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Today we open the new head office of one of New Zealand’s largest privately-owned fishing companies: Vela Fishing Limited.

Speech to NZ Recreational Fishing Council AGM, delivered on Pete Hodgson's behalf by Harry Duynhoven MP.

Address at opening of National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) Bream Bay Aquaculture Park, Ruakaka, Whangarei.

[Address to the Maritime and Seafood Educators Association, Wellington]

[Address to the annual conference of the NZ Recreational Fishing Council, Manor Inn, Whakatane].

I would like to start by thanking you - the Recreational Fishing Council.

[Address to NZ Seafood Industry Conference, Ascot Park Hotel, Invercargill.]

Before I sat down to write this year's speech I decided to read last year's.

[Address to Australasian Rock Lobster Research Showcase]

Thank you for the invitation to speak here today.

The ocean defines New Zealand.

We lie at the centre of the watery hemisphere. To travel abroad, we must take a long journey over water.

(Address to the New Zealand Marine Sciences Society conference, Waikato University, Hamilton).

Thank you for the opportunity to open this conference.

There can't be many New Zealanders who've never been fishing. For a lot of us, me included, going fishing is part of what it means to be a New Zealander. Especially if we catch something.

Thanks for the opportunity to speak. I’ve been looking forward to today.