Mr President, Jesse Nguy, Vice President, Sammy Wong and my Honourable colleague Pansy Wong, Minister of Ethnic Affairs, thank you for inviting me here this evening.

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7 August, 2009

Education New Zealand Conference

Good morning ladies and gentlemen – I’d like to acknowledge the Hon David Caygill, Chair of the Education New Zealand Trust and Robert Stevens, CEO of Education NZ. It’s great to be here, to have the opportunity to discuss a very important sector of the New Zealand economy – export education.

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10 June, 2009

Summerfruit NZ

I’m here today to talk to you principally as Minister of Immigration to talk about the RSE (Recognised Seasonal Employer) Scheme, and I’m going to be making a policy announcement on how the Government is going to be taking that scheme forward, enhancing it and making it better so that New Zealand growers can be assured of getting the supply of labour that they need.

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27 May, 2009

National Refugee Resettlement Forum

New Zealand has a proud record of working with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees - a record that leads back to our leading role in setting up the United Nations in San Francisco on 26 June 1945.

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17 April, 2009

Ministerial statement: Bali Process meeting

Excellencies, Foreign Minister Wirajuda, Foreign Minister Smith

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