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I am delighted to welcome you all here today, to the newly refurbished Parliament Buildings, and to open what promises to be a most interesting conference.

Chairman Pat Morrison; Ladies and Gentlemen. The launch of this Fernmark Quality Programme is a very important development for the future of New Zealand's wool industry.

I am delighted to be here this morning to launch this informative leaflet, Keeping Safe in New Zealand.

Special guests, ladies and gentlemen, I am delighted to be here today for the
opening of your new factory complex. Having grown up on a farm in the Waikato, I

Simon Holdsworth, the New Zealand Employers' Federation and combined business
organisations, ladies and gentlemen. Two days ago I returned from a visit to

Thank you for inviting me to address this 5^th anniversary conference of the Employment Contracts Act. The attitude at this conference is up-beat and forward looking.

Mr Chairman, ladies and gentlemen.

I was delighted to receive the Asia Society's invitation to address this prestigious conference on Asia goes Global: Korea and the Region.

I am delighted to have this opportunity to address representatives of Japan's economic organisations.

Good morning ladies and gentlemen.

Claudia Orange, Hugh Rennie, Tairongo Amoana, Hon Peter Dunne, ladies and gentlemen, we are here to mark a milestone.

Chairman David Bennett, deputy chairs Annabel Young and Peter Hammond, members of the Executive, members of Parliament, ladies and gentlemen.

Chairman Bernard Duncan, deputy chairs Robyn Andersen, Angus McKay, Members of Parliament, delegates, ladies and gentlemen.

I am very pleased to be here today to open this new facility - the Grey Street campus which is part of the Manawatu Polytechnic. I commend you on this development.

Mr Paul Richardson, Principal Mrs Crossan, Chairperson Thank you very much for the invitation to be with you today to participate in the opening of your new Special Needs Unit.

Thank you for your invitation to visit Newlands Intermediate today to open your new computer suite.

This afternoon I want to paint a picture from a more personal
palette, rather than from one with perhaps the more limited colours of

You are lost, my son, to these marae
And sorrow weighs me down
You are in Egypt, my son, and Gallipoli
Alas, what pain! Farewell, farewell!

Up in Te Puke, they normally get around 4,000 along to the local A&P Show.

As we head towards the 21st century, New Zealand enjoys one of the most deregulated and open broadcasting environments in the world.

On the 16th having a breeze, we sailed along the shore of the land we had passed the day before, which appeared as wild and romantic as can be conceived.

Background:

Almost all my personal farming experience has been in sheep and cattle.

Thank you, Mr Jin, for the opportunity to open the debate on the public-private partnership in developed countries.

I am pleased to be participating in this launch today. The time since I was appointed Minister of Education has been extremely busy.