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Talofa lava, Kia orana, Malo e lelei, Fakaalofa lahi atu, Bula vinaka, Namaste, Malo ni, Halo ola keta, Mauri, Fakatalofa atu and greetings.

Good morning. 

I’d like to acknowledge:

Welcome and acknowledgements

Thank you for inviting me to address the Western Bay of Plenty Disability Support Trust, and thank you Jane Moore, Trust Chairperson, for your very warm welcome.

I would like to begin by acknowledging our engaging speakers this morning:

Mr Speaker, I move that the WorkSafe New Zealand Bill, the Health and Safety in Employment Amendment Bill (No 3), and the Mines Rescue Bill be now read a third time.

It gives me great satisfaction to support these Bills at third reading.

Following the release of the report of the Royal Commission on the Pike River Coal Mine Tragedy in 2012, this Government committed to implementing the Royal Commission’s 16 recommendations by the end of 2013.

Good morning and thank you for the invitation to speak.

For over a century, dams and the infrastructure associated with them have been a vital but often overlooked part of the fabric of this country.

Back in the 1880s, gold dredgers dammed a tributary of the Shotover River to provide hydropower for the nearby mine.

Early freezing works and dairy factories ran on hydro and it even helped power early municipal lighting at Reefton on the West Coast.

Today we still tend to associate dams with generating electricity for the national grid.

Thank you for being here for this announcement of the largest ever investment in education infrastructure in greater Christchurch, and perhaps the single biggest in our country’s history.

I would like to start by thanking the Christchurch communities, parents, children, teachers, principals, and wider school communities who provided feedback on the Government’s Education Renewal Plans for greater Christchurch.

It was clear everyone had, and has, the best interests of children at heart.

Thank you for the introduction. It is a pleasure to address this forum today and to welcome visitors from China, the United States, Australia and New Zealand .

Can I acknowledge:

Good evening. It is a pleasure to be invited along to open this ‘Today’s Research, Tomorrow’s Health’ road show.

I would like acknowledge the organises of this event -

• Professor Jane Harding, Deputy Vice Chancellor Research of the University of Auckland
• Professor Peter Crampton, Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University of Otago

It’s an oft-quoted statement that, ‘research is one of the keys to innovation, and innovation is one of the keys to growth.’

It’s great to be addressing the New Zealand Defence Industry Association today. Since we met back in March at your quarterly meeting, a lot has happened in defence in the last eight months.

Introduction:

Significant developments in technology, a global recession and the move to a global economy have meant that our students need to be highly skilled to gain access to better jobs, better incomes, and better life opportunities.

Knowledge, qualifications and skills are the key that opens the door to these opportunities.

Like many developed countries, our education system has well-established and well-understood pathways for progression to degrees and academic achievement.

Ladies and gentlemen

This is my first NZICA tax conference since becoming Minister about 5 months ago and I am grateful for the invitation to be here with you today.

I would like to use my address to set-out the Government’s tax policy work programme for the next 18 months and in particular highlight a number of issues that the government believes are important to New Zealand, New Zealand business and to our tax system.

Today marks the 5th anniversary of the John Key Government being elected having received support from more than 1,000,000 New Zealanders.

Good morning and thank you for the invitation to address your annual conference. This morning I’d like to talk briefly about some of the important developments since I attended your annual awards dinner last year.

Of course this week we saw the Melbourne Cup and New Zealanders spent $9.3 million on betting, a new record and up one percent from last year.

My pick was Voleuse do Coeurs, trained by a Kiwi and ridden by top New Zealand jockey James McDonald. Sadly she ran in 10th, so I hope no-one took my advice. Congratulations to the winner Fiorente.

Good afternoon, and thank you for joining us at Zealandia today.

We choose this venue for today’s announcement because the Kaiwharawhara catchment that the Sanctuary lies in has over the years been a microcosm of some of the challenges that the Government’s freshwater reforms seek to address.

The catchment is influenced by forestry, farming, regenerating native bush, urban and industrial land uses.

This presents a challenging cocktail of impacts on the water quality of the stream and its environs.

Talofa lava.  Malo e lelei.   Fakaalofa lahi atu.   Ni sa bula vinaka.   Kia orana.   Ia Orana.  Taloha ni.   Kia ora tatou katoa.

I mihi to all of you who have come today. Whether you are a public servant or from the community sector - we are of one mind.

I want to thank Dr Virginia Hope - the Joint Chair of Capital and Coast Health and Hutt Valley DHB - and Bob Francis - the Chair of the Wairarapa DHB for the opportunity to be with you today.

E aku rangatira, tēnā koutou katoa. Ka nui te honore ki te mihi ki a koutou.

Rotorua Mayor Hon Steve Chadwick, FAO Assistant Director-General Mr Konuma, FAO Director of the Forest Economics Policy and Products Ms Eva Muller, Scion CEO Warren Parker and chair Mr. Su Chunyu.

Distinguished delegates and guests, industry and iwi leaders, local dignitaries, ladies and gentlemen.

It is a privilege to be invited to address the China Executive Leadership Academy today.

New Zealand has a strong and growing relationship with China, and I welcome China’s continuous interest in the New Zealand experience. You have asked me to share with you today, the New Zealand model and experience of building a clean government.

Over the years, New Zealand and China have enjoyed many high level exchanges as we continuously further our relationship and build our understanding of each other’s models and experiences in a globalised world.

E aku rangatira, tēnā koutou katoa. Ka nui te honore ki te mihi ki a koutou.

Good afternoon everyone and thanks for the warm welcome.

It is great to be back here in Rotorua, my second visit in as many months.

I attended the WoodEXPO 2013 meeting in September - and recognise some familiar faces from that informative day!

Putting together conferences takes time and energy and I want to start off by acknowledging three key individuals who made today’s forum possible.

When I received the invitation from your Project Director, A’asa Sanerivi to attend this event, I was pleased to accept.  

Wherever I am with Pasefika communities, it feels as if we are riding the crest of a wave.  It is as if the pride, the passion and the potential of being Pasefika is at an all-time high.

I am talking about the coming together of like minds - the spirit of co-operation and collaboration that I am witnessing in so many Pasefika communities, as they determine the best pathways forward, for your people.

Good afternoon, it’s great to be here today.

I want to thank the Wellington Employers’ Chamber of Commerce for hosting this event.

And I want to congratulate Wellington Mayor Celia Wade-Brown on her recent re-election, as well as Fran Wilde and all the other successful local body candidates in the region.

I’m sure we will continue the constructive relationship we enjoy with Wellington City and the other councils in the region.

E aku rangatira, tēnā koutou katoa. Ka nui te honore ki te mihi ki a koutou.

E aku Rangatira,  Tēnā koutou katoa,  Ka nui te honore ki te mihi ki a koutou       

Good morning, and thank you for inviting me to speak at your conference today. I would particularly like to thank Grainne (Moss) for extending the invitation to me, and for her kind introduction. I would also like to acknowledge your Chairman, Bryan Mogridge.

Thank you for the welcome and thank you to Dr John Vargo for that interesting and thought provoking keynote address which has helped set the scene for this conference: Resilient People - Resilient Teams.

This is the sixth time I have been invited to this conference. It is a privilege to be back and to hear your thoughts about how to make emergency department (ED) management better and more sustainable.

The idea of an early morning ceremony derives of course from our traditional, well-loved and time-honoured rituals.

Te Ta i te Kawa – to literally strike the pillars of the house with a branch of leaves – or Te Hiki i te Tapu – the lifting of the tapu – is a sacred process we follow in opening our whare – to free it of restrictions and make the pathway safe for all those who follow.

And so it is entirely appropriate that we launch this new pathway in the new light of the day.

It is with real pleasure that I join you at the opening of the Biennial Oceania hui.  I am pleased to see so many here who are doing such important work in tobacco control.

Your conference theme says it all:  "A Smokefree Oceania: getting there together".

As a region we are making great progress in tobacco control.  I was extremely heartened to hear that the Pacific Health Ministers supported the adoption of the Tobacco-Free Pacific Goal by 2025 at the Tenth Pacific Health Ministers Meeting held in July. 

E ngā mana, e ngā reo, e ngā hau e whā. 

Ka nui te hari ahau kua tae mai nei, I waenganui a koutou me tēnei hui. No reira, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa.

Good morning everyone and thank you for the invitation to open your annual conference, my second as Minister of Police.

The next few days will no doubt provoke discussion and comment – and that’s very healthy.

Can I first acknowledge your President Greg O’Connor, your Executive and all the delegates here this morning.