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Madam Chair and conference delegates. Good morning and thank-you for your kind invitation to open your conference today.

We are about to make major, positive changes in the way citizens do business with government. The changes in customer service - and the ICT transformation needed to achieve this - represent the biggest reforms since the 1980s.

  • Peter Dunne
  • Internal Affairs

Kia ora tātau. Good morning, and thank you for your warm welcome.

Passion, dedication, and innovation.

Those three words describe the individuals and organisations represented in this room today. As the Minister responsible for mental health and addiction, I am privileged to be in a position to see how much these qualities are exemplified in the mental health sector.

So I would like to thank you now for those qualities and all that you bring to your work every day – work that makes a huge difference to so many across New Zealand.

  • Peter Dunne
  • Health

Thank you for inviting me to speak to you this afternoon. I am honoured to be representing the Government of New Zealand, as Minister of Internal Affairs, at this workshop on Legislative Openness.

The New Zealand Government has a strong citizen centric focus, and is making strong achievements in its digital engagement and service delivery, in support of core Open Government principles.

I have been invited to speak to you today on the topic of Moving toward Digital Democracy: Using technology in Citizen Engagement.

  • Peter Dunne
  • Internal Affairs

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Minister Kuntoro Mangkusubroto and signatories.

New Zealand has a proud tradition of openness and transparency.  We are number one on a range of integrity measures including:

  • Peter Dunne
  • Internal Affairs

Mr Chairman and distinguished colleagues.

Thank you for the opportunity to address this fifty-seventh meeting of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs.  I represent the New Zealand delegation in my capacity as Associate Minister of Health and the Minister responsible for alcohol and drugs policy. I am delighted to again return to Vienna and to express once more New Zealand’s support for the work of the CND and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. 

  • Peter Dunne
  • Health

Tena koutou katoa, good morning and thank you for the invitation to speak today at the opening of the 5th International Gambling Conference.

I would like to begin by welcoming all of you, in particular our international guests and distinguished speakers, some of whom have travelled from around the globe to be here.

  • Peter Dunne
  • Health

Kia ora tātou.  Good morning. 

I would like to thank the Governor-General, Rt Hon Sir Jerry Mateparae for hosting today’s event here at Government House.

Today’s forum was the result of a discussion last year between Chief Coroner, Judge Neil MacLean, the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, Professor Sir Peter Gluckman and myself and I would like to take this opportunity to thank them both for their input in getting this forum to where it is today.

  • Peter Dunne
  • Health

‘Budget 2013: Delivering progress and optimism’

Good morning.

There has been a lot of talk since Budget 2013 was handed down yesterday about the new initiative where seriously defaulting student loan borrowers will be stopped at the border.

Good. I am not unhappy with that because this is fundamentally an issue of fairness.

New Zealand-based borrowers take an average of three to five years to repay their loans; overseas-based borrowers closer to 15 years.

  • Peter Dunne
  • Revenue

Kia ora tātou. Good morning.

Thank you, Judi, for your warm welcome.

It is a pleasure to be here with you today to reflect on something that we all value – social inclusion and the recognition of its importance in addressing stigma and discrimination for those who are affected by mental illness.

First, however, I would like to acknowledge Dr Helen Hamer who is here to present the emerging findings from her work in Like Minds research.

  • Peter Dunne
  • Health

Mr Speaker, over the last twenty years, New Zealand and other countries have been facing an acceleration in the development of new recreational drugs.  

  • Peter Dunne
  • Health

Good morning.

Thank you for inviting me to join you once again.

It is a pleasure to be here as I always find your conference programme very informative.

There is a direct link between tax policy and the work that you do and this gives me confidence in the way that we develop tax policy in New Zealand.

The policies that I announce as Minister of Revenue will (all going to plan) in due course become law and people come together here to discuss their implementation.

  • Peter Dunne
  • Revenue

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.

It is a pleasure for me to join you today.

I would like to thank the Perinatal Mental Health Trust for the invitation to speak to you about this important area of health care.

But first, I would like to say thank you to Rosie Smith for your warm welcome and I would also like to acknowledge the members of Perinatal Mental Health Trust and the participants attending your workshop.

  • Peter Dunne
  • Health

Good morning.

It is a great pleasure for me to once again address an IFA conference and to have this opportunity to share my thoughts on taxation issues with you.

This is the eighth time I have had this privilege, and certainly I regard this annual event as an important opportunity to outline the taxation work programme and government thinking for the year ahead and beyond.

And I always look forward to learning about your thoughts.

  • Peter Dunne
  • Revenue

Good morning.

We in New Zealand, as with many of you, face the challenge of how to respond to the rapid growth in new synthetic drugs.

Drugs such as those listed in the UN drug conventions are scheduled in the New Zealand Misuse of Drugs Act.

This legislation prohibits the importation, manufacture, cultivation, supply and possession of listed drugs and their analogues.

But this legislation, enacted in 1975, was never designed for an environment in which dozens of substances can be brought to market in a matter of weeks.

  • Peter Dunne
  • Health

Mr Chairman and distinguished colleagues.

I thank you for the opportunity to address this 56th meeting of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs.

I represent the New Zealand delegation in my capacity as Associate Minister of Health and the Minister responsible for alcohol and drugs policy.

I am delighted to return to Vienna and to express New Zealand’s support for the work of the CND and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

  • Peter Dunne
  • Health

Good afternoon.

  • Peter Dunne
  • Revenue

Tena Koutou Tena Koutou Tena Koutou Katoa.

I am delighted to be here with international colleagues who are passionate about delivering excellence in mental health and addiction services.

Firstly, welcome to Pam Hyde from the United States, Louise Bradley from Canada and Eddie Bartnik from Australia and other distinguished participants and contributors to this Network programme.

I understand this is the second time that New Zealand has been honoured to host a Network programme and it is the third time IIMHL participants have been to Australasia.

  • Peter Dunne
  • Health

Thank you for hosting us here in beautiful Oman at this Symposium on collaboration and innovation in health.

New Zealand and Oman are both proud nations, with similar population demographics, including relatively small and highly distributed populations and both with a real commitment to health system developments in primary healthcare.

Both New Zealand and Oman consequently face similar demands on their health systems.

  • Peter Dunne
  • Health

Thank you, Hugh, for that very warm welcome.

Good morning to Board members and staff of Wellink and Richmond New Zealand,

Greetings to Parliamentary colleagues, local authority dignitaries, DHB representatives, and also to those service users of Wellink and Richmond who are here today.

I feel very honoured as Associate Minister of Health with responsibility for mental health, and as a local Member of Parliament to be here today to mark this special occasion.

  • Peter Dunne
  • Health

I am delighted to have been invited to address you on a sector that plays an increasingly significant role in our society and which is of particular importance to me.

 The success of the not for profit sector is something that I personally am deeply interested in, so when

I began to think about my remarks today I focused on two questions.

First, why exactly should the Government, through the tax system provide support for the not-for-profit sector? 

  • Peter Dunne
  • Revenue

I am very pleased to be here with you today to open the Community Action Youth and Drugs 2012 National Hui.

  • Peter Dunne
  • Health

Good morning.

I am delighted to be here with you again, particularly for your twentieth annual conference.

Over the last twenty years some of the country’s top tax experts have come together at this conference to focus on the big issues of the day.

And there is always something new to occupy us in the world of tax.

Let us not forget that the big tax story twenty years ago was that Budget night 1992 introduced the contentious entertainment tax.

It was an event many of us remember well – and probably still bear the battle scars from!

  • Peter Dunne
  • Revenue

Good afternoon.

And thank you for the chance to speak at this Platform leaders’ forum to discuss the Government’s Better Public Services programme and its likely impacts on the mental health and addictions NGO sector.

Better Public Services

The Better Public Services programme supports the delivery of the third priority of the Government’s four priorities for this term:

  • Peter Dunne
  • Health

Good morning.

And thank you for inviting me to speak to you today.

I appreciate this opportunity to share with you New Zealand’s experiences in suicide prevention.

Indeed, it is particularly timely, given that it is Mental Health Awareness Week at present.

I believe that together we can be successful in reducing the number of Aussies and Kiwis who die as a result of suicide and that is a goal worth pursuing on both sides of the Tasman.

  • Peter Dunne
  • Health