Speeches

This meeting is a chance for us to come together, and to discuss and learn from the lessons of our region’s rich history and I am honoured to be asked to share my reflections.

The Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC asked us at the start of this Conference to show evidence of how we have started to implement the decisions that we collectively made in Glasgow this time last year.

Thank you for inviting me.

Tēnā koutou katoa, talofa lava, warm Pacific greetings to you all.

Warm pacific greetings to each of you.

As Minister for Courts, I am very pleased to be here today and help to acknowledge the work of the Operations and Service Delivery team, within the Ministry of Justice.

We have embarked on a completely new area for our country, never having a country-specific sanctions regime until now.

At this time of year, as we head into Christmas and summer, you could reasonably expect a bit of entertainment. Instead you have me, and the light subject matter of workforce shortages, supply chain disruption, geopolitical tension, and a high inflationary environment.

It is a pleasure to be with you today and to have the opportunity to talk to you about New Zealand’s disarmament efforts, in particular our advocacy against nuclear weapons.

I see here today representatives from our communities, academia, members of civil society, and those from the private sector, NGOs and the public sector.