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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.

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

Good afternoon everyone. It’s a pleasure to be able to speak to you today at this event to mark World Mental Health Day. And of course it’s also Mental Health Awareness Week.

I would like to thank Professor Max Abbott for inviting me to join you today.

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

Good afternoon. First I would like to acknowledge MercyAscot Managing Director Andrew Wong, chair Richard Fisher and CEO Geoff Sparkes, as well as Health and Quality and Safety Commission deputy chair Shelly Frost.

‘Ensuring financially sustainable and efficient healthcare provision for all New Zealanders’

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

Thank you Nevil for your introduction and greetings to everyone here today. 

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

Thank you, Iona, for your introduction and a warm welcome to you all. Today is International Day of Older Persons, a day to celebrate the value of older people, and I am delighted to be here sharing a part of this day with you.

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

Thank you for inviting me to join you this afternoon.  I am told that New Zealand hosted the first IPAC Conference in 2001 and played host again in 2006, with both held in Wellington.  Being a South Islander, I am pleased that this year’s Conference has moved south to Queenstown.

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

Thanks Theo for your kind introduction and good evening everyone. Thank you to IMAC for inviting me here to close the first day of the eighth New Zealand Immunisation Conference. It really is a pleasure.

Firstly, I’d like to acknowledge:

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

Good afternoon, and thank you for inviting me to speak to you today. Particular thanks to Greg (Ward) for the kind introduction, and to Martin (Taylor) and Simon (O’Dowd) for organising and inviting me to take part in this conference.

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

My thanks to College President Tim Malloy for inviting me to join you today, to open what I know will be a successful and stimulating conference.

I would like to start by acknowledging Dr Mark Peterson, College Board Member and Chair of the Programme Committee, his fellow Board members, and your MC for today Dr Lincoln Nicholls.

Delivered on behalf by Hon Todd McClay, Associate Minister of Health.

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

Good afternoon everyone. Thank you, Jan [Adams], for your kind introduction. It gives me great pleasure to be in Hamilton today at the opening of the new Older Persons and Rehabilitation building.

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

Thank you Liz and Noeline for your kind welcome and for inviting me to open the Rural Women New Zealand 2013 Conference this evening.

It is my pleasure to be here today to celebrate your achievements as enterprising women, and as entrepreneurs and business owners.

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

Thank you David for the warm welcome. It is an honour to launch the new national patient safety campaign – Open for better care – which will save lives and reduce harm.

I would like to acknowledge the Health Quality & Safety Commission, including Chair Alan Merry which has brought us here today for this launch; First, Do No Harm who are co-hosting the launch; and New Zealand’s 20 DHBs – most of which are represented here today.

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

Thank you, Dr Bramley, members of the Waitemata DHB Executive Leadership Team and Awhina Health Campus partners for your warm welcome. I am very glad to have the opportunity to join you today for this important conversation about the future of the New Zealand health system.

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

Welcome to you all to this, the 25th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Trans Tasman Radiation Oncology Group. Thank you to the Convenors, Dr Ziad Thotathil and Dr Carol Johnson, for inviting me to open your meeting today.

I would like to acknowledge all members of TROG, as I understand you are known, and particularly your guest speakers Professors Suresh Senan, David Ball, Gillian Duchesne, David Lamb and Chris Atkinson, and Miriam Dwyer.

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

Firstly, thanks to Jan Carey for the introduction and invitation for me to be part of today’s proceedings.

I am pleased to welcome you all here today, especially those who have travelled from Australia, for the launch of the Infant Nutrition Council’s revised Code of Practice for the Marketing of Infant Formula in New Zealand.

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

Good morning and welcome. Thank you John for your introduction, and the invitation to speak here today.