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Good afternoon. Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you this afternoon as part of Mental Health Awareness Week. 

The theme for today’s seminar is 'The Great Push: Investing in Mental Health'.

In New Zealand there was a 'Great Change' in the way we delivered mental health services, before the “Great Push” to invest in mental health began.

Welcome guests and welcome to The Cloud.

The Cloud showcases New Zealand’s creativity and innovation – it’s a national centre showcasing everything that New Zealand does well.

The Rugby World Cup has provided a great vehicle for New Zealand to present itself to the world. We’ve warmly welcomed the tens of thousands of visitors here for the tournament and 95,000 are expected to visit in total.

Thank you for the warm welcome. It’s a privilege to be here today to open the Connect Conference.

Today we mark Connect’s “coming of age” since its formation 21 years ago by celebrating the mental health and addiction sector’s journey of growth and development over the same period.

 We do things differently now than we did 21 years ago.

 21 years ago most people with a severe mental illness lived in large psychiatric hospitals, often located in remote areas - hidden away from society.

Good morning and thank you for inviting me to address the Centre of Performance Measurement and Management’s inaugural event. It’s good to see you and the Centre for Health Systems jointly looking at improving health system performance. I look forward to hearing the outcomes of having the ‘bean counters’ and the ‘improvers’ in the same room.

Mr Chairman, Roger Haines QC

Ladies and Gentlemen, good morning.

When this Government came to office it put in place an economic agenda that had one single minded purpose — to lift the nation’s economic performance and deliver the standard of living New Zealanders expect and deserve.

Good morning everyone, it’s my pleasure to step in today for my colleague Dr Mapp who’s in the United States and speak at this year’s EDANZ’s conference.

The conference theme ‘Innovation through collaboration -driving innovation across the economy’ – is one that this Government strongly agrees with.

Growing the economy is the Government’s number one priority, and science and innovation have a key part to play in that growth.

Good morning. It is a pleasure to be invited to speak at the RSE Employers’ Conference this year, as we head into the fifth season of the RSE scheme.

Many of you don’t need convincing that the Recognised Seasonal Employer scheme has been a success and has supported the growth of the horticulture and viticulture industries.

Kia ora, good morning. It's a pleasure to be here to open this year's local government New Zealand tourism symposium.

Lawrence Yule, thank you for the introduction. I would like to acknowledge Local Government New Zealand, Regional Tourism Organisations of New Zealand and the Tourism Industry Association (TIA) for organising the event.

Good morning all.

Thank you Rob for inviting me to speak at your annual general meeting.  I welcome the opportunity to meet with you again and to address your members. 

It is now 20 years since English New Zealand was formed by a group of young entrepreneurs wanting to market New Zealand internationally as a preferred destination for English language students. 

Good afternoon everyone.

It’s a pleasure to be here and thank you for inviting me to speak at this year’s National Refugee Resettlement Forum. It’s the third year that I’ve spoken at the Forum and I know how informative and rewarding this session is for the various groups and organisations represented here.

Firstly I’d like to acknowledge Rick Towle, Regional Representative, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

Good morning ladies and gentlemen.  

Thank you for inviting me to speak to you again at your conference. 

Export education is an industry that has the potential for major growth, and has been identified as such by the Prime Minister. As a Government, we are working across portfolios to identify ways to better support the industry.

Thank you for inviting me here today to the opening of Mind and Body’s new buildings.  This is an exciting time for your organisation, and you should be very proud of your achievements to date.

Good morning everyone. It’s a pleasure to be here at this year’s annual conference and thank you to the conference organisers for inviting me to speak.

Firstly I would like to acknowledge NZMSA president Oliver Hansby and the NZMSA executive and delegates from New Zealand’s four medical schools and overseas guests

Kia ora koutou katoa

Thank you for inviting me here to celebrate International Nurses Day, which is tomorrow May 12, and which also happens to be Florence Nightingale’s birthday.   It is a pleasure to take time to recognise the great contribution that nurses make to the health of New Zealanders.  I’d like to extend greetings to Nano Tunnicliffe, Kerri Nuku,  and Siloma Masina. 

Good morning ladies and gentlemen.

Thank you for joining me at today’s breakfast briefing. All of us have a vested interest in immigration and I’m pleased to share with you some specific actions the Government is taking to enhance Immigration’s contribution to the economy, service improvement and changes to business migration.

I move, That the Television New Zealand Amendment Bill be now read a second time.

 Purpose of the bill

 In brief this bill amends the Television New Zealand Act 2003, in line with this Government’s wish to replace the current TVNZ charter with a less prescriptive list of functions and to leave TVNZ to concentrate on being a successful television broadcaster without the shackle of an unrealistic dual mandate.

E nga mana, e nga iwi, e nga reo, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa.

Chair, other members of the Judiciary, my Ministerial colleagues; Judge Bill Hastings; Tribunal Members; the Chief Executives of the Department of Labour and Ministry of Justice; ladies and gentlemen.

The creation of an independent Immigration and Protection Tribunal is one of the salient achievements of the new Immigration Act. Most of the provisions of the Act come into effect on Monday and the Tribunal begins operations on the same day.

E nga mana, e nga iwi, e nga reo, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa. 

Good morning

It's a pleasure to open the Cutting Edge National Conference today and I welcome the many distinguished guests both from overseas and from around New Zealand. You work in a very testing sector.

Thank you Sue for that kind introduction. It's a pleasure to be here today to open the Infant Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (ICAMHS) conference.

Thank you for inviting me this evening. Peter Moses suggested I speak about the pending introduction of the Immigration Act 2009.

As Associate Minister of Tourism, it is a pleasure to be here in beautiful Hawke's Bay.

  Thank you for the invitation to open your conference today.  I hope you have a productive two days and I would like open by acknowledging that you provide a vital service which thousand