September, 2009
Tariana Turia says it is great news that a rural Maori community has become the first group in Aotearoa to create jobs for their unemployed youth under the Government's new Community Max scheme.
Read full release >>3 September, 2009
Tariana Turia has organised meetings throughout the country to talk directly with Maori health providers about the Government's plans to change the primary health care system.
Read full release >>2 September, 2009
Tariana Turia has welcomed a new strategy for tobacco control research.
Read full release >>26 August, 2009
Tariana Turia has described the daughter of a long-time smoker as "courageous" for winning a case against a tobacco giant.
Read full release >>26 August, 2009
Nicotine patches, gum and lozenges will be made cheaper for smokers wanting to quit the deadly habit which kills about 5000 New Zealanders every year, Tariana Turia announced today.
Read full release >>25 August, 2009
Tariana Turia has welcomed the latest report on family violence, saying it will help guide the work of a new high-level ministerial group formed to address and eliminate family violence.
Read full release >>12 August, 2009
Minister of Community and Voluntary Sector Tariana Turia today, on International Youth Day, commended the country's youth for their significant contribution to bettering New Zealand communities.
Read full release >>12 August, 2009
Tariana Turia says the world is a better place for people with disabilities thanks to the work of Eunice Kennedy Shriver who died this week.
Read full release >>6 August, 2009
There can be no fluffing over of the severe unemployment problem Maori and Pasifika peoples are facing and that should give all of us even more reason to take advantage of the new opportunities that have been created by the Government, Tariana Turia says.
Read full release >>2 August, 2009
Tariana Turia is calling on Maori and Pasifika youth to take up the opportunities that will be created by the Government's $152 million investment in young people during the economic downturn.
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