http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ Latest Content for AUDREY YOUNG en-nz Copyright 2010 APN HOLDINGS NZ Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:20:09 +1200 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss APN RSS Generator webnews@nzherald.co.nz webmaster@nzherald.co.nz http://www.nzherald.co.nz/images/nz_little_logo.gif http://www.nzherald.co.nz/audrey-young/headlines.cfm?a_id=164 It says a lot about Steven Joyce's growing importance in the Government that he was the first person to be interviewed on TV3's new political show The Nation this morning. Not the Prime Minister or Finance Minister Bill English,... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/audrey-young/news/article.cfm?a_id=164&objectid=10633122&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:00:18 +1200 The Ministry of Maori Development, Te Puni Kokiri, not the Ministry of Social Development, will be responsible for the Whanau Ora social services policy, the Herald understands. And the policy will be piloted in up to half a... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/audrey-young/news/article.cfm?a_id=164&objectid=10632497&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 If John Key hadn't been planning to go into next year's election promising to keep pensioners' free travel entitlements on the SuperGold Card, he almost certainly will be now. At yesterday's post-Cabinet press conference, the Prime... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/audrey-young/news/article.cfm?a_id=164&objectid=10632260&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +1200 Labour MP Chris Carter has a watertight response to a claim he has used taxpayer funds to pay his mother's phone bill. She died 17 years ago. Mr Carter has been at the centre of expenses controversies at Parliament because of large... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/audrey-young/news/article.cfm?a_id=164&objectid=10632261&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 Talks begin in Melbourne today to lift what began as a 2001 pact between New Zealand and Singapore to a powerful "new generation" regional free trade deal that the United States has made a top trade priority. The US is already... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/audrey-young/news/article.cfm?a_id=164&objectid=10632068&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:00:00 +1200 Former Deputy Prime Minister and Commonwealth Secretary General Sir Don McKinnon believes union with Australia is probably inevitable, but not for a while. Sir Don was commenting on a poll conducted on both sides of the Tasman... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/audrey-young/news/article.cfm?a_id=164&objectid=10632066&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:00:12 +1200 Any hopes Auckland has of hosting the 2018 Commonwealth Games are set to be dashed, with the Government likely to announce next week that it will not underwrite the cost. The latest estimates on what it would cost to stage the... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/audrey-young/news/article.cfm?a_id=164&objectid=10631769&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 Justice Minister Simon Power is heading to New York tomorrow to defend New Zealand's use of Tasers, the Bill of Rights Act, and its record on the Treaty of Waitangi at the United Nations Human Rights Committee. Mr Power will face... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/audrey-young/news/article.cfm?a_id=164&objectid=10631483&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:00:11 +1200 Wealthy older parents of settled immigrants will be given priority to retire here if they are rich enough to invest $1 million over four years. They will have to have good health but will not need to have health insurance. As permanent... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/audrey-young/news/article.cfm?a_id=164&objectid=10631281&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:21:34 +1200 Wealthy older parents of settled immigrants will be given priority to retire here if they are rich enough to invest $1 million over four years. They will have to have good health but will not need to have health insurance. As permanent... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/audrey-young/news/article.cfm?a_id=164&objectid=10631257&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 Universities and polytechs will have funding cuts if their students don't pass their courses, Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce said yesterday. But it has left him open to claims that the move will create incentives for... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/audrey-young/news/article.cfm?a_id=164&objectid=10631024&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:00:09 +1200 I saw first hand yesterday why teachers are having a difficult job trying to win the argument against Education minister Anne Tolley about national standards. Tolley was holding one of her community meetings on national standards... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/audrey-young/news/article.cfm?a_id=164&objectid=10631063&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 Social Development Minister Paula Bennett will spend five weeks in the United States looking at ways to develop new policy on expanding corporate social responsibility in New Zealand. She has been awarded an Eisenhower Fellowship... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/audrey-young/news/article.cfm?a_id=164&objectid=10630817&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:00:06 +1200