17 March 2008 - Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism, John Key, is giving Tourism New Zealand an additional $2.5 million immediately to boost tourism promotion in Australia.

The Minister of Commerce, Simon Power, said today he will recommend to the Governor-General that Dr Mark Berry be appointed as the new Chair of the Commerce Commission.

Minister Kate Wilkinson will meet Australian Ministers and senior government officials when she visits Canberra this week.

As part of the government's Jobs and Growth plan, Prime Minister John Key and Transport Minister Steven Joyce have today announced almost a billion dollars of additional investment in the state highway network over the next three years.

Prime Minister John Key and Transport Minister Steven Joyce are today outlining government plans for simpler, more efficient funding of New Zealand's transport system.

Transport Minister Steven Joyce has today confirmed the government's commitment to the electrification of Auckland rail, which was to have been funded through the regional fuel tax.

Transport Minister Steven Joyce says the government will not proceed with regional fuel taxes, which are an "expensive and inefficient" means of collecting revenue.

Regional Fuel Taxes will be partially replaced by smaller increases in national fuel taxes.

16 March 2009 - Foreign Minister Murray McCully will meet Prime Minister Jim Marurai, senior ministers, and business leaders during a three-day visit to the Cook Islands starting on Wednesday.

16 March 2009 - The grief of a sudden, untimely death will never be forgotten.

Associate Minister of Health, Hon Tariana Turia, describes two reports released at the end of last week as grim reading for those concerned about Maori health.

16 March 2009 - Green MP Sue Kedgley has called on the Government to stop imports of cat and dog fur because of an inhumane international trade that includes skinning animals alive.