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Firstly I would like to start by acknowledging the following people from the UFBA here today:

your President, Mark Adie, and Vice-President, Russell Anderson;

your Chief Executive Officer, George Verry;

Deputy chair of the UFBA Board, Nigel Lilley and Board members Bill Butzbach, Glenn Williams, and Matt Cleaver;

Rick Braddock, Chairperson of the UFBA Board, and Patron of the UFBA, Dame Margaret Bazley.

Good afternoon.

I want to talk today about some of the developments affecting the class 4 gambling sector and to make a few announcements on future directions.

Gambling policy is one of the key areas in my Internal Affairs portfolio and one that I have given considerable thought to since I took on the portfolio last year.

Tēna koutou kātoa, good evening.

I am delighted to have been asked to speak at the launch of this exhibition, “Çannakale: Road to Peace out of War”.

As Minister of Internal Affairs I am responsible for the National Library of New Zealand and Archives New Zealand, which function as the memory of society and the memory of government respectively.

Between them, they hold many thousands of records and treasures relating to this most important time in New Zealand’s history.

Good afternoon everyone, and thank you for the invitation to speak today.

I have been looking forward to this occasion.

The country’s fire services have become an increasingly absorbing and important part of my portfolio of responsibilities in recent times.

Principally, that is because of the Fire Services Review, which I am sure all of you are aware of.
                 

I congratulate the organisers of the conference on the choice of topic: building trust. There is nothing more important than trust for the effective functioning of a democracy. There is nothing harder to restore once trust is lost. There is no greater risk to the improvement of public services through the use of improved ICT than lack of trust.

Good morning, thank you for the invitation to speak today.

I would like to acknowledge the excellent speeches yesterday given by Honourable Bill English, and Rebecca Kitteridge, as well as guests joining us today: Liz Macpherson, John Edwards, conference guests, and attending media.

I want to start this morning by looking at how far we have come over the last 20 years or so managing identity and privacy, where we are headed and the Government’s focus on digital delivery.