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AUCKLAND — Local Government Minister Mark Burton today announced the three Commissioners appointed to the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Auckland Governance, and released the Terms of Reference.
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Justice Minister Mark Burton today opened the 2007 Victim Support Annual Conference taking place this weekend in Wellington and acknowledged the valuable work of Victim Support in often very difficult situations.
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While our concern remains that victims should be well supported and helped to restore their lives following trauma as your vision states, we must also remember that when we work to rehabilitate offenders we are working to take away the circumstances that create victims in the first place - that is and must be the primary reason and the foundation for any criminal justice initiative.
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Local Government Minister Mark Burton told Parliament today during question time the latest uptake figures of the rates rebate scheme show a promising increase on the figures for this time last year.
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Justice Minister Mark Burton welcomed the addition of three new non-custodial sentences to the courts' sentencing options that come into force today.
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The Crown and Ngati Toa Rangatira have formally agreed to enter into negotiations settling the tribe's historical Treaty of Waitangi claims, Treaty Negotiations Minister Hon Mark Burton said today.
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Te Rûnanga o Te Rarawa today signed an agreement in principle with the Crown to settle all Te Rarawa's historical Treaty of Waitangi claims.
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No te ra nei hainatia ai e Te Runanga o Te Rarawa raua ko te Karauna tetahi Whakaaetanga Matapono hei whakaea i nga kereme hitori katoa a Te Rarawa.
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New legislation which implements recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry into Police Conduct has passed its third reading, Justice Minister Mark Burton said today.
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The Ministers of Treaty Negotiations, Finance and Mâori Affairs have proposed to meet with Central North island iwi who are not part of the Affiliate Te Arawa Iwi and Hapu settlement agreement, to discuss their concerns about the accumulated rentals for deferred purchase land arising from aspects of that settlement package.
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"Mr Finlayson is either confused or misrepresenting the facts about this Government's record on Treaty Settlements." Treaty Negotiations Minister Mark Burton said today.
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