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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.

It is a pleasure to be here today as Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism.

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

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.

Welcome

Thank you for inviting me here to open the New Zealand Hotel Industry Conference.

Thank you for inviting me here to speak at the New Zealand Airports Conference for 2009.

Introduction

The importance of tourism in New Zealand

As Associate Minister of Tourism, I am thrilled to be able to welcome you to the opening session of the TRENZ 2009 media programme.

Speech to the Hotel Industry Conference 2009

It’s great to be here this morning to open your conference and to talk to you about such an exciting subject.

Kia Ora and welcome. It’s good to be here and I really appreciate the invitation.  I’m going to speak for fifteen or twenty minutes and then I’m quite happy to answer some questions.

1 MAY 2009

DR JONATHAN COLEMAN, ASSOCIATE MINISTER OF TOURISM

Greeting

Greeting

E te roopu tapoi o Rotorua, he mihi tenei ki koutou katoa
To you who are part of Rotorua’s tourism sector, I greet you all.

Good Afternoon and Kia Ora

Viaduct Harbour Marine Village, Auckland
Saturday 31^st January 2009; 7:30pm