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Thank you for inviting me to speak to you this morning. Over the past few weeks I have spent a lot of time listening and talking with the business community. I have heard a range of opinions about the government's policies and where we are heading.

Thank you for inviting me to speak to you this morning. I welcome the opportunity to talk face to face with to business audiences in all regions of the country

Thank you for inviting me to speak to you today. I am pleased to have this opportunity to talk to a business audience.

This is the second of my pre-Budget speeches. In it, I want to talk about the economic context within which the Budget has been pulled together. These views are personal.

I move, that the Tariff (Zero Duty Removal) Amendment Bill be now read for a second time.

I move that the Tariff (Zero Duty Removal) Amendment Bill be now read a first time.

Thank you for inviting me to speak to you this morning. The banking and finance sector is very much a newsmaker these days, what with mergers, closures, profits and fees and, underpinning the whole debate ¡V the function of the Reserve Bank.

Thank you for inviting me to speak to you today. It is a pleasure to be here, not just because I'm in my favourite part of the country (home) but because it’s rather a novel experience to be able to speak to a group of professionals about ACC and not feel like I am rubbing salt into an open wound.

It is my pleasure, on behalf of the Government of New Zealand, to welcome you today. The fact that this opening is being held within the precincts of Parliament is testimony to the importance we place upon it.

Japan is vitally important to New Zealand. It is one of our key markets - our third biggest export market and our third biggest source of imports. It is also a significant supplier of direct investment.

This occasion marks a first for me. This is my first international trip since the change of government, Hong Kong in the first stop on my itinerary, and this is my first formal overseas speech as New Zealand's new Finance Minister and Treasurer.

Good evening. I would like to thank your president Roger Barton for inviting me to spend time with you tonight.

Today, Saturday 1 April is a good day to be looking at how we are going so far in government with our coalition partners, the Alliance.

Thank you for inviting me here to speak to you today. I was encouraged to note the co-operative tone of the conference and the expressed wish for a better understanding and relationship between the private sector and this Government.

Thank you for inviting me to speak to you today, As you can imagine, the door to Government funding is pounded by many so it is a rare pleasure to talk to people whose reason for being is to actually give away money that the Government does not have to raise in the first place.

Thank you Goran Olssen and Stephen Crombie for inviting me to launch Ericsson’Cs new Mobile Applications Service Provider. Your decision locate this centre in Wellington will put New Zealand on the crest of the next wave of technological innovation.

Keynote Speech to the NZ Labour Party Annual Conference 2000, Wellington Town Hall