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Game Industry Board Chairman Richard Riddiford; Cervena Council and Game Industry Board CEO Rex Moore; Cervena Council Executive Chef Graham Brown; Peter Barlow of Barlow Associates; Special guest

I am delighted to be here on the Coral Coast to participate in the eighth joint conference of your Business Councils.

Good morning. It is a pleasure to be part of the launch of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights.

It gives me real pleasure to speak at the opening of todays symposium. I count myself lucky to have the first words on a topic which is open to an enormous range of comment and analysis.

The degrees and diplomas offered by educational institutions reflect the values of society. They change to keep abreast of changes in attitude and knowledge and to motivate change itself.

I'd like to begin by endorsing the comments of Rob Jeffrey. It is a fact of
life in agriculture - an unfortunate fact of life - that many of us seem to get

I have had a great privilege as Minister of Communications over the last six
years.

Thank you, delegates for that tremendous welcome. Thank you for your support. Looking at that video I am reminded again that it's been quite a term - a grand journey.

Friends from the National Party. Across the country, you see evidence of a
better New Zealand. New industries have emerged. Two hundred thousand more New

I'm pleased to be able to come and speak to you tonight. I read the other day
public speakers fall into three categories:

Getting to know something about the deer farming industry has been one of the highlights of my first three months as Minister of Agriculture.

Thank you for the invitation to address your conference today. I welcome this opportunity to highlight some of the issues for home care services within the health and disability sector.

Mr Peter Townsend, Chief Executive, Canterbury Employers' Chamber of Commerce, President, members, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for inviting me here today.

Dominion President Mr.

It's 100 days since I became Minister of Agriculture. A few journalists at the time suggested I was being easy ride after five and a half years of education. They couldn't have been more wrong.

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for inviting me here today. I want to talk to you today a little bit about how I see the future. We've got some big decisions ahead of us as a nation.

Mr. Chase Poynter, Mayor of Wanganui and Mrs. Poynter, Past Mayor Mr Ron Russell and Mrs.

Good morning Chairman and d. I am delighted to be invited to address this conference this morning. The pace of development of the New Zealand wholesale electricity market is accelerating. It is an exciting time to be part of the electricity industry in New Zealand.

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Ladies and gentlemen, guests, laureates, I'm passionate about lifting New Zealand's performance. So are you. That's why I'm so delighted to be here tonight.

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for inviting me here today. It is especially good that we are able to use the occasion to help such a deserving cause, the Kimi-Ora School.

Terry and Marie Palmer, David Brewer, Kerry McDonald, Leigh Clifford, Dr and Mrs. Minamiura, ladies and gentlemen, guests, I am delighted to be here today.

Chief Executive Denis Hunt; Ladies and Gentlemen.

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for inviting me here today to talk to you.

Mr. Chairman, Minister of Finance, breakfast attendees in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin.