20 June 2002 Media Advisory

New Aid agency officially launched

Development Minister Matt Robson will launch New Zealand’s new aid agency tomorrow evenning:

“Tomorrow morning I will come to work as the first Minister of a new agency dedicated to the eradication of poverty in the world.

“It’s an historic day for all those who have worked so hard to get us here. I look forward to seeing NZAID officially up and running in only a few hours,” Matt Robson says.

NZAID (New Zealand Agency for International Development, Nga Hoe Tuputupu-mai-tawhiti) will be launched tomorrow evening.

DATE: Monday 1 July 2002

VENUE: Grand Hall, Parliament Buildings, Wellington

TIME: 6pm

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