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Thank you for inviting me to speak tonight.

It’s my pleasure to be here today to open Forum 2019, with its theme of Delivering Equity of Health and Wellbeing in Aotearoa.

Let me first thank all the new unionists and members in the room.

As the Minister for ACC I thank you all for the work that you do supporting New Zealanders in their literally most vulnerable moments.

It’s a pleasure to be here today at the first of four workshops on Planned Care being held this month.

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to participate in your conference, One Voice Against Bullying.

Mr President, fellow delegates. I bring you special greetings from New Zealand’s Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern, on the centenary of the ILO.

Health Minister David Clark opens a discussion on the future of radiation oncology within the context of cancer care in New Zealand.

Thank you, Dalton Kelly for your warm introduction.

It’s a pleasure to be here to open this conference - it’s the second time I’ve had the opportunity to speak with you at your annual conference as Minister of Health, so I want to thank you for welcoming me back.

Tēnā koe, thank you for your mihi. Thank you Peter Barnett  and NCAT co-chair Lynette Hutson and welcome everyone to this Addiction Leadership Day.

Thank you, Professor Hayne (Vice Chancellor, University of Otago), for your kind introduction.