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Speech at Business New Zealand's Election 2002: Growth, Politics and Business conference. Hotel Inter-Continental, Wellington.

Comments at the launch of the Rangitäne o Tamaki nui a Rua social entrepreneurship programme. Copenhagen Square, Dannevirke.

Comments at the inaugural Tertiary Teaching Excellence Awards ceremony. Grand Hall, Parliament Buildings.

Address to the annual general meeting of Save the Children. Brentwood Hotel, Wellington.

Comments at the launch of New Zealand's Agenda for Children. Johnsonville School, Wellington.

Mr Speaker, I move that the Tertiary Education Reform Bill be read a second time.

Comments at the launch of the Learning Shop - He Huarahi Ki Mua, Porirua's Learning and Assessment Centre. Cobham Court, Porirua.

Address to the Work in Progress, New Directions in Workplace Learning international vocational education and training conference. Wellington Town Hall Convention Centre.

Address to the Competenz AGM. EMEX Trade Show, Auckland Showgrounds.

Supergrans national conference.As Minister responsible for the Community and Voluntary Sector I want to acknowledge the wonderful work you do assisting families in need.

Address to the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Children. United Nations, New York.

This Supplementary Order Paper amends the Tertiary Education Reform Bill and will authorise the Governor-General to make regulations to introduce a levy on providers of education to foreign fee-paying students – the “export education” industry.

Comments at a function to mark Massey University’s Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences gaining accreditation to USA standards system for training vet students. Massey University Veterinary School, Palmerston North.

Hamilton Gardens, Hamilton.

Mr Speaker, I move that the Social Welfare (Transitional Provisions - Overseas Pensions) Amendment Bill be now read a second time.

Address to Second Flaxroots Technology conference. Unitec, Auckland.

Comments to a government and community agencies focus group on Child, Youth and Family’s Local Services Mapping project. War Memorial Conference Centre, Napier.

Address to the New Zealand Association for Cooperative Education Education and Work Partnerships for the Knowledge Economy conference. Quality Hotel, Wellington.

Address to the Economic Development Association of New Zealand (EDANZ) Conference, Innovation, Workforce Capability & Regional Economic Growth. Palmerston North Convention Centre, Palmerston North.

Thank you for the opportunity to meet with you today and to make an opening presentation to kick-off this forum.

Comments at the launch of Te Rito, New Zealand Family Violence Prevention Strategy. Ministry of Social Development, Welington.

Comments at the launch of Highways and Pathways, the report of the E-Learning Advisory Group. Parliament Buildings, Wellington.

Comments at the launch of the City of Manukau Education Trust (COMET) publication, Business and Schools in Manukau. Manukau City Council chambers.

Discussing social work registration reminds me of a conversation I had with National Radio’s Kim Hill about the Department’s Maori strategy Te Pounamu.