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Tena koutou katoa

Superman has a lot to answer for.

That comic-book superhero, with his colourful red, blue and yellow costume, complete with a flowing cape and a stylised S Shield on his chest, has captivated our imaginations for decades about what a real hero looks like.

Tonight, we cast that image aside, and are here to present a hero, New Zealand Style – with our very own home-grown award, Tū Rangatira mo te Ora.

But first – perhaps I’ve been a little unfair on Superman.

  • Tariana Turia
  • Health

Ministers and Members of Parliament, Ambassador Xu, members of the Diplomatic Corps, ladies and gentlemen.

Thank you for inviting me here today.

Can I start by acknowledging the Contemporary China Research Centre at Victoria University and the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs who are hosting this event.

This seminar today marks the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between New Zealand and China.

I welcome the opportunity to reflect on those 40 years.

  • John Key
  • Prime Minister

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

Thank you Michael for your warm welcome. I am delighted to have been asked to address you tonight and to take part in the Work and Life Awards 2012 presentation.

I wish to acknowledge Michael Barnett, Chair EEO Trust, Board members, entrants to the awards, previous winners and distinguished guests.

I would like to congratulate all the entrants to the awards. As employers you have identified that your staff are one of the keys to your business success.

  • Jo Goodhew
  • Women’s Affairs
  • Senior Citizens

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

Can I acknowledge Tuariki Delamere, MC for the Conference, and Simon Laurent, Chairman of NZAMI.

Today I want to speak to you about a range of important immigration issues that I’ve been working on as Minister over the last nine months since I took on this very important portfolio.

In particular I want to touch on:

  • Nathan Guy
  • Immigration

We’re now just a few days shy of the second anniversary of the first earthquake, when we were so lucky that no one was killed.

I want to provide you with an overview of the recovery process to date and the significant progress that we are making.

But first, I want to thank the rest of New Zealand for the incredible level of support and assistance that the Canterbury region has received over the last two years. From all ends of the country, New Zealanders came to our aid and continue to support us.

  • Gerry Brownlee
  • Canterbury Earthquake Recovery

E nga mana, e nga reo, e te iwi o te motu, tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa. Good afternoon.

I would like to acknowledge some of those people who have been instrumental in this agreement being forged between Ngapuhi and Child, Youth and Family.

From Ngapuhi can I acknowledge the Chairman, Sonny Tau and Chief Executive, George Riley. Here today from Child, Youth and Family can I also acknowledge Deputy Chief Executive, Bernadine Mackenzie and General Manager of Operations, Marama Edwards.

  • Paula Bennett
  • Social Development
  • Youth Affairs

It is a pleasure to be here today to award the supreme prize for www.business.govt.nz’s ANZ Flying Start Business Plan Competition.

More than 760 people put forward ideas for the ANZ Flying Start competition – the kind of ideas that show off the ingenuity and entrepreneurship that New Zealanders are renowned for. 

Many of these ideas, when partnered with a solid business plan, have the ingredients for success in New Zealand, and across the globe.

  • John Banks
  • Small Business

I’m very pleased to be here tonight to recognise this important milestone and to join my colleague Hon Jo Goodhew in congratulating ESITO on the success of the ‘Women in Power’ initiative so far, and now the launch of phase two, Ultimit.

The future of the electricity sector is an exciting one.  ESITO’s role is crucial to ensuring that the sector has the skilled workers it needs to support business growth, not to mention keep powering New Zealand homes and enable our increasingly digital lifestyles.

  • Phil Heatley
  • Energy and Resources

Good health is hugely important to New Zealanders. A strong public health service gives families peace of mind – knowing that the care they need will be there, when they need it.

And that’s the priority of our government too.

Protecting and growing the public health service.

We have spent the past four years repairing the damage of a decade of wasteful spending, never-ending bureaucracy and a lack of clinical engagement.

And we’re making a lot of progress.

  • Tony Ryall
  • Health

Tēna koutou katoa. Nau mai, haere mai.  Welcome to Auckland.

New Zealand is delighted to be hosting this informal dialogue on climate change. We are very pleased that you could all make the long journey to our part of the world. It's great to see some old friends around the table, and to have some fresh faces here for these discussions.

  • Tim Groser
  • Climate Change Issues

Good evening, and thank you for the invitation to speak at this event.

I’m conscious as I talk to you tonight that this museum is also a war memorial.

The galleries here record the names of those who fell in the many conflicts New Zealand has been involved in.

So we remember the most recent of them – the five soldiers who lost their lives in Afghanistan over the last few weeks.

They are owed a great debt, both by this country and by the people of Bamyan province, in a country very far from New Zealand.

  • John Key
  • Prime Minister

I move that the:

  • John Banks
  • Regulatory Reform

Council members, Chief Executive Chin, and distinguished guests – tena koutou.

I am honoured to be here today to recognise the commendable and exceptional work of those who have contributed to standards development in New Zealand.

I would also like to acknowledge my Parliamentary colleague, the Honourable Lianne Dalziel, for the work she has done in this area in her previous role as Commerce Minister.

I understand that there are over 2000 volunteers who freely offer their time and expertise to Standards New Zealand.

  • John Banks
  • Commerce

Good afternoon and thank you for inviting me to speak to you today.

It’s quite an achievement to have reached your 50 year anniversary.

I’m aware that you’ve got over 1500 members and that’s surely a testament to both the great need for the skills of senior engineering technologists, and of the benefits of registration.

  • Maurice Williamson
  • Building and Construction

I acknowledge the tangata whenua, the hau kainga of this rohe for welcoming us here; our hosts, the Universal College of Learning, particularly CEO Paul McElroy who invited me to come along tonight; and of course those of you from around the community who have come to support this initiative. Tena koutou katoa.

I have to say that when I saw this event was about Clinical Exercise Physiology, behaviour modification and U-Kinetics, I wondered whether there was anything I would be able to say to you tonight without the help of a very good dictionary.

  • Tariana Turia
  • Health

Thank you for this opportunity to put forward some ideas about Global Governance and multilateral institutions in the first quarter of the 21st Century.  In responding to your invitation, I will stick more or less exclusively to the multilateral economic agenda, with a strong emphasis on trade and climate change – my two Ministerial responsibilities.

  • Tim Groser
  • Trade

It gives me great pleasure to be given the opportunity to open this newly installed Medal Repository here at the National Army Museum today.

This Museum stands so proudly at the southern entrance way into the Central Plateau and is a fitting national memorial to some 33,000 New Zealand Servicemen and women who have given their lives in the service of this Nation.

It is by coincidence but also fitting that we open this repository in a week the national is debating the recent actions and bravery of New Zealand servicemen under fire.

  • Jonathan Coleman
  • Defence

16 August 2012, Queens Wharf (Dockside restaurant)

Thank you, David for your kind introduction.

It is great to see a wide cross-section of the fishing industry here for what is a very important piece of work.

We are here to officially launch the Fishing Sector Action Plan – and it has a very important purpose – to address the high rate of injury and death in the fishing sector.

  • Kate Wilkinson
  • Labour

I’m delighted to be part of these awards tonight, to celebrate the achievements of a sector that has contributed so much over so long to New Zealand, and that will be a cornerstone of New Zealand’s economic growth.

And it’s great to see the industry stepping forward and celebrating its successes with a bit of glamour and finesse!  Well done.

These awards are a great opportunity to showcase your achievements to, and for, New Zealand, and to recognise your contributions.

  • Phil Heatley
  • Energy and Resources

Good evening ladies and gentlemen. It is a pleasure to be here this evening for the Future Forests Research Science Awards.

As Associate Minister for Primary Industries, I have a particular responsibility for forestry.

So tonight I would like to say a few words on:

  • Nathan Guy
  • Primary Industries

Good morning, it is a pleasure to open this conference.

The Chinese and New Zealand Governments enjoy a warm and constructive relationship, and the New Zealand political leadership has had the opportunity of frequent and open access to China’s most senior leaders. We are delighted to host China’s leaders on their frequent visits to New Zealand.

This year marks 40 years since the establishment of diplomatic and trade relations between China and New Zealand.

  • Bill English
  • Finance

Kia Ora Tatou, Good Afternoon

Your excellency the Governor General, Sir Jerry Mateparae,

Deputy Prime Minister, Bill English, Parliamentary colleagues,

Members of the New Zealand Defence Force, and most importantly of all, the loved ones, family, whanau and friends of Lance Corporal Pralli Durrer and Lance Corporal Rory Malone.

It is with great respect and gratitude, but mostly with an overwhelming sense of sadness that I address you here today.

  • Jonathan Coleman
  • Defence

Main Road North, Belfast, Christchurch
11 August 2012

Kia ora, it's great to be back here in Christchurch to celebrate the second year of the Living Legends project. It's also great to see so many people here today to help get these trees in the ground and to honour our local Rugby Legend, Tane Norton.

Firstly I'd like to acknowledge the organisations that continue to work hard to make the Living Legends projects happen - Project Crimson, The Tindall Foundation, Meridian and of course DOC.

  • Kate Wilkinson
  • Conservation

10 August 2012

Good morning and thank you for such a warm welcome.  It's fantastic to see so many people here today to celebrate this significant occasion.

I would particularly like to acknowledge the chair of the Whanganui River Māori Trust Board,  Dr Te Tiwha Puketapu and kaumātua John Maihi, the Taranaki-Whanganui Conservation Board and its chair, Mr Darryn Ratana, and Whanganui Mayor Her Worship Annette Main.

  • Kate Wilkinson
  • Conservation