Rural
Bulletin

February 2001

• Core Rural Statistics

• Review of Public Works Act

• What the Paper Covers | Public Consultation

• Sustainable Farming Fund - 2nd Round

• MAF Food Safety Seminars

• Vertebrate Pest Control Regulations - Consultation

• Work Safety Discussion Paper

• Accident and Illness Statistics | Encouraging a Culture of Safety

• Tax Review Seeks Submissions

• Reforming Food Safety Legislation - Have Your Say

• Subsidising Litigation - Discussion Paper

• Vehicle Purchase Discussion Paper

• Driving Logbooks Proposal

• Parallel Importing Discussion Paper

• What's Parallel Importing? | The Paper's Structure

• Telecommunications Reforms

• More Overseas Doctors for NZ

• Mobile Surgery Bus

• First Regions Gain Approval for Assistance

• Work and Income Regional Plans

• Community Action Fund Trial

• Tourist Attraction Transformed

• Maori Electoral Option this Year

• Details of Package

• More Work on TB Strategy

• Biodiversity on Private Land

• Environmental Package

• Seabird Conservation Plan

• New Safeguards Against GM Seed Introduction

• The Crime Prevention Unit (CPU)

• SCCs

• What NZers Think

• The Three Groups | Main Findings | Attitudes | Their Own Lives | Family Values versus Career | Eating Habits | Shopping Habits | Attitudes to the Media

• Chevy Nova Awards

• Daily Zen

• Internet Items

• NZ Organic Sites

• Update

• Lowest Road Toll in 36 Years | ACC Premiums Heading Down | More Funding for Women's Refuge | Fire Service Levy Increase | Another Shellfish Ban | Computers In Homes Exceeding Expectations | Rescue Record | Men Dominate Drowning Figures | The Boat Toll | 2000 - Not so Disastrous | Parentline Lives On | Student Loan Repayments Threshold | Mean Rankings - Maths and Science | New English Language Support for Pacific Students | Minister Declines Massey/ACE Merger | GM Commission Consultation | Prisoner Census Results | Panel to Investigate Workplace Cancer | Compliance Cost Panel | Rat Numbers Big Worry   | Modern Apprenticeships Update   | Knowledge of MMP Falls | NZers Holiday at Home | Sealord Deal Approved | Agreement with Saudi Arabia | WTO Ruling - South Korean | Chile Confirms Tariffs | Computer Sales Growing | Green Light For NZ Reds | Vehicle Registrations - 2000 | Colour Change Protects Bees | Taxi Condom Scheme | NZ-Made Film Wins Prize | Registering Jet Skis | Early Maori Writing | Quarantine Ends for NZ Pets | NZ Hosting International Sporting Event

• Conferences

  • Community Development Conference | Volcano Conference

• Appointments

• Legislation Notes

  • Exemptions End for Department | Parliamentary Report - "Unjustifiable" Police Action | Stock Exchange Merger Bill | Casino Construction Back On

• Resources Available

  • Information Sheets Online | Human Rights Act and Business | NZ Under Siege | Caught in the Headlights | Social Directions Briefings | Closing the 'Digital Divide' | 'Power Package' Repor | Energy Efficiency Cabinet Papers Released | Electricity Policy Statement: Final Version | Getting a Job after Prison | Employment Law | To Bind their Kings in Chains | Helping Problem Drinkers | Pacific People's Constitution Report | Visual Soil Assessment Guide | Boxing Organics

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Contact details for the Department of Internal Affairs’ Community Development Advisers:

The Rural Bulletin is designed by Karen Thompson, Policy Information, MAF Policy, Wellington

The MAF/Internal Affairs objective in circulating the Rural Bulletin is to facilitate a two-way information flow between the government and rural people, so that rural people have the opportunity for input into government programmes and policies.

Please photocopy the Bulletin as you wish and distribute it to others in your area. If you would like more information about any of the content of the Bulletin, contact the relevant government department/organisation, or contact the following Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) staff: