ACT Conference 2010
ACT members and supporters, and media, have converged on Wellington College today as ACT New Zealand holds it annual national conference – the first to be held in the capital in four years.
Baked Beans, Cars and Fraud Awareness
Next week, in my capacity as Minister of Consumer Affairs, I will officially launch Fraud Awareness Week 2010 – an initiative in which private sector, public sector, and community agencies work t
Powerswitch – Putting The Power In Consumers' Hands
There has recently been news coverage on how - having remained steady for over a year - electricity prices are on the rise, with three of the country's big power companies increasing their prices.<
Kristin School visits Parliament
I was visited in my office today by twenty Year 13 students (7th formers for those still operating on the old system) from Kristin School on the North Shore.
In The House
Legislation this week - February 23-February 25 2010
Government Bills:
The House will go into Urgency to debate the following Bills:
Wellington’s Vigilant Wardens
Parking wardens get a lot of bad press and this week is no exception.
Citizens Advice Bureau
Yesterday I paid a visit to the Wellington Central Citizens Advice Bureau.
Gurka Reunion
It is always difficult for our soldiers, sailors and airmen and women to be deployed so far from home, to be helping strangers who they, more often than not, had little chance of ever seeing again.
25 Years of Army Officer Training in New Zealand
Last Friday I was invited to be the Reviewing Officer at the Territorial Force Commissioning Course Graduation Parade in Waiouru.
Bikes for Kids
Late last year I celebrated the Variety Club’s Kids on Bikes programme and I am pleased to read today that a Hastings