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Good morning and welcome to you all – students, nurses and doctors.
Many of you have travelled a long way to be here, particularly the Australian visitors and the two guest speakers, Dr Ian Stiell from Canada and Dr Mike Clancy from the United Kingdom. I hope you all enjoy your stay in New Zealand, and in my home city of Wellington.

Rural Health Promotion Conference

Health Minister Annette King says obesity has become an epidemic in New Zealand and other western nations, with more than 1000 New Zealand adults dying each year from obesity-related diseases.

It’s a pleasure to be here in Johnsonville to be part of the national launch of the National Heart Foundation’s Healthy Heart Award programme.

Health Minister Annette King says District Health Boards and other providers now have the opportunity to employ a new type of health professional.

Thank you for the opportunity to speak today. I would like to welcome you all here to Te Papa, and to say how pleased I am to be launching this document Nurse Practitioners in New Zealand.

Health information will be delivered in person to Mangere families, with the launch of a pilot home visiting service, Associate Health Minister Tariana Turia said today.

The aim of the Mangere Home Visiting Service is to bring the two together, to make sure that the services reach those most in need, who are often the very people who miss out most often.

Today, following a three-hour meeting of Northland clinicians, Kaitaia community representatives, Northland DHB members, the College of Midwives and the Ministry of Health, an agreement was reached regarding services at Kaitaia hospital.

Health Minister Annette King says dishonest misinformation about a proposal to set up a trans-Tasman agency to regulate therapeutic products is misleading the public.

It’s time National leader Bill English “fessed-up” over claims about cancer patients, Health Minister Annette King says.

"It is quite unacceptable for young people to be able to buy alcohol without producing ID,” said Tariana Turia, Associate Minister for Health.

I am particularly pleased to be opening your biennial conference given the significant events that have occurred in terms of the maternity sector, and midwifery in particular, since the last time you met.

Minister for Food Safety Annette King says New Zealand will soon have one of the most comprehensive food-labelling regimes in the world, and now boasts a world-leading regulatory programme in the New Zealand Food Safety Authority.

Thank you for being part of this special event today.

It is certainly a special event for the Government. It is not every day that Government creates a new authority, or one of such importance.

Food Safety Minister Annette King today launched the New Zealand Food Safety Authority.

Health Minister Annette King says the Government's aim to improve the overall health of New Zealanders has moved a step closer with the formation in South Auckland of the country’s first two new primary health care groups.

Health Minister Annette King says the National Party’s health policy is high on rhetoric, low on detail, and offers no comfort to the voting public.

Morena katou katoa. Good morning. Thank you for your invitation to speak today.

This is the second time in four days that I acknowledge Ngati Toa Rangatira, for their support as mana whenua to a public institution.

Thank you for the invitation to speak at this occasion.

The Associate Minister of Health, Hon Tariana Turia, has welcomed the release today of guidelines for organising safe after-ball parties.

Health Minister Annette King says she has asked the Ministry of Health’s Deputy-Director General of Clinical Services Colin Feek to convene a meeting with Kaitaia and Whangarei clinicians next week, to discuss clinical credentialing issues affecting the Far North.

Health Minister Annette King says women's health services in Canterbury will receive a major boost with a $79 million redevelopment for Christchurch Women's Hospital.