http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ Latest Government headlines from nzherald.co.nz en-nz Copyright 2010 APN HOLDINGS NZ Fri, 03 Dec 2010 07:00:07 +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/government/news/headlines.cfm?c_id=49 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/government/news/article.cfm?c_id=49&objectid=10691684&ref=rss Dozens of Venezuelans left homeless by torrential rains can stay at the presidential palace until the Government finds them new homes, President Hugo Chavez said yesterday as the death toll from flooding and mudslides reached 25.... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 03 Dec 2010 06:40:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/government/news/article.cfm?c_id=49&objectid=10691688&ref=rss A British debating society said yesterday that it had cancelled a speech by Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa after planned protests against his visit. Tamil groups in Britain and their supporters planned a big demonstration... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 03 Dec 2010 05:40:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/government/news/article.cfm?c_id=49&objectid=10691715&ref=rss New Zealand taxpayers have spent more than half a billion dollars over the past decade subsidising Hollywood movies and TV series, a Herald investigation reveals.The figure includes more than $220 million in rebates, paid from... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 03 Dec 2010 05:30:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/government/news/article.cfm?c_id=49&objectid=10691712&ref=rss Officials were left red-faced after the Transport Agency cleared its registry of deceased driver licence holders, only to receive letters from 23 people informing them they were still alive.The embarrassing error is outlined in... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 03 Dec 2010 05:30:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/government/news/article.cfm?c_id=49&objectid=10691705&ref=rss Attorney-General Chris Finlayson says he would willingly give up his summer holiday to hold more public meetings countering claims by the "clowns" in the Coastal Coalition over the foreshore and seabed repeal bill.He has been... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 03 Dec 2010 05:30:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/government/news/article.cfm?c_id=49&objectid=10691703&ref=rss A report into possible abuse of the international travel perk by MP Pansy Wong, to be made public today, is not expected to force her resignation from Parliament.It is expected to show a small number of instances in which misuse... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 03 Dec 2010 05:30:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/government/news/article.cfm?c_id=49&objectid=10691701&ref=rss The Serious Fraud Office is signalling a greater focus on bribery and corruption and has asked the Government to review legislation dealing with such crimes, some of which is a century old.Serious Fraud Office chief executive... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 03 Dec 2010 05:30:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/government/news/article.cfm?c_id=49&objectid=10691694&ref=rss MOSCOW - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin told United States officials to keep their noses out of Russian affairs in a combative response to criticisms of the way his country was run revealed by leaked diplomatic cables.His... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 03 Dec 2010 05:30:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/government/news/article.cfm?c_id=49&objectid=10691685&ref=rss The racket of five decades - clamouring babies, yelling spouses and the occasional crack of gunfire - are suddenly gone from Cabrini-Green, a high-rise apartment project near downtown Chicago that became a symbol of public housing... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 03 Dec 2010 05:30:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/government/news/article.cfm?c_id=49&objectid=10691683&ref=rss KABUL - Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his powerful brother are among a number of senior Afghan figures to be accused of ordering the release of high-ranking Taleban fighters so often that the insurgents now run a commission to... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 03 Dec 2010 05:30:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/government/news/article.cfm?c_id=49&objectid=10691678&ref=rss WASHINGTON - United States President Barack Obama rallied support for a stalled nuclear treaty from former Secretary of State Colin Powell as both men warned of grave consequences if the Senate fails to ratify the agreement with Russia."When... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 03 Dec 2010 05:30:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/government/news/article.cfm?c_id=49&objectid=10691457&ref=rss South Korea plans more military drills after US warships leave, Yonhap news agency said, a move likely to add to tension on the divided peninsula after last week's attack by the North. The isolated North's only powerful ally,... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 02 Dec 2010 07:10:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/government/news/article.cfm?c_id=49&objectid=10691455&ref=rss Egypt's ruling National Democratic Party wiped out its Islamist opponents from Parliament in the first round of a disputed election, according to official results. The NDP won 209 of 221 seats in the first round of voting. A... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 02 Dec 2010 06:40:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/government/news/article.cfm?c_id=49&objectid=10691485&ref=rss LONDON - One of the cables leaked to WikiLeaks shows the chief of Britain's central bank harboured serious concerns over Prime Minister David Cameron's economic expertise.The Guardian newspaper says the cable captures Mervyn... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 02 Dec 2010 05:30:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/government/news/article.cfm?c_id=49&objectid=10691473&ref=rss Auckland International Airport yesterday asked the Government to take a closer look at foreshore veto rights which it says could put future expansion at risk.Corporate general manager Charles Spillane addressed the Maori affairs... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 02 Dec 2010 05:30:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/government/news/article.cfm?c_id=49&objectid=10691467&ref=rss The WikiLeaks US Embassy cables have revealed that the small Pacific nation of Kiribati spurned a United States offer of US$3 million ($4 million) to take 17 Chinese Muslim Guantanamo Bay detainees. The New York Times - one of... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 02 Dec 2010 05:30:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/government/news/article.cfm?c_id=49&objectid=10691451&ref=rss She might have wanted to keep her head down, but instead the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, yesterday landed in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, for a meeting of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe.At... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 02 Dec 2010 05:30:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/government/news/article.cfm?c_id=49&objectid=10691438&ref=rss Prime Minister John Key has slammed bureaucratic pin-pricking over the proposed New Zealand financial services hub as "absolute rubbish" and stepped in to put the project on the fast-track.Economic Development Minister Gerry Brownlee... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 02 Dec 2010 05:30:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/government/news/article.cfm?c_id=49&objectid=10691437&ref=rss Climate Change Negotiations Minister Tim Groser has been asked to lead a key strand of the climate talks which have just begun in Cancun, Mexico.The talks he has been asked to facilitate at Cancun relate to the issue of measurement,... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 02 Dec 2010 05:30:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/government/news/article.cfm?c_id=49&objectid=10691363&ref=rss Second marriages have been called the triumph of hope over experience, and the same might be said of the annual conferences of the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.Expectations of the global... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 02 Dec 2010 05:30:00 +1200