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THIRD READING SPEECH
LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL ELECTORAL AMENDMENT BILL
HON CHRIS CARTER

Mr Speaker, I move that the Local Government Bill and the Local Electoral Amendment Bill be now read a third time.

  • Chris Carter
  • Local Government

After three years of consultation and controversy the Health and Safety in Employment Amendment Bill was passed by Parliament in the dying hours of the Parliamentary year.

  • Margaret Wilson
  • Labour

ACC Minister Ruth Dyson co-hosts the launch of a school resource and video aimed at keeping children safe around All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs).

  • Ruth Dyson
  • ACC

Good morning everyone.

It gives me great pleasure join my colleague Ruth Dyson Minister for ACC to co-host this very important resource launch.

  • George Hawkins
  • Internal Affairs

SECOND READING SPEECH
LOCAL GOVERNMENT BILL
Hon Chris Carter

Mr Speaker, I move that the Local Government Bill be now read a second time.

  • Chris Carter
  • Local Government

SECOND READING SPEECH
LOCAL GOVERNMENT BILL
Hon Chris Carter

Mr Speaker, I move that the Local Government Bill be now read a second time.

  • Chris Carter
  • Local Government

Speech to launch major listening intiative with ethnic communities throughout the country

  • Chris Carter
  • Ethnic Affairs

Thirty years ago the Third Labour Government led by Rt Hon Norman Kirk established diplomatic ties with the People's Republic of China.

  • Helen Clark
  • Prime Minister

Foreign Minister Phil Goff's 3rd reading speech of the Pitcairn Trials Bill as delivered in Parliament 4:15pm 17 December 2002.

  • Phil Goff
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

Customs Minister Rick Barker presents three Customs Service staff with medals for service in East Timor

  • Rick Barker
  • Customs

It establishes our final appellate court here, in New Zealand, for the first time. This means that after 162 years we will take responsibility for the determination of our own laws, both through Parliament and now through the Courts.

  • Margaret Wilson
  • Attorney-General

Our old people fought for King and Country to ensure that national interests should not conflict with our interests as tangata whenua. They proved that, as tangata whenua, we are good citizens. Our interests, therefore, are an important part of the national interest.

  • Tariana Turia
  • Social Development and Employment

Address to the US Chamber of Commerce-Asia Society, Union Club, New York

  • Helen Clark
  • Prime Minister

I am very pleased to welcome you all here today to launch a Health Information Standards Organisation, and announce the release of the Health Network Code of Practice and draft Health Information Standards Plan.

  • Annette King
  • Health

Tuesday 10 December 2002Speech Notes
Embargoed until: 9.45pmAddress to Institute of Directors Auckland Branch Dinner

  • Michael Cullen
  • Finance

Tonight’s relatively simple act of signing is the culmination of more than a decade’s effort by New Zealand and many other countries to find an effective response to climate change.

  • Helen Clark
  • Prime Minister

Remarks at the signing of New Zealand's instrument of ratification of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Parliament Buildings, Wellington

  • Pete Hodgson
  • Energy

Allan Freeth, Ladies and Gentlemen: It's my pleasure to join with you today to open the plant.

  • Damien O'Connor
  • Agriculture

Minister of Transport Swain gives the 1st Reading Speech for the Land Transport Management Bill

  • Paul Swain
  • Transport

I am here to offer the New Zealand Government’s appreciation for and congratulations to you all for 3 Squadron’s outstanding achievements in East Timor.

  • Mark Burton
  • Defence

Opening address to Australia/New Zealand joint workshop, "Research Priorities for Abatement of Agricultural Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gas Emissions", Christchurch

  • Pete Hodgson
  • Energy

Thank you, Dr Logan, greetings to parliamentary colleagues present, invited guests, and previous speakers.

  • Damien O'Connor
  • Health

I acknowledge that before me I have representatives of two great waka - Te Arawa and Mataatua. These include the iwi of Tuwharetoa, Te Arawa, Tuhoe, Ngati Whare and Ngati Manawa.

  • Margaret Wilson
  • Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations

While tonight is a celebration for the community and voluntary sector who have made a success of the International Year for Volunteers, it is also an opportunity for us, as the Government, to say ‘Thank you’ to all you unsung heroes, who work tirelessly in our communities.

  • Tariana Turia
  • Community and Voluntary Sector