CANTERBURY — All Banks Peninsula, except for 20 properties in the Church Bay and eastern Diamond Harbour area, have been rezoned from white to green, Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee announced today.
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CANTERBURY — Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee has today convened meetings in the residential orange zone with geotechnical engineers and officials in order to get clarity around the myriad of complexities that need to be sorted before rezoning can occur.
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CHRISTCHURCH — The Government has moved to open up more land for residential development in Kaiapoi following the announcements in June and August that around 1000 properties in the Waimakariri District had been zoned red because of severe earthquake damage.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee has welcomed the signing today of a final agreement between the alliance of parties that will manage the $2 billion rebuild of Christchurch’s badly damaged infrastructure.
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CHRISTCHURCH — More than 9700 residential properties in the Christchurch Port Hills area have been rezoned from white to green, Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee announced today.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Cabinet has signed off the release of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority’s draft Recovery Strategy for public consultation, Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee announced today.
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CANTERBURY — Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee has welcomed economic indicators released today that show the manufacturing and export sectors in Canterbury continue to perform well.
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CANTERBURY — Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says the one year anniversary of the 4 September 2010 earthquake is a time to reflect on the unprecedented events which have spilled well beyond Canterbury to touch all New Zealanders over the past year.
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Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee will next month lead a government delegation to meet insurers, re-insurers and insurance underwriters in Europe.
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Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says Cantabrians affected by the past year’s seismic events and all other New Zealanders should have no concerns about their Earthquake Commission (EQC) claims being settled in full.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Following careful consideration the government will be making offers to purchase a further 940 properties in Kaiapoi and Pines Beach north of Christchurch, Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee has announced today.
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CANTERBURY — The New Zealand Law Society has begun circulating information to its members to allow them to be able to respond to the expected strong demand for advice from recipients of Government offers to purchase in the designated Red Zone.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee today welcomed the Christchurch City Council's release of its draft recovery plan for the Christchurch central business district.
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Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says he supports the process being undertaken by the Christchurch City Council to release its draft plan for redevelopment of the central city.
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CANTERBURY — More than 10,000 winter heat installations have been completed in greater Christchurch, Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee announced today.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee and Social Development and Employment Minister Paula Bennett have announced that temporary accommodation assistance is available for Cantabrians in the residential red zone.
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CANTERBURY — The government has developed further details of its offer to buy the properties of insured Canterbury homeowners in the residential red zone, including legal support and generous deposit rates, Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee announced today.
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CANTERBURY — Interest in the government's offer to purchase homes in the residential red zone in Canterbury is high, with 2824 consent forms returned by the end of July, Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says.
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KAIAPOI — Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says speculation by The Christchurch Press and others that a decision about orange zoned land in Kaiapoi is due next week is irresponsible.
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The contract to demolish the Copthorne Hotel in Durham Street has been awarded, Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee announced today.
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All of the Selwyn District and large parts of the Waimakariri District have now been reclassified from the white zone to the green zone, Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee announced today.
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CANTERBURY — Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee has welcomed the release of economic indicators showing some promising areas of economic activity in Canterbury, but he notes that most of the data is pre-June, so doesn’t show the affect of the major quakes which hit on June 13.
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People living in the greater Christchurch area are being asked by the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA) to provide their views on what should be done to help the region recover from the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes.
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The Earthquake Commission (EQC) has paid out more than $1 billion in claims for earthquake damage to residential property since 4 September last year, Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee announced today.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says the announcement today of zones of land damage in greater Christchurch is the most up-to-date information that can be provided.
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CANTERBURY — Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says the government will give an initial update on the state of land in greater Christchurch at a media briefing at 1:30pm tomorrow in Christchurch.
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CHRISTCHURCH — The government has agreed to prepare an order in council changing Christchurch City Council’s annual planning and accountability responsibilities, Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee and Local Government Minister Rodney Hide announced today.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee has cautiously welcomed a range of data just released by the Ministry of Economic Development showing positive indicators for the Canterbury economy following September and February’s earthquakes.
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CHRISTCHURCH — A new temporary entertainment and performance events village to be set up in North Hagley Park will receive $650,000 from the government's Major Events Development Fund, Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee and Acting Economic Development Minister David Carter announced today.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says he is heartened by today's announcement from Lion Nathan that it will invest $15 million into building a state-of-the-art warehouse and distribution centre on its badly damaged Canterbury Brewery site in the Christchurch CBD.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee has held the second of regular briefings with local elected representatives to discuss progress on recovery.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee has this morning announced a phased demolition of the Hotel Grand Chancellor will begin in the next few weeks.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says the Earthquake Commission (EQC) had received 159,318 claims from the 22 February earthquake when the deadline for claims passed at midnight last night.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says the roll out of ultra fast broadband to Canterbury homes, businesses, schools and healthcare centres will provide a boost to the region and support recovery following the September and February quakes.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says he’s encouraged and delighted with today’s news that listed Australasian outdoor clothing and equipment company Kathmandu Holdings will build a new national distribution centre in Christchurch.
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CHRISTCHURCH — The new Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA) will receive $25.5 million of funding over two years, Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says.
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CANTERBURY — Budget 2011 delivers $5.5 billion over six years for the Government’s new Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Fund, Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Changes are being made to Building Code documents to increase the seismic hazard factor for Canterbury and to require stronger foundations for buildings, Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee and Education Minister Anne Tolley have announced that full pre-earthquake operational funding for Christchurch schools is to be extended until the end of the year.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says he’s pleased with progress being made by Fletcher Construction to replace the primary heat source in earthquake damaged homes.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee has welcomed today's announcement by the State Services Commissioner that the permanent chief executive of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA) will be Roger Sutton.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee has commended Christchurch City Council on organising this weekend’s community expo ‘Share an Idea’ for people to give their views on the re-development of Christchurch’s central city.
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Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee has held the first of regular meetings of the cross-party MPs’ forum established under the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Act.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee has announced an alliance of parties that will rebuild Christchurch’s badly damaged ground level and below ground infrastructure, including roads, water, wastewater and stormwater.
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CANTERBURY — Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee is calling for expressions of interest for membership of the community forum to be formed under the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Act.
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CHRISTCHURCH — The Earthquake Commission (EQC) has received more than 300,000 claims from the Canterbury earthquakes which began on September 4, putting the scale of the events into stark clarity, Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says.
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CHRISTCHURCH — The House this afternoon passed the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Bill, which repeals the Canterbury Earthquake Response and Recovery Act 2010.
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CHRISTCHURCH — The government has, in consultation with opposition parties, approved nine orders in council to cut red-tape and help speed up the recovery process after the Christchurch earthquake, Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee announced today.
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The roll out of the government's home insulation and clean heating programme, Warm Up New Zealand: Heat Smart, is nearing 90,000 homes while keeping about 2000 kiwis in full time employment, Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee says.
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A new initiative to repair and insulate houses in Ratana township will significantly improve the quality of life for residents, and act as a showcase for the benefits of energy efficiency initiatives for other Maori communities.
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GREYMOUTH — Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee has today moved to reassure the families of the 29 victims of the Pike River mine that the government continues to explore all options to recover their loved ones.
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TARANAKI — An Origin/Contact Energy consortium has been granted permission to proceed to fully commissioning the Ahuroa underground gas storage facility near Stratford in Taranaki, Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee said today.
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Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee today welcomed a report commissioned by Venture Taranaki on the value of the oil and gas industry to New Zealand and the Taranaki region.
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With the Electricity Authority coming into existence today a significant milestone in the government's reforms of the electricity sector has been reached, Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee says.
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TAUPO — Contact Energy's Tauhara II geothermal project will be an important step toward New Zealand achieving its target of 90 per cent renewable energy by 2025, Energy and Resources and Economic Development Minister Gerry Brownlee said today.
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Economic Development Minister Gerry Brownlee has welcomed the passing of The Employment Relations (Film Production Work) Amendment Bill.
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In only 15 months more than 76,000 households have benefited from the government's home insulation and energy efficiency programme, Warm Up New Zealand: Heat Smart, Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee says.
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CANTERBURY — Canterbury business owners and managers will have access to fully-funded training to help them recover from the effects of the recent earthquake, Minister for Economic Development Gerry Brownlee announced today.
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Earthquake recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says the peer-reviewed geotechnical report delivered by consultant engineers to the Earthquake Commission contains good news for the vast majority of Canterbury residents - their land can and will be fixed.
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Earthquake recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee has endorsed the EQC approach to managing the repair of the 50,000 earthquake-damaged properties in Canterbury with damage assessed between approximately $10,000 and $100,000 of value.
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CHRISTCHURCH — Good progress is being made in the implementation of a programme to allow Cantabrians whose chimneys have been significantly damaged by the recent earthquake to replace their old log burners or open fires with a new, efficient heater, with the cost covered by their claim to the EQC, Earthquake recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee says.
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CANTERBURY — Earthquake recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee has today announced members of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Commission.
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The final of four funding rounds of the Marine Energy Deployment Fund has opened for applications, Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee announced today.
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Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee has welcomed Transpower's announcement of a new smart grid project to help relieve pressure on the upper North Island electricity system at times of high demand.
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Minister for Economic Development Gerry Brownlee today announced the awarding of the first all-of-government contracts for passenger vehicles.
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Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee today invited feedback on proposals to update, streamline and future-proof the Crown Minerals Act, which provides the framework for management and allocation of rights to Crown-owned minerals.
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A project to harness wave energy on the Chatham Islands has been awarded funding under the government's Marine Energy Deployment Fund, Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee announced today.
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Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee today released a Draft New Zealand Energy Strategy (NZES) and Draft New Zealand Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy (NZEECS) for public consultation.
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Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee and Conservation Minister Kate Wilkinson announced today that the government has decided not to remove any land from Schedule 4 of the Crown Minerals Act for the purposes of further mineral exploration or extraction.
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Economic Development Minister Gerry Brownlee announced today that the government will contribute $100,000 towards the ITF Taekwon-Do World Championships in March 2011, following news that New Zealand will host the event in Wellington in March next year.
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AUCKLAND CITY — The government has shown its continued support for major events with Economic Development Minister Gerry Brownlee today announcing a significant contribution to New Zealand's hosting of the 2012 Triathlon ITU World Championships Series grand final.
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GISBORNE — Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee has today moved to clarify a number of issues around the government's issuing of a petroleum exploration permit to Brazilian company Petrobras for 12,333 square kilometres in the Raukumara Basin off the North Island's East Cape.
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Minister of Energy and Resources Gerry Brownlee and Chilean Minister of Energy Dr Ricardo Raineri Bernain met in Wellington today and affirmed the growing importance of the energy relationship between New Zealand and Chile.
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Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee today awarded New Zealand's first petroleum exploration permit over the Raukumara Basin off the North Island's East Coast to Petrobras International Braspetro B.V.
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Minister for Energy and Resources Gerry Brownlee has today announced New Zealand's intention to join the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
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The government's Warm Up New Zealand: Heat Smart scheme has posted another strong month of activity, with 3,837 houses retrofitted in March, Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee said today.
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Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee and Mexico's Secretary of Energy Georgina Kessels have signed a cooperation arrangement in Cancun, Mexico to facilitate bilateral collaboration in the field of renewable energy.
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Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee has today departed for Mexico to attend the 12th International Energy Forum.
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Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee says he is encouraged by a poll out in today's Sunday Star Times showing good levels of support for the government's plans to prospect for valuable minerals in a small area of what is presently Schedule Four conservation land.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Economic Development Minister Gerry Brownlee announced today that government will work in partnership with the Auckland City Council to enable the city to host a stopover for the 2011/2012 Volvo Ocean Race.
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Labour's hypocrisy over mining has been laid bare, says Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee, after new figures released by Crown Minerals today showed Labour approved more than 200 permits for mining on the Conservation Estate.
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Minister of Energy and Resources Gerry Brownlee says much of the noise around the government's modest proposals to open up a portion of Schedule Four land for possible mining is ignoring the facts about mining's role in the economy.
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Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee and Conservation Minister Kate Wilkinson today released a discussion paper containing a suite of measures to facilitate the environmentally responsible development of New Zealand's extensive mineral estate.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Economic Development Minister Gerry Brownlee announced today that the government will contribute $250,000 from the Major Events Development Fund towards Rally New Zealand 2010 event, being held around Auckland in May.
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TARANAKI — Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee today announced the opening of bidding for a block offer over the onshore Kahili gas field in Taranaki.
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Economic Development Minister Gerry Brownlee says the filming of the Golden Globe Award winning movie Avatar in New Zealand delivered more than $307 million expenditure to the economy.
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Economic Development Minister Gerry Brownlee is pleased that $400,000 will be contributed towards the 2011 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics World Championships being held in Christchurch 21-30 January 2011 from the Major Events Development Fund (MEDF).
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Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee today announced the opening of bidding for six new petroleum exploration blocks across the Reinga Basin off the northwest coast of New Zealand.
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Economic Development Minister Gerry Brownlee says investment in New Zealand's fastest growing seafood sector will accelerate the industry's programme to drive growth over the medium to long term.
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New Zealand's production of crude oil jumped nearly 20 percent in the quarter ending September, largely due to the Maari field reaching full production, Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee announced today.
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New Zealand's oil reserves have been secured for 2010, ensuring the country continues to meet its International Energy Agency (IEA) obligations, Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee announced today.
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Nearly 5000 Kiwi homes benefited from retrofitted insulation and clean heating under the Warm Up New Zealand: Heat Smart scheme during November, Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee said today.
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The organisers of the Rugby World Cup have pulled out all the stops to bring the cream of international rugby to grassroots New Zealand, Rugby World Cup Associate Minister Gerry Brownlee said today.
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Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee today announced a suite of changes to New Zealand's electricity system to improve competition and constrain price increases, increase security of supply, and ensure effective and stream-lined governance.
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Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee today announced the Government's Action Plan for unlocking and maximising New Zealand's petroleum potential, with a specific focus on exploration of New Zealand's offshore deepwater basins.
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The government has finalised a consultation process it will be following for the review of Schedule 4 of the Crown Minerals Act.
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Energy and Resources Minister, Gerry Brownlee, is welcoming a report by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment about the Stockton coal mine, describing it as a useful contribution.
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SOUTHLAND — Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee today welcomed the acceptance by Crown Minerals of an application by ExxonMobil and Todd Energy to seek changes to the work conditions for Permit 50117 for the Great South Basin.
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Latest figures show over 8000 New Zealand homes have been retrofitted in the first eight weeks of the government's insulation scheme.
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WEST COAST — The government is making a $4 million dollar payment to four West Coast timber mills to settle a long running grievance with the Timberlands West Coast SOE.
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