The interview has been transcribed below. Q+A is repeated on TVNZ 7 at 9.10pm on Sunday nights and 10.10am and 2.10pm on Mondays. The full length video interviews and panel discussions from this morning's Q+A can also be seen on tvnz.co.nz at, http://tvnz.co.nz/q-and-a-news

The interview has been transcribed below. Q+A is repeated on TVNZ 7 at 9.10pm on Sunday nights and 10.10am and 2.10pm on Mondays. The full length video interviews and panel discussions from this morning's Q+A can also be seen on tvnz.co.nz at, http://tvnz.co.nz/q-and-a-news

Points of interest:

- "Several thousand" whales will be saved over ten years under new commercial whaling proposals

- New Zealand will only support proposal if it promises a "substantial reduction" in the number of whales killed

Hon Heather Roy speech to GiftEDnz Mini-conference; Campus of Massey University;

Saturday, March 20 2010.

Communications and IT Minister Steven Joyce has revealed his disregard for New Zealand's telecommunications infrastructure, Labour's Communications and IT spokesperson Clare Curran said today.

I don't spend a lot of time worrying about what the procedural rules are in the House or Senate. What I can tell you is that the vote that's taken in the House will be a vote for health care reform.

I intend this blog to be the first in a series looking at the three main internationally significant electoral contests to occur this year. They will be the Australian federal election, the British general election and the American mid-term elections.

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Foreign Minister Murray McCully leaves on Monday for his first official visit to China, where he meet Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and other senior leaders.

Hon Dr Pita Sharples, Minister of Maori Affairs

Speech to Maori Rugby Centenary luncheon

18 March 2010, Banquet Hall, Beehive.

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Maori Nurses and Midwives forum;

Te Runanga o Kirikiriroa, Hamilton

Friday 19 March 2010; 10.15am

Hon Tariana Turia; Associate Minister of Health

E nga mana o tenei whenua, tena koutou.