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Firstly, my thanks to Reverend Logopati Mata’afa for your prayers  and blessings on this special night.

I want to acknowledge Jacinta Fa’alili-Fidow and Dr Teuila Percival for your contribution to Pacific maternal and infant health.  

And I want to also thank Hilda Fa’asalele for your welcome- and to pay tribute to the influence and inspiration of your role as the National Clinical Director Pacific Health.   I am always grateful for your advice Hilda.

  • Tariana Turia
  • Health

Talofa lava.  Malo e lelei.   Fakaalofa lahi atu.   Ni sa bula vinaka.   Kia orana.   Ia Orana.  Taloha ni.   Kia ora tatou katoa.

Fifty years ago this week, an African-American Baptist Minister, addressed a crowd of 250,000 people assembled in the March of Washington and spoke out about a nation that was failing to live up to its promise as a home for all God’s children. 

  • Tariana Turia
  • Social Development

Talofa lava.  Malo e lelei.   Fakaalofa lahi atu.   Ni sa bula vinaka.   Kia orana.   Ia Orana.  Taloha ni.   Kia ora tatou katoa.

Fifty years ago this week, an African-American Baptist Minister, addressed a crowd of 250,000 people assembled in the March of Washington and spoke out about a nation that was failing to live up to its promise as a home for all God’s children. 

  • Tariana Turia
  • Social Development

E aku rangatira, tēnā koutou katoa.  Ka nui te honore ki te mihi ki a koutou.

Good afternoon, and thank you for inviting me to speak to you today. Particular thanks to Greg (Ward) for the kind introduction, and to Martin (Taylor) and Simon (O’Dowd) for organising and inviting me to take part in this conference.

  • Jo Goodhew
  • Health

In the past few weeks, I have been part of a team focused overwhelmingly on the short-term management of the risks arising from a possible breach in our proud food safety record. It has been an extraordinary whole of Government response, involving many Ministers from the Prime Minister down, multiple agencies and working closely with a number of commercial players.

  • Tim Groser
  • Trade

I move, that the Resource Management Amendment Bill, the Local Government (Auckland Transitional Provisions) Amendment Bill (No 2), and the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Amendment Bill be now read a third time.

This Bill makes a number of changes to the Resource Management Act which are designed to improve efficiency, enable growth, provide good environmental outcomes and ensure decisions about resource management are reached in a timely and cost-effective way.

  • Amy Adams
  • Environment

It’s a pleasure to be here at your conference and to have the opportunity to speak to you all.

The minerals industry has traditionally played – and continues to play – an essential role in the New Zealand economy.

Our country’s abundance of natural resources provides unique opportunities for growth that ultimately benefit all New Zealanders.

  • Simon Bridges
  • Energy and Resources

I’m very pleased to be here today to unveil Southern DHB’s third and newest linear accelerator, the TrueBeam.

This $6.3 million machine is the 10th linear accelerator approved since 2009.

As many of you here today will be aware, linear accelerators deliver high energy radiation, otherwise known as radiotherapy, to patients as part of their treatment for cancer.

  • Tony Ryall
  • Health

Good morning and thank you for asking me along to speak to your conference today.

I want to start by acknowledging Peter Townsend, MC for the Conference, and Walter Stone, Chairman of your Association. It’s very important for me to come here to address you as members of New Zealand’s largest immigration adviser association. Developing and maintaining a good relationship with key stakeholders such as the NZAMI is crucial in ensuring we work as collegially and constructively as possible towards our goal of bringing the best people to New Zealand.

  • Michael Woodhouse
  • Immigration

Mr Speaker, this is an essential Bill which has attracted a lot of debate, much of it alarmist.

It’s one of the strengths of our country that people who oppose legislation have an opportunity to say so.

That’s their right, whether or not they understand what that legislation will actually do.   

Some people are fundamentally opposed to the work of our intelligence agencies.

Those critics oppose the agencies almost on principle. 

As Prime Minister, I am not one of those people.

  • John Key
  • Prime Minister

Introduction

Remember, if you can, our world in 1995.

Jim Bolger was Prime Minister and Don McKinnon the deputy.

We mourned the loss of Bruno Lawrence, John Britten and former Prime Minister Bill Rowling.

An Ansett plane crashed at Palmerston North, claiming the lives of four people.

The Auckland Warriors entered Australia’s Rugby League competition for the first time.

And the Springboks defeated the All Blacks in the Rugby World Cup final in Johannesburg.

  • Todd McClay
  • Revenue

E aku rangatira, tēnā koutou katoa.  Ka nui te honore ki te mihi ki a koutou.

  • Jo Goodhew
  • Primary Industries

I think the most important work I will ever do as a Minister is the work contained in the Children’s Action Plan.

  • Paula Bennett
  • Social Development

Good afternoon and thank you for the opportunity to speak at the launch of Rail Safety Week.

This year the focus for Rail Safety Week is encouraging pedestrians to be safe around train tracks. I’m pleased to see that students from Mount Albert Primary School are involved in today’s events.

Our young people play a vital role in ensuring that the message about staying safe around trains, railway stations and tracks is shared with their wider communities. 

  • Michael Woodhouse
  • Transport

Speech to National Party Annual Conference Nelson

Ladies and Gentlemen, fellow National Party members, it’s wonderful to be here with you today.

It’s a privilege to be the leader of the National Party.

Our Party is in great heart.

The organisation is strong. It supports a talented team of MPs who are representing New Zealanders from the very top of the North Island to the very bottom of the South Island.

And I’m proud to stand before you today as Prime Minister of this great country.

  • John Key
  • Prime Minister

Prime Minister, President, delegates.

Housing policy is one of the great challenges of our time.

It matters because for most kiwi families the equity in their home is their greatest asset.

It matters because we’ve seen how mis-managed housing bubbles can bring the world’s biggest economies to their knees.

It matters because old, cold and mouldy homes compound into health problems.

It matters because part of the kiwi way of life is that through hard work and careful saving New Zealanders should be able to afford their own home.

  • Nick Smith
  • Housing

President Peter, Prime Minister, Board members, colleagues and most importantly, delegates. Good morning.

There is no doubt that the Resource Management Act is a critical piece of legislation.

It must protect our natural environment and the qualities we hold dear as New Zealanders, while encouraging a successful economy and enabling a vibrant built environment.

  • Amy Adams
  • Environment

Ladies and Gentlemen, National Party members, welcome to the party’s Annual Conference for 2013.

This is the 77th annual conference of this great party, and I am proud to be here as party leader and as your Prime Minister.

Can I start by saying a big thank you to everybody here today.

You are what makes the National Party strong, and why it continues to be in such good heart.

It is because of you, and all your hard work, that National is in government today.

  • John Key
  • Prime Minister

My first greeting is to our Minister who opened this hui today.

To Hon Nikki Rattle, Speaker of the Cook Islands Parliament;

Your President; Dr Joseph Williams; and vice-president; Metua Bates and Mr Tepoave Araitia who led the tuoro this morning.

I want to acknowledge the unique status of your organisation – the only Cook Islands Health Network – a vital network established from the foundation laid by the Cook Islands Nurses Association over two decades ago in 1991.

  • Tariana Turia
  • Health

Rau rangatira ma e tau mai nei ki tenei hui, nau mai whakatau mai ki Te Whare Paremata. I would like to acknowledge our MC for this evening, Sally Wenley for doing a sterling job running our hui tonight. Tena koe Sally. I would also like to acknowledge Disability Rights Commissioner Paul Gibson, Ombudsman Dame Beverley Wakem, Chair of the Convention Coalition of Disabled Peoples’ Organisations, Rachel Noble and the authors of this media report, Pam MacNeill and Chris Ford.

  • Tariana Turia
  • Disability Issues

It’s an honour for me to be invited here today to open your 11th annual conference. I’m sure you will have some fruitful and robust discussions over the next couple of days.

Having been Minister of Immigration for just over six months now I’ve been doing plenty of reflection on immigration policy and process and I want to talk to you today about my priorities as Minister of Immigration and the practical measures the Government is taking to deal with some of the key issues we are facing.

  • Michael Woodhouse
  • Immigration

Good morning. It is a pleasure to be here to talk to you on the second day of the EDS conference.

I would like to acknowledge Dr Jan Wright, the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, who has just spoken to you about her perspectives on environmental reporting.

I would also like to acknowledge the many other distinguished speakers and environmental thought leaders that are among us today.

  • Amy Adams
  • Environment

Annual Conference

I’m pleased to be here with you today.

I would like to thank James Austin, CEO of the Fundraising Institute of New Zealand for inviting me to your conference. James tells me that this is an educational conference aiming to impart many of the fundamental pieces of information any charitable organisation will need to succeed. I’m glad to hear it.

  • Todd McClay
  • Revenue

Good morning. I am pleased to welcome you all to Parliament today for an event that reflects our shared interest in the telecommunications market in New Zealand.

It is no surprise to anyone here this morning that technological advances are expanding markets and increasing demand for data and bandwidth at a dramatic rate. New Zealanders increasingly have expectations of instant and high-quality connectivity wherever they go.

In what seems like the blink of an eye, technology has become an integral part of our day-to-day lives.

  • Amy Adams
  • Communications and Information Technology