By Kate Chapman of NZPA Wellington, July 28 NZPA - Personal information held by the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) could be given to credit rating agencies if proposed changes to privacy of tax information go ahead.

Wellington, July 2 NZPA - The Corrections Department will be the largest government department within a few years, Finance Minister Bill English said.

Wellington, June 21 NZPA - The It's Not Ok family violence campaign won the top award at the Institute of Public Administration New Zealand (IPANZ) Public Sector Excellence Awards.

Wellington, June 16 NZPA - Maori Development Ministry Te Puni Kokiri (TPK) is well capable of administering Whanau Ora without affecting its core duties and will mainly play a hands-off support role, Maori Affairs Minister Pita Sharples has told a select committee.

Wellington, June 4 NZPA - Unemployed young people looking for direction and discipline will get the opportunity to challenge themselves on a new Limited Service Volunteer (LSV) course at Hobsonville, Prime Minister John Key says.

Wellington, June 1 NZPA - More than 2000km of the national cycleway should be completed in time for the Rugby World Cup next year. The $50 million cycleway project, which came out of the Job Summit held last year, is to be a series of cycle tracks linked throughout the country.

By Kate Chapman of NZPA Wellington, May 31 NZPA - Prime Minister John Key still believes the national cycleway will create 4000 jobs -- despite only 70 jobs created during construction of the first 107km of track.

Wellington, May 24 NZPA - The Prime Minister says he has confidence in the findings of a three-person review of smacking legislation presented to him last year, following criticism by a group at the centre of the review.

Wellington, April 27 NZPA - Whanau Ora providers are already training staff to implement the policy, funding the training out of their own budgets, overseeing minister Tariana Turia told Parliament today.

By Maggie Tait of NZPA Wellington, April 21 NZPA - Police wait to deal with child offenders until they turn 14 because they prefer Youth Court processes to those in the Family Court, MPs were told today.