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Phil Goff speech to the visiting Australian Defence College group at the Australian High Commission, Wellington.

Phil Goff speech to the NZ Institute of International Affairs Pacific Island seminar

Goff speech to help celebrate and launch NZAID

An agency solely dedicated to the elimination of poverty.

Phil Goff speech to the Otago Foreign Policy School - Friday 28 June 2002

Speech at the launch of the book Tree of Opportunity: Rethinking Pacific Education.

Phil Goff's second reading speech of the Government's people smuggling legislation

Embargoed until 3.00am Saturday 23 March 2002 (NZ)

New Zealand Statement

United Nations International Conference on Financing for Development, Monterrey, Mexico
9.00am Friday 22 March 2002 (Mexico time)

Mr President

THEME 2: How do we build on existing regional and multilateral efforts to work cooperatively to stop smugglers and trafficking in persons, including women and children?

It gives me great pleasure to address you today and to host tonight’s function to celebrate the opening of the Commonwealth Advanced Seminar.

Thank you for the invitation to speak with you today.

[Speech to the NZ UN Society, Parliament Buildings, Wellington]

Thank you for your invitation to open your conference today. We are at an important moment in the UN’s history.

[Statement delivered by Mr Goff (Tuesday New York time) to a specially convened open meeting in New York of the UN Security Council]

Mr President

Mr President

Can I first express my condolences to the families and friends of those who died in this morning’s air crash.

This was a tragedy in a city that has already had more than its share of tragedies in recent times.

[Goff statement to the CONFERENCE ON FACILITATING THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY in New York. Delivered Sunday 11 November New York time]

Mr President

Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs in charge of overseas aid Matt Robson today announced an aid and development package for Afghanistan.

He launched the package at the Alliance Annual Conference in Auckland.

Alliance Conference, Nga Tapuwae Centre, Auckland

Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister in charge of aid and Minister for Disarmament, Hon. Matt Robson

ADDRESS TO THE UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO COLLOQUIM ON TERRORISM – UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO, SATURDAY 27 OCTOBER 2001The world changed on September 11, 2001.

[speech to Asia Pacific League for Freedom and Democracy, New Zealand Chapter at the Hyatt Hotel)

Mr Chairman, Secretary-General, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen

Thank you for the invitation to your conference this morning.

5 October 2001

Main Common Room, Student Union, University of Otago

I want to talk about the Alliance position on the fight against terrorism, and I want to talk about the role that New Zealand can play in that fight.

INTRO

Tena kotou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa

I would like to welcome you all here today, and thank the New Zealand Red Cross for organising this international seminar.

[Address to Environmental Defence Society seminar, Buddle Findlay offices, Auckland.]

Two months ago I was at the World Conference on Climate Change in Bonn.

Remarks by the Hon. Matt Robson during a debate on the Government's decision to acquire 105 light armoured vehicles for the Army, 28 August 2001.

I am pleased to be, for a second time, invited to address the annual meeting of the representative body of development non-government organisations in New Zealand.

Introduction