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Good morning and welcome to you all – students, nurses and doctors.
Many of you have travelled a long way to be here, particularly the Australian visitors and the two guest speakers, Dr Ian Stiell from Canada and Dr Mike Clancy from the United Kingdom. I hope you all enjoy your stay in New Zealand, and in my home city of Wellington.

Rural Health Promotion Conference

It’s a pleasure to be here in Johnsonville to be part of the national launch of the National Heart Foundation’s Healthy Heart Award programme.

Thank you for the opportunity to speak today. I would like to welcome you all here to Te Papa, and to say how pleased I am to be launching this document Nurse Practitioners in New Zealand.

The aim of the Mangere Home Visiting Service is to bring the two together, to make sure that the services reach those most in need, who are often the very people who miss out most often.

I am particularly pleased to be opening your biennial conference given the significant events that have occurred in terms of the maternity sector, and midwifery in particular, since the last time you met.

Thank you for being part of this special event today.

It is certainly a special event for the Government. It is not every day that Government creates a new authority, or one of such importance.

Morena katou katoa. Good morning. Thank you for your invitation to speak today.

This is the second time in four days that I acknowledge Ngati Toa Rangatira, for their support as mana whenua to a public institution.

Thank you for the invitation to speak at this occasion.

I hope I am not the only one here who can remember the old Telethon song, Thank you very much.

I promise you I am not going to sing it!

But I will say it.

Thank you for inviting me to speak this morning.
First I’d like to congratulate everyone who was involved in putting together ‘Kia Mauri Tau! Narratives of Recovery from Disabling Mental Health Problems.’

We are here to support all those people who are grappling with alcohol and other drug problems, their families and loved ones, and the professionals and community workers who are involved in drug and alcohol treatment.

Thank you for inviting me to speak today.

Thank you for inviting me to speak today.

As you all know, problems with fertility can be a significant emotional and social burden. Infertility can reduce the quality of life for couples who wish to have children.

I have been invited by the National Health Committee to launch the Revised Guidelines for Smoking Cessation.

Thank you for inviting me to your national conference. Many of you have travelled from all over the country to be here, and as a Wellington MP I naturally believe you have made an inspired choice.

Welcome everyone to this special and significant event.

Good morning. Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today.

I have been asked to talk about three issues: the allied health grouping, the industrial relations in health - the PSA partnership strategy, and mental health.

Issues facing rheumatology, particularly access to the latest drugs.

With the arrival of the information age, health systems around the world have amassed enormous quantities of data about people and their health.

Good morning and welcome to the official launch of the third Progress Report on the Blueprint for Mental Health Services in New Zealand.

Outlines issues concerning volunteers, aged care and mental health

Outlines government's new strategy for health of older people