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	Minister of Finance (New Zealand) Information
		The Minister of Finance also supervises the Treasury, which is the government's primary advisor on matters of economic and financial policy.
		After the 1996 elections, the role of the Minister of Finance was split between two portfolios - that of Minister of Finance and that of Treasurer.
		The position of Treasurer was senior to that of the Minister of Finance, and was created as part of the coalition agreement between the National Party and New Zealand First.
	www.bookrags.com /Minister_of_Finance_%28New_Zealand%29 (520 words)

	Minister of Finance (New Zealand) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Minister of Finance is responsible for producing an annual Budget outlining the government's proposed expenditure.
		After the 1996 elections, the role of the Minister of Finance was split between two portfolios - that of Minister of Finance and that of Treasurer.
		The position of Treasurer was senior to that of the Minister of Finance, and was created as part of the coalition agreement between the National Party and New Zealand First.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Minister_of_Finance_(New_Zealand) (557 words)

	EH.Net Encyclopedia: New Zealand in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
		New Zealand’s banks, which were not used to managing risk in a deregulated environment, scrambled to lend to speculators in an effort not to miss out on big profits.
		New Zealand’s economic decline relative to the rest of the OECD was halted, though it was not reversed.
		New Zealand was a long way from the world’s economic powerhouses, and it was difficult for its firms to establish and maintain contact with potential customers and collaborators in Europe, North America, or Asia.
	www.eh.net /encyclopedia/?article=Singleton.NZ (3441 words)

	International Conference on Governance
		The former Minister of Finance of New Zealand from 1990-1993, made her name by driving New Zealand’s reform agenda forward and laying the basis for the subsequent turnaround of the country’s growth and employment record.
		The New Zealand experience suggests that successful reform is usually characterised by a clear strategy among ministers, and a consistent application of that strategy, throughout the public sector.
		The former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Poland, is generally considered the chief architect of the economic and financial reforms in Poland.
	mirror.undp.org /magnet/icg97/part2.htm (10804 words)

	UTLink. Activities of the OECD in 1987
		Palle Simonsen, Minister of Finance, of Denmark; and Mr.
		Ministers affirmed the determination of their countries to resist these trends and to work for rapid, sustained and substantive progress in the negotiations towards a balanced global result which would be of benefit to all, developed and developing countries alike.
		New efforts should be made to diversify their economies and to address the structural and development dimensions of commodity dependence.
	www.g7.utoronto.ca /oecd/oecd87.htm (3729 words)

	New Zealand
		Tens of thousands of New Zealanders gathered on Monday to bury the Maori queen, one of the country's most respected indigenous leaders, and celebrate the inauguration of her son as her successor.
		New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark was poised to form an historic third successive government after her Labour Party clawed its way back past opposition National in a nail-biting election on Saturday.
		New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark called a general election for September 17 on Monday as she seeks a third term for her centre-left Labour Party, which is struggling in opinion polls.
	www.ezilon.com /information/cat_index_28.shtml (779 words)

	april2004_printable (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Previously, he was a member of the New Zealand Parliament and New Zealand’s ambassador to Canada, and was closely involved in New Zealand’s deregulation of labor markets, deregulation of the transportation industry, and restructuring of the fishing industry through the creation of conservation incentives.
		The new accountability is based on asking, “What did we get in public benefits as a result of the expenditure of money?” This is a question that has always been asked in business, but has not been the norm for governments.
		New Zealand’s per capita income in the period prior to the late 1950s was right around number three in the world, behind the United States and Canada.
	www.hillsdale.edu /newimprimis/2004/april/april_printable.htm (3578 words)

	Federal Transit Administration - Fact-Finding Mission to New Zealand (May 29-31, 2001) Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The New Zealand Parliament holds individual ministers and the prime minister's cabinet responsible for defining outcomes, such as reduced single auto occupancy use.
		Ministers can purchase goods and services from producers, whether from the private sector or from a government department.
		Of the several transport agencies monitored by the Ministry, Transfund New Zealand allocates funds to regional councils for passenger transport and to local authorities for local roads.
	www.fta.dot.gov /transit_data_info/reports_publications/publications/fact_finding_mission_nz/1590_2369_ENG_HTML.htm (2006 words)

	A Fact Sheet: New Zealand and ADB - ADB.org
		New Zealand was one of its 31 founding members.
		New Zealand has contributed to the Asian Development Fund (ADF), which is ADB’s window for concessional lending to its borrowing members, and to the Technical Assistance Special Fund (TASF), which provides grants to borrowing members to help prepare projects and undertake technical or policy studies.
		A channel financing agreement between New Zealand and ADB was signed on 15 December 1999.
	www.adb.org /Documents/Fact_Sheets/NZL.asp (913 words)

	Memo to the Minister of Finance on the RBA approach to intervention
		The Reserve Bank of New Zealand is scheduled to brief the Minister more fully on the range of intervention options and their relative merits on March 4, 2004.
		In New Zealand, the Act combined with the PTA place a division between the Minister and the implementation of monetary policy.
		The Reserve Bank is scheduled to brief the Minister of Finance more fully on the range of intervention objectives and their relative merits on Marc 4, 2004.
	www.rbnz.govt.nz /finmarkets/foreignreserves/intervention/0146807.html (579 words)

	Xinhua News Agency: New Zealand economy in good shape: Finance Minister.@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		New Zealand economy in good shape: Finance Minister.
		New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Michael Cullen is upbeat about the New Zealand economy in the next three years, despite international storm warnings.
		Lower dairy commodity prices may pose some problems for the New Zealand economy, but he said many other commodities are not showing the same "level of...
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:90724828&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (184 words)

	New Zealand -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The House of Representatives controversially established a new Supreme Court to replace the London-based judicial committee of the Privy Council as New Zealand's court of final appeal and...
		Rising between the South Pacific Ocean and the Tasman Sea, New Zealand is a land of spectacular contrasts—fjords and beaches, glaciers and volcanoes, snowcapped mountains and subtropical bush, clear streams and geysers.
		New terms were coined to describe the unusual plants and animals, and some words were picked up from the speech of the native aborigines in Australia and Maoris in New Zealand.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9108762&ref=news0305 (901 words)

	Joint Press Conference with Prime Minister of New Zealand, Helen Clark Parliament House, Canberra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		We are already a long way down that path and recently the New Zealand Finance Minister, Dr Cullen, and the Australian Treasurer Mr Costello met and explored further ways, particularly in the areas of competition where this goal could be further advanced and the Prime Minister and I give very strong support to that.
		New Zealand is continuing to lobby and build its constituency in Washington and among the business community and obviously it’s our aspiration that where Australia has gone, New Zealand will in time follow.
		Well, as you would be aware, New Zealand has endeavoured to assist Australia to resolve these very difficult problems and we will continue to endeavour to do that and to respond to any request that the UN high commissioner for refugees makes.
	www.pm.gov.au /news/Interviews/Interview726.html (2162 words)

	Australian High Commission Main Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The group was foreshadowed at the CER Ministerial Forum last August and includes representatives from Australian and New Zealand standard setters, and Australiaâs Financial Reporting Council.
		Under the leadership of Australia and supported strongly by New Zealand and many other Pacific Island Countries, RAMSI is restoring law, order and good economic management to the Solomon Islands.
		Today the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance of New Zealand, Dr Michael Cullen and I have had discussions on enhancing cooperation across the Tasman with the aim of developing a single economic market by harmonising business regulations between Australia and New Zealand.
	www.australia.org.nz /whatsnew_article.php?NewsEvent_ID=396 (2637 words)

	Former PM's - Official website of the Prime Minister of New Zealand
		He became Under-Secretary to the Minister of Finance from 1964 to 1967, the Minister of Tourism briefly in 1967 and Minister of Finance from 1967 — 1972 and also from 1975 - 1984.
		During that time moves were soon set on foot by a group known as the Young Turks within the parliamentary group to replace Marshall with Muldoon; They came into fruition in 1974.
		He served as Prime Minister for three terms until 1984 when, in July, he called a snap election, and lost.
	www.primeminister.govt.nz /oldpms/1975muldoon.html (274 words)

	The Commonwealth Treasurer – Transcript - Enhancing the Trans-Tasman Business Environment; Trans-Tasman Council ...
		If we can produce an arrangement by which they can move into New Zealand, and New Zealand companies move into Australia, with the minimum of fuss and the minimum of regulation I believe there will be enormous benefits on both sides of the Tasman.
		That would essentially be a matter for the New Zealand Government if it was going to provide depositor protection, if it was within a totally separate regulatory environment.
		The issue actually on the table is do we adopt the Australian dollar, and the New Zealand Government is not moving in that direction.
	www.treasurer.gov.au /tsr/content/transcripts/2005/013.asp (2679 words)

	Defending the National Archives of New Zealand: James Traue's speech to ARANZ
		Like a plague of locusts the new managerialists may seem to have devoured everything in their path, but the rich earth nourishes new growth, nature, like common sense, reasserts itself, and we are in the long run a little wiser, perhaps.
		The new nationalistic, and essentially romantic, historiography emphasised the publishing of documentary sources and the writing of national history out of the treasures of the new national archives, and historians quickly replaced the former registry officials, trained in the management of government office records, in the management of the archival repositories.
		The New Zealand functional model, separation of policy-making from operational functions is considered and rejected because of its weaknesses in coordination and consultation between policy makers and implementers.
	www.caldeson.com /RIMOS/traue.html (3106 words)

	QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER - Tuesday, 5 October 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Hon JIM SUTTON: The Minister’s responsibility is to ensure that the law is in good shape to enable the free stakeholders of New Zealand to protect their own interests.
		Ministers have made it clear that such issues are separate from the seabed and foreshore legislation.
		The Prime Minister spoke about policy, but she did not in any way address the question, as required, about how the offence could in any way be lessened.
	uncorrectedtranscripts.clerk.govt.nz /Documents/20041005.htm (8225 words)

	The Commonwealth Treasurer – Solid Progress in Costello-Cullen Bilateral [17/02/2005]
		Australia adopted international accounting standards at the start of the year, New Zealand is poised for full adoption in 2007 and the establishment of a permanent trans-Tasman accounting standards institution is on the radar as a long term goal.
		Ministers confirmed the decision at the CER Ministerial Forum last year to extend Australia’s wine equalisation tax rebate to New Zealand wine producers for their sales in Australia.
		The Council will be responsible to the Australian Treasurer and the New Zealand Minister of Finance and report to them prior to their annual bilateral meetings.
	www.treasurer.gov.au /tsr/content/pressreleases/2005/007.asp (853 words)

	Scoop: Cullen: Address to Social Development Symposium
		New Zealand’s current rate of economic growth is one of the highest in the OECD, but we still have a long way to go to catch-up with the rest of the world.
		New Zealand already has high levels of labour utilisation, meaning that increasing labour productivity is a key determinant of economic growth.
		PM Keen On Peters - Prime Minister Helen Clark said today that she and Michael Cullen had met with Winston Peters and his deputy Peter Brown this morning and that the meeting was very constructive.
	www.scoop.co.nz /stories/PA0411/S00607.htm (1915 words)

	Frontier Centre for Public Policy
		Sir Roger Douglas was Finance Minister in New Zealand's Labour Government from 1984 to 1988.
		Ruth Richardson established her reputation as an advocate for change during the remarkable reform era in New Zealand from the mid-1980's to the mid-1990's.
		As New Zealand's Minister of Finance from 1990—1993, she was the principal architect of New Zealand's second wave of reform, complementing the first wave of reforms initiated in the mid 1980s by New Zealand's other well-known Minister of Finance, Sir Roger Douglas.
	www.fcpp.org /main/people.php?CategoryID=%202 (2387 words)

	New Zealand finance minister delivers budget
		New Zealand has posted a budget operating surplus of just over $US2.3 billion.
		New Zealand's finance minister, Michael Cullen, announced the surplus while tabling the national budget.
		Mr Cullen says New Zealanders face the most uncertain political and economic situation internationally for a very long time.
	abcasiapacific.com /news/stories/asiapacific_stories_856037.htm (128 words)

	Radio Australia - News - New Zealand unveils cautious budget (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		New Zealand's finance minister, Michael Cullen, has unveiled his election year budget.
		New budget initiatives include a government-backed savings scheme to help New Zealanders buy their first home and fund retirement.
		Dr Cullen says he has warned government ministers that spending in future budgets is likely to be significantly lower.
	www.abc.net.au /ra/news/stories/s1372624.htm (270 words)

	AllRefer.com - Sir Robert Muldoon (Australian And New Zealand History, Biography) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Originally a public accountant, he entered parliament in 1960 as a member of the conservative National party and served (1967–72) as finance minister.
		He was briefly (1972) deputy prime minister and from 1974 to 1975 was leader of the opposition.
		Muldoon led his party to victory in the 1975 elections and served in the dual positions of prime minister and finance minister.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/MuldoonSi.html (277 words)

	John Quiggin - News Articles - NZ 9709
		Although New Zealand's Budget is in surplus, a further fiscal tightening would have been preferable to the very tight monetary policy that was actually adopted.
		In New Zealand's case, since the beginning of reform in late 1984, income per person has fallen by around 15 per cent relative to Australia and the rest of the OECD, and is currently about 20 per cent below the Australian level.
		It is easy to point to aspects of New Zealand's reforms that have reduced national income - repeated macro crises arising from financial deregulation and over-reliance on monetary policy, the sale of public assets to foreigners at low prices, the health care mess, and so on.
	www.uq.edu.au /economics/johnquiggin/news97/NZ9709.html (898 words)

	Tax Advice To Receive Legal Privilege In New Zealand
		New Zealand's Finance Minister, Michael Cullen announced last week that from November, certain tax advice provided by chartered accountants to their clients will receive the same legal privilege afforded to advice given by lawyers.
		According to the Finance Minister, communications between advisors and clients will be privileged if they have the dominant purpose of giving or receiving tax advice on tax laws.
		The announcement has been welcomed by New Zealand's accountants, many of whom felt that the lack of privilege with regard to tax advice was losing them business to the legal community.
	www.ocra.com /newsletter/newsletter/1004/story17_1004.asp (374 words)

	Tax-news.com News Headlines
		Promoting growth while striking a fair balance between efficiency and equity is the rationale behind the New Tax System in force in Mauritius for fiscal year 2007- 2008, according to Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Rama Sithanen.
		A Senate Finance Committee hearing on Wednesday sought to shed light on the hedge fund investments of tax-exempt entities such as college endowments, and in particular, their use of offshore 'blocker' corporations to avoid Unrelated Business Income Tax (UBIT).
		A new report by the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) has found that business regulation reforms are fostering increased interest in countries in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, along with a large group of emerging markets including China and India.
	www.tax-news.com (1571 words)

	Toward Prosperity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In this book Roger Douglas recounts the events which led him from the political wilderness in which he found himself in 1980 to his position today as Minister of Finance in New Zealand's fourth Labour Government.
		He writes about the people he works with inside and outside parliament - the Labour cabinet and caucus, the bureaucrats, union and business leaders, the press and his constituents - and looks at the roles and contributions of various sections of New Zealand society in a decade of major economic change.
		But most importantly, he describes the trials and tribulations of applying his economic policies, and reveals his personal vision of where he believes New Zealand could, and should, be aiming as we approach the year 2000.
	www.rogerdouglas.org.nz /toward.htm (146 words)

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