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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

Good evening everyone. It is my pleasure to be invited to speak at the 2010 TUANZ Innovation Awards on behalf of my colleague, Communications and Information Technology Minister Steven Joyce.

It is an honour to be here at the 8^th Annual conference of the Australia and New Zealand Academy for Eating Disorders and the first such conference to be held here in New Zealand. 

 E nga mana, e nga iwi, e nga reo, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa.  Thank you for the invitation and warm welcome.  It is an honour to be here.

Kia Ora. It's great to be here for the second day of your annual conference and I understand you've had a productive first day of networking, talks and events. I would like to open this morning by acknowledging Brian Henderson, President of ITOC and ITOC chief executive Paul Yeo.

Conference Chair, Alun Chisholm, Association Chair Coral Wong, ladies and gentlemen

National Depression Initiative

Welcome

I am very pleased to be asked to speak at this year's National Like Minds, Like Mine provider seminar. 

I'm sure I don't need to convince you how important migration is to the economy, but it's worth pausing for a moment and just thinking about some of the figures.