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Madam Speaker, I wish to move that the Walking Access Bill now be read a second time. 

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Kia ora. 

Thank you for inviting me to speak at the Motel Association Annual Conference for 2008.

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Thank you for your invitation to once again open your annual conference, it’s great to be here.

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 Good morning, and welcome.

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It gives me great pleasure to be invited to open the second New Zealand Hotel Industry Conference.  It’s great to be back.

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Thank you for the invitation to speak here again at the New Zealand Rural General Practice Network Annual Conference.

Kia ora and welcome to today's celebratory morning tea.

Thank you for taking an hour to come and help celebrate a number of milestones we've reached towards protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding in New Zealand.

This year I have taken on a number of extra responsibilities.

Minister's speech at the launch of the New Zealand Tourism Strategy in the Banquet Hall, Parliament

I would like to acknowledge and emphasise the importance of the hospitality industry to New Zealand, both in terms of tourism and employment, and to New Zealand’s overseas image and reputation. The hospitality industry is at the forefront of promoting our image and reputation – including our drinking behaviours and culture.

The New Zealand we grew up in earned its keep from industries like sheep, meat, butter and cheese. We still do. But, at 19.2 percent of our total export earnings, tourism is now New Zealand’s number one foreign exchange earner, a cornerstone of our economy.

Balancing marine, tourism development and sustainability are topics the Labour-led Government is committed to, with tourism leading the way in sustainability.

The tourism industry has shown overwhelming support for a bold approach to the Tourism Strategy 2015, with aspirational targets.

The ultimate goal in any sector is to maintain a balanced lifestyle, while developing a growing business in a thriving industry.

The purpose of this pilot is to encourage medical students to work in rural areas of the country.

While we don’t have the resources to outspend our sporting rivals, we can continue to draw on our tradition of determination and innovation to outsmart them.

The Labour-led Government has invested significant funding to improve the health status of rural populations and to meet the challenges of reducing health inequalities.

Speech notes for address to open Drug Treatment & Health Units at Hawke’s Bay Regional Prison, South of Hastings

We are proud of what New Zealand tourism has achieved and of our reputation worldwide. But we know we can improve – and at the strategy's heart is sustainability, and what that means to and for the tourism sector.

Our challenge is to continue the momentum we have built up in making sensible changes to the way with deal with offenders

Everything about this facility is designed to reducing re-offending.

Our goal in the tourism sector is to remain prosperous and attract ongoing investment, while protecting our precious assets.

Government funding to help get the best out of China, our fastest growing tourism market.