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Hon Dr Michael Cullen holds several ministerial portfolios: Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Finance [including responsibility for the Government Superannuation Fund] Minister for Tertiary Education Leader of the House
The role of the international tax changes within the business tax reform package is to help increase our international connections.
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Despite New Zealand and China's vast differences in size and economic composition, we are both economies on the move, and we are both positioning ourselves to succeed as the pace of globalisation gathers.
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Lecture delivered at the China Executive Leadership Academy Pudong (CELAP) covering the growing relationship between New Zealand and China, the experience of public sector management in New Zealand and our approach to fostering innovation.
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The latest balance of payments figures reinforce the importance of KiwiSaver as a means of addressing New Zealand's poor savings record.
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An OECD report shows New Zealand has made considerable progress in integrating skills and economic development policies at the regional and national level since the election of the Labour-led government in 1999.
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All deposit-takers will have to be registered by the Reserve Bank and comply with minimum prudential requirements under a new regulatory framework.
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AUCKLAND — District Court Judge Marcus Robinson has been appointed a temporary Associate Judge of the High Court.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Speech notes for address to Trans-Tasman Business Circle Luncheon, AMP, Lower Albert St, Auckland.
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Speech notes for announcement of winners of AMP's 2007 Scholarship programme, Grand Hall, Parliament.
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Labour will accept the majority decision of the Advertising Standards Authority on a KiwiSaver web advertisement.
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Dr Cullen said lifting the number of medical undergraduates was a positive step in meeting the challenges of a tight international medical labour market.
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CHRISTCHURCH — I am confident that changes in the tax environment this year will help to prepare New Zealand to be a dynamic, connected economy able to meet the challenges ahead.
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WELLINGTON CITY — The reforms and new investment system are a deliberate attempt to place quality ahead of quantity within tertiary education.
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David Shand has been appointed chair of the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) Tertiary Education Minister Michael Cullen announced today.
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WELLINGTON CITY — The introduction of KiwiSaver is a new challenge for the workplace savings industry and it is one that I encourage you to see as an opportunity that will grow and benefit New Zealand long into the future.
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The amendments we propose will give those in super schemes that comply with KiwiSaver rules more protection and allow savers better access to their funds in retirement.
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AUCKLAND CITY — Ailsa Duffy QC has been appointed a Judge of the High Court.
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This will help reinvigorate what is an important export industry and a valuable part of our education sector.
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The agreement signed today by government, NZCTU and Business NZ representatives will ensure that progress continues to be made in this important area.
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As of yesterday - just five weeks after the KiwiSaver launch - the total number of enrolments received by Inland Revenue had reached nearly 92,000, with just over 3,000 opt-out forms received to date.
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The changes are part of the Limited Partnerships Bill, tabled today, which introduces new regulatory rules for limited partnerships that will make it easier for New Zealand firms to have access to investment capital.
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There is no way National could afford to cut taxes to ensure families currently receiving the Family Support Tax Credit would be no worse off.
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It is vital for our future prosperity that we continue working towards APEC's goal of free and open trade and investment.
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AUCKLAND — As shareholding Minister in Air New Zealand I have an obvious conflict of interest.
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This is good news and underscores the wisdom of the Labour-led government's prudent fiscal management and especially our savings policies.
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John Key needs to urgently clarify his party's position on the future of New Zealand Superannuation following the unprecedented comments from his finance spokesperson, Bill English, in today's New Zealand Herald.
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Despite Bill English's constant attempts to play politics with the high dollar and its impact on exporters, the facts don't back up his claims and he is once again showing his unfortunate ignorance about how the international marketplace operates, Acting Finance Minister Clayton Cosgrove said today.
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Tertiary Education Commissioner Jim Donovan will fill the role of interim chair of the TEC until a permanent replacement is found.
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This is a timely reminder that New Zealanders need to save more to reduce our dependence on the savings of foreigners.
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WELLINGTON — Speech honouring International Doctoral Research Scholars, at launch function for 'New Zealand Educated' brand.
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Mr Fletcher will serve a further five year term as a non-executive director.
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George Tanner's staff at the PCO will miss him.
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Latest training figures for the March quarter show a 10.
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This is fundamentally about how best to ensure our productive sector can remain viable and competitive and how thousands of New Zealanders can continue to keep their home ownership dreams alive.
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Mr English's negative approach is not what exporters need right now as they struggle with the high dollar.
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Despite the weight of evidence Bill English continues to deny there is a problem in the housing market.
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The arrangements in question enable New Zealand parties to claim depreciation deductions for assets in which they have no economic interest that are leased to parties overseas who are not subject to New Zealand tax rules.
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Someone with a New Zealand qualification can now work or study much easier overseas because that qualification will now have equivalent status in each of the 50 Lisbon convention countries.
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In future, all finance companies, building societies and credit unions, known as non-bank deposit takers (NBDTs) will be required to be licensed by the Reserve Bank.
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I am confident this programme will further strengthen New Zealand's international reputation as a quality provider of higher education, as well as enriching the experience for our own students.
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Students be warned, National has a secret agenda.
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Workers need certainty before making long term decisions.
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We welcome these legislative changes, the last that are required for KiwiSaver, the landmark workplace saving scheme, to go live in July.
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The bank is exercising its powers in accordance with the legislation and the policy targets agreement.
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Mr Key should stick to being a money market speculator rather than continuing to cut across Mr English's attempts to be more fiscally conservative.
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ROTORUA — Timaru lawyer Jocelyn Munro has been appointed a District Court Judge with a Family Court warrant.
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Mr English's sweeping attacks on government spending are misleading voters.
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Russell Marshall has led the TEC through one of the most significant periods of change that New Zealand's tertiary sector has seen.
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Today's announcement further underlines the Labour-led government's commitment to lifting our sustainable rate of economic growth.
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