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The task of balancing "things Maori" with "things business" is a very delicate one.

One should enhance the other, not compromise or hinder progress.

It was suggested that I should speak on New Zealand's place in Asia-Pacific trade. Having just returned from the APEC Leaders' Summit and being the leader of a government which has taken a number of initiatives in Asia-Pacific trade this year, I welcome the opportunity to outline our approach to trade initiatives in our region.

The launch of x-tech group at Simpson Grierson is an exciting initiative.
It seems the firm is bringing its legal services right up to date for its clients who are leading the way with the knowledge economy.

Good morning, and thank you for the invitation to address your conference today.

I'm going to start off by re-iterating our objectives for a strong state sector that responds to the groups and individuals which it serves and to those who serve in it.

Distinguished guests, new graduates, ladies and gentlemen.

Introduction

Justice Minister Phil Goff today described Stephen Frank's Parole Offenders Bill as a simplistic proposal from the ACT Party that would result in perverse outcomes.

The Government will not be supporting this Bill, for two main reasons.

MAC's Preliminary Report - Biowhat? - was launched in March this year on Bill Garland's farm in the Waikato. It was a beautiful day and there was a real air of optimism that John Kneebone and his team would find a relatively painless way through the thicket of thorny issues that surround biodiversity conservation.

There's something about this millennium that brings with it a mood forchange. onight we are acknowledging two changes - changes in the lives totwo people who have made a huge mark on the world of sport in New Zealand.

Thank you for the invitation to be part of this launch today.

It is an honour to be invited to give the first in what I'm told will be an indefinitely long annual lecture series, the Chapman Lectures.

The series has been named in honour of Bob Chapman, the founding Professor of Political Studies at Auckland University.

“Off the Map in a Global Economy”

Thank you for inviting me to speak to you today. I appreciate the constructive role Forest and Bird has played and continues to play in the conservation movement of New Zealand.

This conference takes place almost a year after the last election.
And what a year it's been!

I would like to begin by extending to you all the best wishes of Chris Carter, the Labour MP for Te Atutu, David Cunliffe, the Labour MP for Titirangi as well as Jonathan Hunt, the Speaker of the House of Representatives. They represent the Labour Party here in west Auckland and they do an outstanding job on your behalf.

Thank you for the invitation to talk with you today. I'm a keen supporter of community boards, so I welcome this opportunity to meet those of you at the coalface of local government.

Hon Judith Tizard MP
Associate Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage
MP Auckland Central

Thursday
16th November 2000

Launch of "Living in the Twentieth Century: New Zealand History in Photographs,
1900-1980"

Kia ora koutou, Talofa Lava and Greetings to you all.

Address to the Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers national conference. Centra Auckland Airport.

Introduction

Thank you for inviting me to speak to your conference today.

Thank you for your invitation to speak this afternoon and thank you for the very apt cartoon which illustrates the public flyer for this event.

[show cartoon]

Thank you for the invitation to talk to you today. It's good to see so many of you from across the sector here.

I am very pleased to have the opportunity to launch an important New Zealand contribution to APEC this year: an information distribution project formally titled the Ecotech Clearing House.