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19 November, 2009

Address to the Energy Trusts of New Zealand Spring Conference

Address to the Energy Trusts of New Zealand Spring Conference

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18 November, 2009

Unlocking Our Petroleum Potential

Speech to the Biennial New Zealand Oil & Gas Industry Outlook Conference 2009

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24 September, 2009

Launch of Energy Spot Campaign

It gives me great pleasure to be here today to launch The Energy Spot campaign.

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26 August, 2009

Opening Address to Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 2009

Unlocking our Minerals Potential

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11 August, 2009

Gas Industry Company speech

Speech given to the Gas Industry Company conference.

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24 July, 2009

Speech to the Centre for Advanced Engineering Distinguished Fellows’ Forum

Unlocking New Zealand’s Frontier Resources

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23 July, 2009

Gas Association Forum speech

Speech given to the Gas Association of New Zealand forum in Wellington

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30 June, 2009

Address to Inaugural Coal Seam Gas Industry Briefing

It’s great to be here today for what I hope will be the first of many conferences in New Zealand dedicated to coal seam gas.

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19 June, 2009

Address to the Electricity Engineers’ Association Annual Conference

Thank you for the invitation to be here today. I’m told the theme of your conference is “Delivering Sustainable Infrastructure.”

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18 June, 2009

Bioprospecting speech

Speech given to MED bioprospecting stakeholders.

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19 May, 2009

Speech to the Aotearoa Wave and Tidal Energy Annual Conference

Biodiesel grants and wave energy grant announced

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24 March, 2009

Opening Address to the 2009 EECA: Biofuels in New Zealand - Where to from here?

Around the world governments and companies are grappling with the challenges of increasing energy security. It's important that we share our knowledge where we can, so that we all can benefit and make progress on this critical challenge. Some of you may be surprised to see that I've turned up today, given the government repealed the biofuel sales obligation before Christmas.

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24 February, 2009

Unlocking New Zealand's Energy and Resources Potential

It's great to be here today for my first major speech since becoming the Minister of Energy and Resources late last year.

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17 December, 2008

Electricity (Renewable Preference) Repeal Bill - First Reading Speech

Mr Speaker, I move that the Electricity (Renewable Preference) Repeal Bill now be read a first time

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