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Address to New Zealand Association for Migration and Investment Conference
Sky City
Auckland
11.30am

Thank you for the opportunity to say a few words, as you begin to traverse the history and the future of New Zealand’s ACC scheme.

There are many happy and proud people here today. And rightly so. As a Minister of the Crown, I too am immensely proud of the New Zealanders who have served their country with such distinction in East Timor.

In the invitation to come today, Barbara Phair asked me to speak on Labour’s philosophy, hopes, desires and ambitions in this year of the General Election.

“Marie Hasler’s release of National’s immigration policy, confirms that she has been so sound asleep on the job for the past few months, it’s no wonder she’s number 32 on their list,” Immigration Minister Lianne Dalziel said today.

Thank you for the opportunity to talk to you this morning, to share some of this Government’s vision for New Zealand’s economic future and the work we have done and will be doing to help the country achieve its potential. My particular focus is on immigration policy, but I wish to place that in the context of the government’s Growth and Innovation Framework released in February this year.

“A comprehensive accident compensation scheme can only be guaranteed by retaining ACC as the sole provider of accident cover,” says ACC Minister Lianne Dalziel.

Good afternoon and thank you to your President Geoff Piercy for the invitation to come to Invercargill today. I bring warm greetings from the Prime Minister, Helen Clark. I told her I was coming here today, and she specifically asked that I pass on her regards. I also thank my colleague, Mark Peck, for accompanying me here today.

I wish to start by acknowledging the work that is done by those who work with the ESOL Home Tutor Service

Thank you for joining us today to celebrate World Refugee Day.

I was delighted to hear that following on from the success of “IntoNZ”, the new HiQ website has been developed specifically to link highly qualified migrants and New Zealand employers.

The General Skills Category passmark will increase from 25 to 28 points from Tuesday, 18 June 2002, Immigration Minister Lianne Dalziel announced today.

Proposed changes giving older drivers the choice of sitting an older driver test or a new conditional licence test have been welcomed by Senior Citizens Minister Lianne Dalziel.

The Retirement Villages Bill was introduced to Parliament just before Christmas. It underwent its first reading and is now being considered by the Justice and Electoral Select Committee. Although my role has to be somewhat removed from the process at this stage, I have made it clear to the Select Committee Chair Tim Barnett, that the government is interested in a comprehensive report-back, which identifies all the key concerns raised by submitters, so that we can consider whether changes are necessary.

Improved anti-terrorism and security measures, worth $9.6 million, to strengthen immigration efforts abroad and in New Zealand are confirmed in Budget 2002.

Funding initiatives to support refugee resettlement in New Zealand are included in Budget 2002.

Address to the national conference of the Retirement Villages Association New Zealand. 1.30pm,Hilton Hotel,147 Quay Street, Auckland

ACC Minister Lianne Dalziel said ACC under this government provides New Zealanders with good protection from the premium hikes faced by other countries.
New Zealanders would be exposed to huge financial risk under National’s plans to reprivatise ACC.

If we are truly to ‘harness’ the contribution of our increasingly active retired population, then we owe it to them, to put in place the strategies that will support their continued participation in all aspects of society.

This strategy stands witness to that commitment.

Naturally, as Minister of Immigration, I firmly believe that New Zealand is ‘the Right Choice’. However, it is not ‘the Right Choice’ for everyone. That is why I encourage anyone considering migrating to New Zealand to research all of the issues, before the final decision is made.

New funding for best practice research and professional development will help improve learning support for students with special education needs.

The Southland/Clutha and Wellington regions will pilot a new government initiative aimed at boosting regional economic growth through immigration policy.

Details of the government's Work-to-Residence immigration programme – which will assist New Zealand employers to recruit talent from overseas, have been unveiled by Immigration Minister Lianne Dalziel.

Senior Citizens Minister Lianne Dalziel has reminded people that the deadline for submissions on the government's Retirement Villages Bill, is this Friday, 26 April 2002.