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Thank you for welcoming me so warmly this morning to the Energise Ōtaki Business Energy Service Launch.

Notes of an address to the Association for Resource Management Practitioners (RMLA) Annual Conference, Queenstown

Tēnā koutou e nga maata waka.

Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā tātou katoa

Ko Megan Woods tōku ingoa

​​​​​​​Tena koutou and Namaskar. It is great to be back in India and to have the opportunity to speak to you all today about how we can take the India-New Zealand relationship to the next level.

Greetings to all who have joined us at the conclusion of the first day of the New Zealand International Education Conference Ki Tua.

Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa. Thank you Jeremy, members of the Seafood New Zealand Board, conference organisers, fellow Members of Parliament

Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa, and thank you for the introduction, Alex.

Tena koutou katoa and thank you for coming along today I am particularly pleased to be here today, because, as we all know, New Zealand has a big problem with waste, and working with you is one of the keys to fi

Tēnā koutou katoa – thank you all for joining us in this beautiful venue today.

Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa. Kia ora koutou, and thank you for being here today.

Morena tatou katoa,
Koutou kua tae ā kanohi mai, ā ipurangi mai,
Ki te whakatūwhera tēnei kaupapa matua,
E hāngai ana ki te haumarutanga o Aotearoa,
Tena tatou katoa.

Tēnā koutou katoa; Talofa lava; Kia orana; Fakaalofa lahi atu; Mālō ē lelei; Ni sa bula vinaka; and warm Pacific greetings.

It’s great to be back at a hui that brings together practitioners from our ethnic communities who are working in culturally responsive services and offers you a platform to connect, to share experiences and knowledge and to learn from one another.

At no point in the history of the human species have we been confronted with a crisis that has an impact on the lives of every single member of that species.

As the Minister for Trade and Export Growth, it is my privilege to share with you New Zealand’s perspectives on the regional trade landscape, and some of the opportunities and challenges on the horizon.

Thank you all for your warm welcome. And thank you to the team at NZDSN for organising this conference and for giving me the opportunity to join you here today.

It is great to be here at the China Business Summit and to see so many people at this rather early hour.

For over 25 years, New Zealand and NATO have cooperated in support of the rules-based international order.

Tēnā koutou katoa. It’s my pleasure to see you all here in Wellington, and to join you at the Animal & Plant Health Association of New Zealand Annual Conference.

Today I want the opportunity to talk about New Zealand’s approach to a more unpredictable and complex world and set out how our Government is acting to protect and advance the safety and security of New Zealand and New Zealanders.

I’ve spent a bit of time in the Waikato region lately, what with the WasteMINZ conference and then Fieldays, and I’m pleased to be back here today to join you for the 2023 Milk Quality Conference.

We come together to discuss the evolving dynamics of our international reality, where numerous shifts and hurdles feature prominently. The theme of this conference is “Populism and Global Politics”.

I am delighted to join you today at this critical time of reconnection and re-engagement in the bilateral education relationship between New Zealand and China, following disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic.