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Good morning. It is a pleasure to be here today.

I would like to thank the team at Parklands on Papanui Retirement Village and Parklands Hospital.

I would also like to acknowledge the residents of Parklands on Papanui. This is your home, and the past year has no doubt been a time of change and anticipation for you all - residents, staff and families - as the work has been completed.

Not only has the facility undergone a major upgrade it has also been extended to provide additional hospital beds and a new retirement village. This has been an extensive project.

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.

Good morning ladies and gentlemen.

I want to thank you all for your commitment to improving workplace health and safety in New Zealand. 

You are a vital link in the chain of organisational and personal responsibility for health and safety that brings us together this morning. And I will return to this theme shortly.

We are at a unique point in the continuing evolution of our health and safety system in this country.  A watershed, if you like.

Good morning.

Je souhaiterais tout d’abord vous remercier vivement pour l’opportunité de m’adresser à vous. En guise d’introduction, je dirais que nous nous trouvons à un tournant particulièrement intéressant dans l’évolution du système commercial international. Littéralement parlant, il n’y a rien que nous puissions décrire comme neuf dans le système actuel.

Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa.

Thank you for inviting me to speak at the opening of the 13th Australasian CEFPI conference.

I want to acknowledge that this is the first occasion that New Zealand has hosted the conference.

I would also like to acknowledge Conference Chair, Helen Anderson; CEFPI Australasia Chair Mark Trotter; CEFPI International President Irene Nigaglioni; and you the delegates.

Good afternoon. It’s a pleasure to welcome you all to the launch of the second national Cyber Security Awareness Week.

Firstly can I acknowledge Martin and all the team at Netsafe for the excellent work they do in continuing to ensure issues of Cyber security remain front and centre and for pulling together this week of awareness-raising.

E nga iwi o Ikaroa Rawhiti ara ko Ngati Porou, ko Te Aitanga a Mahaki, ko Rongowhakaata, ko Ngai Tamanuhiri, ko Ngati Kahungunu, koutou katoa kua tae mai ki tenei huihuinga e pa ana ki nga take whai whare noho, tena ra koutou katoa.

Thank you for inviting me to speak here today at your forum. I want to acknowledge Tiopira Rauna and to commend you for the significant role that the Ikaroa Rawhiti Maori Housing Forum has played over the last seven years, in supporting Māori housing in this role.

Tēnā koutou katoa and greetings to you all.

I’m really pleased to be able to join you all again at your annual conference.

I’d like to thank your President Maria Johnson, and Chief Executive Peter Reynolds for their welcome.

I would like to start by thanking you all for the work you do.

Children are our most important investment.  The work you do in nurturing their development represents an invaluable contribution to New Zealand’s future wealth, health and happiness.

Good afternoon

It’s a pleasure to be here today to officially open the Ethnic People In Commerce Conference for 2013.

It’s fantastic to see so many of you turn out to support today’s event!

And it’s great to see so many familiar faces.
For those who attended last year’s conference, I’m sure you’ll agree EPIC NZ is a wonderful networking opportunity for all New Zealand’s ethnic and mainstream business leaders.

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

Thank you Liz and Noeline for your kind welcome and for inviting me to open the Rural Women New Zealand 2013 Conference this evening.

It is my pleasure to be here today to celebrate your achievements as enterprising women, and as entrepreneurs and business owners.

Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, katoa.

Good morning distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen.

I have been invited to speak to you today about three themes:

Good afternoon everyone and thank you for inviting me here today. I’d like to start by acknowledging Chris Allen, President of the local branch, and also the sector representatives. I’d also like to acknowledge Angus McKay and the other councillors here today, as well as Jeanette Maxwell, Willy Leferink, Ian McKenzie and the zone committee.

E ngā mātāwaka e tau mai nei ki raro i te mana o Ngā Pūmanawa e Waru o Te Arawa, tēnā koutou katoa.

I am pleased to be here amongst you all today. I would especially like to congratulate the recipients of last night’s E Tū Whānau awards for being courageous, for standing up and for making a difference in our communities. To speak out against violence is not easy – but this brave stance that you are all taking will ensure that the future for our tamariki and mokopuna will be a safer one.

Thank you for being here.

It's great to be back in Washington, and to see so many friends of New Zealand here today.

I attended the first of these forums in April 2006 and each subsequent gathering.

I want to reflect briefly on how the role of this Forum has changed, just as the NZ/US relationship has changed and continues to change.

Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, katoa.

It is a privilege to be giving this address at the opening ceremony of the 4th Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction.

New Zealand has been challenged by the major recovery and rebuild of Canterbury both in terms of scale and complexity, following the earthquakes of 2010 and 2011.

We have been rebuilding not just our infrastructure, but also our communities.

For a small nation, losing 185 people, including foreign citizens, has been hard.

‘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.

Thank you Paul. Good morning everyone, and thank you for inviting me here today.

Sadly, I missed seeing you all at last year’s WasteMINZ conference due to other commitments. However, my colleague, Nicky Wagner, who kindly attended on my behalf, had some great things to say about her experience, and about the important role WasteMINZ plays in supporting the waste sector in New Zealand.

I am pleased to be here today to speak to you about some of the important challenges we face in managing and minimising waste in this country.

Good morning. Thank you, David for your welcome. It is a pleasure to be invited to speak here at your annual conference.

I'd like to begin by acknowledging the Radio Frequency Users Association of New Zealand for organising this event, and for their on-going work in ensuring that key issues affecting spectrum continue to be prominently and actively debated.

I thought it would be useful if I began by giving you some broader context to the Government’s radio spectrum work programme.

Mr Speaker,

I move that the Appropriation (2013/14 Estimates) Bill be now read a second time.

It’s my privilege to deliver the National-led Government’s fifth Budget.

When I stood up to deliver the Government’s first Budget, in 2009, New Zealand faced challenges I think we’re only able to fully appreciate with the passing of time.

The world had entered the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, from which it has yet to fully emerge.

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

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

Thank you David for the warm welcome. It is an honour to launch the new national patient safety campaign – Open for better care – which will save lives and reduce harm.

I would like to acknowledge the Health Quality & Safety Commission, including Chair Alan Merry which has brought us here today for this launch; First, Do No Harm who are co-hosting the launch; and New Zealand’s 20 DHBs – most of which are represented here today.

Good afternoon.

Thank you for the invitation to speak to you today. It’s great to be here.

The International Association of Women Judges is an association of great ability, accomplishment and potential.

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