It's time Mr English fronted up and explained to New Zealand voters and his free spending caucus colleagues what else would be cut.
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The Ministry of Health welcomes the results of a Consumers' Institute survey of GP fees and says there is now greater transparency about the fees people can expect to pay when they visit the doctor.
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TAWA — Around 1:30pm today a lone male robbed the BNZ Bank in Tawa Mall.
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MANUKAU CITY — Otara Police have arrested three men and a young person in connection to unlawfully taken cars and stealing hand bags from mostly Asian woman at shopping centre car parks in the Botany Downs area during the last 4 months.
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WELLINGTON — Location of incident: State Highway One, Johnsville Incident Type: Traffic Delays Currently there is a burst water main north of Johnsville on State Highway One.
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New Zealand's next Ambassador to Japan will be career diplomat Ian Kennedy, Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced today.
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MANUKAU CITY — New Zealand Bloodstock has announced a new addition to its Bloodstock team with Danny Rolston joining John Cameron, Michael Kneebone and Guy Mulcaster as Bloodstock Representative from 1 June.
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WELLINGTON — Wellington Police have arrested an 18-year-old unemployed man in relation to nine incidents of arson in Miramar since January this year.
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NEW PLYMOUTH — New Plymouth has passionate people who are committed to the health and wellbeing of young people.
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Our goal in the tourism sector is to remain prosperous and attract ongoing investment, while protecting our precious assets.
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Freer trade between the US and NZ would build on our shared values and common views on the way we each, and the world as a whole, need to go.
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A new easy to read resource launched today will help tourism operators keep ahead of the game, Tourism Minister Damien O'Connor says.
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CANTERBURY — South Canterbury 18 year olds Shane Archbold and Lauren Ellis depart this weekend for a twelve week training scholarship at the World Cycling Centre based at the UCI headquarters in Switzerland.
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HAMILTON — The man alleged to have stabbed a Hamilton police officer last night has been found.
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MANUKAU CITY — Education Minister Steve Maharey has today launched the latest phase of the Team Up campaign aimed at secondary students, with Team-Up Education Ambassador Tana Umaga.
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The New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) has implemented an interim moratorium on the approval of Food Safety Programmes (FSP) for importers pending the current implementation of the Imported Food Review (IFR) and outcomes of the Domestic Food Review (DFR) The NZFSA initiated a strategic review of regulatory arrangements controlling the importation of Food and Food-related products into New Zealand in 2004.
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Tourism Minister Damien O'Connor has announced significant funding for Tourism New Zealand to manage and increase marketing activities in China, and for improvements to the administration of the China Approved Destination Status (ADS).
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WEST COAST — Location of incident: Otira, Westland Incident Type: Car V Train Crash Emergency services are currently attending an incident near Otira in Westland where it is believed that a 4wd vehicle has collided with a bank before rolling onto a train track where it then collided with a train.
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Water Safety New Zealand (WSNZ) has released the drowning statistics for April 2007.
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The Reserve Bank today released its Financial Stability Report, a twice-yearly report that assesses the health of the New Zealand financial system.
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The number of people receiving Sickness and Invalid's Benefits has fallen over the past month, Social Development Minister David Benson-Pope announced today.
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TE KUITI — Police and emergency services are attending the scene of a crash where a stock truck has rolled 1.5
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A Nest of Singing Birds, an exhibition celebrating 100 years of the School Journal is an exciting treasure trove of New Zealand art and literature, and an achievement for the Government organisations that put it together, National Library and Archives New Zealand Minister Judith Tizard said today.
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BikeNZ is peddling closer towards growing cycling as a sport, recreational activity and means of transport in New Zealand with its new sponsor, online savings and investment banking service, RaboPlus.
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A nationwide test of the Government’s plans to respond to an influenza pandemic is being held this month.
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The launch of a new web-based directory to help promote New Zealand and Australia's biotechnology industries to a global market has been announced.
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The New Zealand economy is unusual in that it has persistently ranked among the high income developed nations of the world despite its export sector being largely grounded in primary resource based industries.
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HAMILTON — Location of incident: Hamilton Incident Type: Fatal crash Police Fire and emergency services are in attendance at a fatal vehicle crash at Kahikatea Drive Hamilton.
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HAMILTON — Hamilton lawyer Melanie Harland has been appointed a District Court Judge, Attorney-General Michael Cullen announced today.
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NORTH SHORE CITY — Police have arrested 3 people following this morning's discovery of a suspected clandestine drug laboratory north of Auckland.
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The Minister of Broadcasting Steve Maharey is welcoming the release of NZ On Air's Local Content Report showing the highest ever levels of New Zealand content on television in 2006.
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The government will make important decisions on New Zealand's move towards a greenhouse gas emissions trading regime in the next three months, Climate Change Minister David Parker said today.
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Finance Minister Michael Cullen today welcomed the latest report on New Zealand by the International Monetary Fund, which praised the Labour-led government's efforts to lift savings and explore other ways to take the pressure off interest rates and the dollar.
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Work towards ensuring all New Zealanders get similar access to elective services has moved a step closer with information going to district health boards detailing their intervention rates for a group of defined procedures.
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Prime Minister and Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister Helen Clark today announced that the Government is seeking feedback on New Zealand becoming a party to an international treaty aiming to strengthen and protect cultural expression.
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WELLINGTON — Prime Minister Helen Clark said today that New Zealand will host two important international meetings this month which are aimed at promoting understanding across civilisations, culture, and religion.
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MANUKAU CITY — It was a sensational day of selling at the Dispersal Sale of Henrietta, Duchess of Bedford's Bloomsbury Stud NZ, with hot demand right throughout the day including two New Zealand sale ring records broken.
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WELLINGTON — Wellington Police have arrested a 33-year-old Wellington man in relation to a serious sexual assault that allegedly happened in Wellington city centre in the early hours of Sunday morning, 29 April 2007, between 12.1
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Enhancing a growing relationship will be the prime focus when Foreign Minister Winston Peters and his Indonesian counterpart Hassan Wirajuda meet for the first New Zealand-Indonesia Joint Ministerial Commission in Jakarta tomorrow.
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The Minister for Disarmament and Arms Control, Hon Phil Goff, has announced six appointments to the Pacific Development and Conservation Trust (the Trust).
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WAIKATO — Location of incident: Waikato Incident Type: Fatal Crash Fatal Crash Maramarua, Waikato Police and emergency services are attending a serious crash 1 km south of the Red Fox Tavern on SH2.
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On the 2nd May 2007, Patrick Liam Weil (from Florida, USA) floated plans for a low-cost airline, Kiwijet Airline, to begin operating flights from Christchurch this year: "New Zealand is the only country in the world that does not have a low-cost airline and that's what I do for a living.
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WAINUIOMATA — The 14-year-old boy who went missing in the Rimutaka Forest Park last night has been located safe and well after spending a night in the bush.
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CHRISTCHURCH — If you are thinking about visiting Christcurch then check out these videos of the square.
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MANUKAU CITY — A busy day of selling at Karaka today saw 188 of the 252 lots on offer sell for $2,335,150 with an average of $12,421 and a pleasing 85% clearance rate.
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The government wants landlords of low-income tenants to come forward to claim a subsidy to help make their rental properties more energy efficient.
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From next year every baby born in New Zealand will be eligible for a free vaccine to fight against pneumococcal meningitis.
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AUCKLAND — Location of incident: Wellsford Incident Type: 2 people with major burns Two people arrived at Wellsford Medical Centre, with major burns to their bodies, at about 1030hrs this morning.
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Taking action on climate change is both affordable and practical, says Climate Change Minister David Parker.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Fifteen years ago, 800,000 New Zealanders tuned into the first episode.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Ralph Hotere is one of our most significant living, New Zealand artists.
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WAITAKERE CITY — Inland Revenue says it has a duty to the vast majority of honest taxpayers to make sure that rogue operators were brought to account.
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Associate Health Minister Damien O'Connor today released a report into alcohol advertising.
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WELLINGTON CITY — Wellington Police are continuing to investigate a serious sexual assault that happened in Wellington city centre in the early hours of Sunday morning, 29 April 2007, between 12.1
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CANTERBURY — Two recent incidents involving a paint ball gun are likely to be connected say Christchurch Police.
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CHRISTCHURCH — There was an attempted abduction of an 8 year old girl as she walked to school this mrning.
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The effect of a dry year on electricity supply has been reflected in the latest figures released in New Zealand's annual Greenhouse Gas Inventory.
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The results of the Performance-Based Research Fund (PBRF) Quality Evaluation 2006, released today by the Tertiary Education Commission, demonstrate that New Zealand is continuing to improve the quality of research.
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The Government says it wants to work with South Island high country leaseholders to ensure high country farming remains sustainable, despite rising rents.
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UPPER HUTT — Lower Hutt Police are looking for a single offender following an armed robbery at the Westpac Bank branch on Jackson Street, Petone, this morning.
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CHRISTCHURCH — The new Surgical Services Unit at Burwood Hospital is a further example of this Labour-led Government's on-going commitment to capital investment in the health system, Health Minister Pete Hodgson said today.
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WELLINGTON — Football’s future will take on its storied past in an exhibition match to mark the inauguration of New Zealand Soccer’s $1 million football turf at North Harbour Stadium on Saturday.
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A food label refers to the legally required nutritional or consumer safety information about the food product.
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Green MP Sue Kedgley welcomed the announcement today that an agreement has been reached between major broadcasters and the Government, aimed at reducing advertising of unhealthy food to children.
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DUNEDIN — The just-released Otago University study of 412 homes that has made a direct link between cold housing and ill health in children demonstrates once again the need for tighter controls on the quality of rental housing in this country, Green Party Housing Spokesperson Sue Bradford says .
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PORIRUA — Porirua Police are treating the fire that destroyed the Porirua timber framing factory, Brooker & Hall Ltd, on Raiha Street on Tuesday 1 May as suspicious.
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Foreign Minister Winston Peters held constructive and wide-ranging talks with his Italian counterpart Massimo D'Alema in Rome on Wednesday (overnight NZT).
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Minister of Education, Steve Maharey, has released two new resources which highlight and build on the success of the Centres of Innovation (COI) programme in Early Childhood Education (ECE) centres.
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WAITAKERE CITY — Today work commenced on the 3 million dollar upgrade of the Waitakere Badminton Centre.T
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WELLINGTON — Close to 500 endurance junkies will line up on Hutt City’s Petone Foreshore on Saturday morning for Wellington’s 17th Kathmandu Crazyman multisport race.
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CANTERBURY — This Saturday Environment Canterbury will notify the resource consent applications for Meridian Energy’s North Bank Tunnel hydro proposal and the Hunter Downs Irrigation Scheme, lodged by Meridian along with the South Canterbury Irrigation Trust.
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NAPIER — Northbound traffic will begin using the new Taradale off-ramp at the State Highway 50 Meeanee Road / Hawke’s Bay Expressway intersection on Wednesday.
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In early December 2006 the Minister for the Environment notified a Proposed National Environmental Standard (NES) for Water Measuring Devices under the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA).
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The government is making life easier for business with a range of fixes being introduced across a number of departments, Commerce Minister Lianne Dalziel says.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Some 5928 students will graduate from The University of Auckland this week and next during Autumn Graduation.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Oliver Hannaford, a student at The University of Auckland, has become the first recipient of a new scholarship designed to promote research related to fisheries science.
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TAUPO — The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) was notified of the accident which had occurred on Lake Taupo on Sunday at 8.1
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We are pleased to announce that AgriQuality has been given interim Recognised Foreign Certification Organisation (RFCO) status with Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) – facilitating organic certification to JAS (Japan Agricultural Standard).
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QuickStats About Housing looks at New Zealand's household and dwelling population from the 2006 Census.
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Being first in the world to see the sun gives New Zealand an edge in financial markets, according to a report presented to the Prime Minister, Minister of Finance and Minister for Climate Change Issues and Energy today by the Carbon Market Working Group.
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PUKEKOHE — Last weekend Cambridge driver Nick Ross was right on target to take a final championship position of 12th place for the 2006-07 season when, with one lap left to run in the last race, his Parker ENZED Commodore suffered a puncture, thus resulting in a DNF left the team 17th overall.
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A chain of errors at Auckland City Hospital in August 2004 led to an elderly patient receiving incorrect medications that hastened his death.
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The Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union welcomes the announcement of a select committee inquiry into New Zealand’s monetary policies, but is concerned by the political point-scoring the issue has provoked.
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AUCKLAND — Multinational packaging company Amcor has locked out more than sixty Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union members from its Albany site after they refused to accept company demands that would have put their health and safety at risk.
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The Best of Care? review explores the policy, legislation and operational practice related to children and young people with disabilities and their families who are involved with Child, Youth and Family and the Ministry of Health’s Disability Services Directorate.
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WELLINGTON — National Party Leader John Key is pleased Labour will adopt a version of his amendment to the anti-smacking bill which he thinks will give parents confidence they will not be criminalised for lightly smacking their children.
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National will put more emphasis on assisting businesses into overseas markets, says National Party Leader John Key.
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Steve Maharey has to take responsibility for making sure digital TV is a success, and announce a date to switch off the analogue signal, says National Party Broadcasting spokesman Jonathan Coleman.
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New Zealand's prison system is five months from a potentially disastrous overcrowding problem, says National's Justice & Corrections spokesman, Simon Power.
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The Labour Government is allowing tenants to live in 145 state houses each worth over $1 million dollars, while another 11,000 families languish on the Housing New Zealand waiting list, says National's Housing spokesman, Phil Heatley.
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11,000 Maori students are wagging school every week and the situation is getting worse, says National's Maori Affairs spokesman, Tau Henare.
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The more money Labour spends, the more people end up on sickness and invalids' benefits, says National's Welfare spokeswoman, Judith Collins.
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The Government is failing to tackle the hard issues of business regulation, says National's Commerce spokesman, Simon Power.
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"Another report, another set of recommendations," says National's Health spokesman, Tony Ryall.
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After years of neglect, those working in the eldercare sector can now sleep a little easier in the knowledge that a huge injection of funding places it on a more secure footing, says New Zealand First leader Winston Peters.
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New Zealand First has vowed to oppose raising the age of superannuation eligibility and to fight any reduction in superannuation payments.
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New Zealand’s public health system is working but could do very much better says New Zealand First’s health spokesperson Barbara Stewart.
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The Green Party has welcomed Labour’s proposal for a select committee inquiry into monetary policy but says that we can act right now to take some of the heat out of the housing market by limiting the sale of land to New Zealand citizens and residents.
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WELLINGTON — Urgent measures such as electronic prescribing, mandatory reporting of adverse pharmaceutical events and much more careful medicines management are essential to reduce the unacceptably large numbers of New Zealanders being harmed by pharmaceuticals, the Green Party says.
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