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FULL COVERAGE: Labour Forms 3rd Term Govt.

New Minister Clayton Cosgrove & PM Helen Clark at last night's swearing in ceremony at Government House

Video: Helen Clark Announces Labour-Led Govt

AUDIO: Clark, Peters & Dunne Winners In Labour-Led Govt Deal

Scoop Audio & Images: Prime Minister Helen Clark has announced that New Zealand First leader Winston Peters and United Future leader Peter Dunne have been allocated ministerial positions in a Labour-led Government. Labour has successfully negotiated a Centre-Right deal that offers immediate assurance that it can govern with New Zealand First and the United Party having signed confidence and supply agreements. The Progressive Party will be inside a coalition with Labour, and the Green Party has committed to support the government during confidence and supply votes but misses out on having a role inside the executive. See... Audio & Images: PM Clark Govt. Formation Presser

Scoop News - Audio & Images: Winston Peters Press Conference

LABOUR AND PARTNER PARTY AGREEMENTS:

Labour - Government Arrangements Announced

Labour NZ First Agreement (pdf)

Labour United Future Agreement (pdf)

Labour Progressive Party coalition agreement (pdf)

Labour Greens agreement (pdf)

POLITICAL REACTION:

NZ First - NZ First To Provide Supply And Confidence

Progressive Party - Support for Labour-Prog Govt Welcomed

Greens - Greens achieve significant policy gains

Maori Party - Maori Party Makes Stand for Independence

ACT - Peters and Dunne Betray Voters

ACT - Peters "An Insult" For Foreign Affairs

Nats - National will hold new government to account

BUSINESS REACTION:

Federated Farmers - Access News A Highlight

EMA - Shape of new Government makes sense

Newmarket Business Association - Winston gives business a workable result

Business New Zealand - Government spending key issue

AUDIO: Rod Donald On The Shafting Of The Greens - Today, the afternoon after what was clearly not a high point in the political history of the Green Party, 95Bfm News Director Noelle McCarthy interviewed Green Party Co-Leader Rod Donald about the election 2005 coalition negotiations, their outcomes and the elevation of Winston Peters to Foreign Minister. See... BFm Audio: Noelle McCarthy IV With Rod Donald

3rd Term Labour Progressive Govt. Cabinet Lineup Announced - Prime Minister Helen Clark today announced a major reallocation of ministerial portfolio responsibilities. Helen Clark said that the government was renewing and refreshing itself for the third term in government. "Experienced ministers need new challenges and we have a significant number of new ministers to fill the slots of those retiring," said Helen Clark. See... Ministerial portfolios allocated & Audio & Images: Clark Cabinet Press Conference. Earlier: Cabinet elected

POLITICAL REACTION:

NZ Govt. - Maharey welcomes education role

NZ Govt. - King enthusiastic about new roles

National - Minister's integrity in tatters from the start

ACT - Can Hodgson Cure Health?

Progressives - Adding value in primary industry

ACT - Defence Minister Faces Battle - Roy

ACT - Helen Clark in Total Control

National - Labour’s lack of new talent laid bare in reshuffle

Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party - Helen lucky prostitution is legal

MORE REACTION:

Police Assoc. Police Assoc. Encouraged by High-Ranking Minister

Federated Farmers - Farmers Will Work With Anderton

TIA - Tourism industry welcomes new minister

SEAFIC - Seafood Industry Welcomes New Fisheries Minister

Student Job Search - SJS welcomes Benson-Pope

PPTA - PPTA welcomes new education minister

NZUSA - Students expect immediate action from new Minister

Nurses - NZNO Looks Forward To Working For Fair Pay

Medical Assoc. - NZMA Welcomes Announcement of New Health Minister

ASMS - Senior Doctors Thank Outgoing Health Minister

ASMS - Senior Doctors Welcome New Health Minister

CTU - CTU Welcomes New Cabinet

NZEI - NZEI Acknowledges Minister’s Contribution

InternetNZ - Welcomes Cunliffe reappointment

keepleft.org - Declares Victory, Heads for Bar

COMMENTARY:

Marc Alexander Casts A Former MPs Eye Over Coalition Formation - Nothing in politics is so simple that it can't be misunderstood. The closed-door coalition shuffle is mercifully at an end. And did it take its time! We had an election over a month ago and we got what we least expected: a result that should have come with the instruction 'some assembly required'. See… Marc Alexander: A Government at Last! Yeah Right

Russell Brown & More From Public Address - There are some angry Greens over on Frogblog. In the heat of the moment, some of them seem inclined to turn on their leaders and go hostile on the Left: to do an Alliance, in other words. I don't think that would be too smart. On the face of it - and according to all the news reports - the Greens don't get a lot in hard terms. But they didn't ask for a lot. They made a virtue of going into negotiation without an array of bottom lines, and the agreement they now have, for no promise of support on confidence and supply (just a promise not to vote against the government), is the same one they had already negotiated in return for their active support of a Labour-led government. See... Public Address 18/10/05 - Anger Management

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