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This morning we witnessed the full glory of our tikanga, expressed in karakia, haka and waiata, as we celebrate the opening of this new site and ensure the safety and security of the staff and students who will occupy this new campus.

Thank you to the Tu Kotahi Maori Asthma Trust [Teresea Olsen - Chairperson] for inviting me here today to open the National Mäori Asthma Hui 2004.

I am here today, with each of you and all those who have supported you, to celebrate the liberation of your minds.

Children are the future of any community, and their wellness, their ability to achieve all of their huge potential, is a matter of the utmost importance.

Speech to open AGM of Te Kaiawhina Ahumahi ITO, Te Wananga o Raukawa, Otaki

Associate Health Minister Tariana Turia celebrated a big step forward for public health in the Auckland region

Notes prepared for speech to opening of 'Awakening - Conversations with our Ancestors' - Exhibition at Te Tuhi-The Mark Gallery, Pakuranga.

Tariana Turia spoke at the opening of the Maori Indigenous Health Institute -MIHI

You know, it is a special privilege to be here today, among a collective of like minds, because you are a group of women who have dedicated so much of your lives to eliminating violence among our whanau.

Our people are achieving great things in health, and in other fields. What is more, we are doing it against a background of enormous public ignorance and misunderstanding, that is starting to become actual hostility towards our people and our culture.

Speech to launch Te Wana Quality Standards for Community and Voluntary Groups, Wellington

I stand today to acknowledge the tragic history that has seen the Crown 'profoundly regret and unreservedly apologise to Ngati Tama for its actions.'

Speech to open regional whanau development hui, 10.00am, 3 November 2003,Heretaunga Park Community and Conference Centre, 821 Orchard Road, Hastings

Speech opening Regional Whanau Development hui, Murihiku marae, Invercargill, 13 October 2003, 10.00am

Speech to launch ‘He Kainga Oranga’ housing insulation and health study,
Pataka, Norrie Street, Porirua

Speech opening Regional Whanau Development hui, Auckland

I am particularly pleased to have been given the opportunity to share with you some thoughts on the nature of social cohesion and the constitutional status of tangatawhenua.

Speech for Local Government Community Development Conference, Napier War Memorial Centre

It is my honour to be here today, to recognise the hard work that each of you have put into your chosen careers and the community, especially to your whanau, and tangata whenua generally.

I want to warmly welcome all of you from the national bodies representing the many tangata whenua, community and voluntary organisations that exist in this country of ours.

I understand that more than 400 people offer their time as Chairpersons, Directors, Trustee Supervisers, Internal Auditors and other office bearers to run Credit Unions. Credit Unions are one of the larger volunteer groups in Aotearoa.

Speech to Conference of Problem Gambling Foundation of New Zealand, Auckland, 9.30am

Speech to regional whanau development hui, Far North Community Centre, Kaitaia, 9am

Speech to open ‘Earth, Sky and Number 8 Wire’: 29th International Conference,
Australian and New Zealand College of Mental Health Nurses, Rotorua Convention Centre.