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I am very pleased to welcome you all here today to launch a Health Information Standards Organisation, and announce the release of the Health Network Code of Practice and draft Health Information Standards Plan.

Thank you for inviting me to celebrate the launch of Drug Help Line today, and I’d especially like to welcome Paul Traynor, Chief Executive of the Alcohol and Drug Association of New Zealand, to Parliament.

A very warm welcome to Parliament to everyone here for the launch of the New Zealand SunSmart Campaign, which is organised by the Cancer Society of New Zealand and the Health Sponsorship Council.

It is a genuine honour to be at this important symposium today.

It’s a real pleasure to be here with you today, and I want to thank Marion Clark, Chief Executive of the Nursing Council, for inviting me.

I am very pleased to be able to launch the Health Workforce Advisory Committee’s second report Framing Future Directions.

Thank you for inviting me to open the 15th conference Hospice New Zealand has convened in association with local hospice.

Thank you very much for inviting me to speak to you today at the opening of your conference.

Thank you very much for inviting me to speak at your New Zealand Dental Association Board dinner.

Thank you very much for inviting me to speak at your annual meeting and conference.

Firstly, warm Pacific greetings to everyone here. I am delighted to be your guest again, particularly at your conference dinner.

I am delighted to have been invited to open the first combined New Zealand Rural General Practice and Rural Nurse National Network Conference.

Thank you very much for inviting me to open this important meeting today. This is my second formal speech in my second term as Minister of Health, and, coincidentally, the first was also in this very building in Christchurch, last Friday at the annual meeting of the Psychological Society.

I am very pleased, for at least three reasons, to be attending your conference today.