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Good afternoon and thank you for the invitation to speak today.

I warmly welcome new links between the NZ accountants’ professional body and it’s counterparts in Australia and the UK.

There was once a business owner who was interviewing people for a division manager position. He decided to select the individual who could answer the question “how much is 2+2?”

The engineer pulled out his slide rule and shuffled it back and forth and finally announced, “It lies between 3.98 and 4.02”.

Good morning.

Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you this morning to open your conference - "Performance Improvement - Leading through Tough Times."

As you are aware the focus of this government is on delivering better, smarter public services with limited resources.

Make no mistake - the Government is strongly committed to maintaining the integrity of New Zealand's public service. Recognising it is world respected, strong, and professional with a reputation for leadership and integrity.

And in these tough times that goal is doubly important.

This evening is the announcement of the finalists for the IPANZ Gen-i Public Sector Excellence awards, encouraging high standards and excellence in service of New Zealand.

Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you this morning.

Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you.