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It is a pleasure to be here at Te Papa Tongarewa today, in the company of Ambassador Tsutomu Ishiguri, to formally announce that New Zealand will host a United Nations Asia-Pacific Regional Disarmament Conference in Wellington, from 26 to 30 March next

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.

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Speech notes: New Zealand and the Singapore CEP—Sandra LeeParliamentary debate on Government Notice of Motion Number 1:1. Hon.

When European sailors first spanned the globe and reached Oceania, our area of the world became known to the English as the Antipodes.

It's a great pleasure to break bread with such a sizeable company here this morning.

It is a relief every time I get the chance to engage in debate on corrections reform directly with the public.

Thank you for the opportunity to address this your 18th Conference.

A breakfast speech to the Methodist Mission, Auckland

FOSTERING A SENSIBLE DEBATE

It's a great pleasure to break bread with such a sizeable company here this morning.

Chief Judge Young, members of the Judiciary, members of the legal profession, my fellow speakers, departmental staff, guests.

It’s a great pleasure to have the opportunity to speak to you this afternoon as Minister for Courts.

The 'one size fits all' style of Government operating centrally from Wellington has had its day.

Transcript of remarks to the Search Conference on the Successful Reintegration of Long Term Prison Inmates back into New Zealand Communities at the Conclusion of their Sentence, held in Wellington on 27 and 28 October 2000, organised by the Consultancy

Thank you for the invitation to address you tonight on the role of national institutions in our cultural life.

The Alliance has long campaigned on the principle that Parliament's views on international treaties should be paramount because of the significance of domestic law and domestic arrangements of those treaties.

Distinguished guests, Mayor of Papakura, Korean War veterans, Defence Force staff and friends and families- it is a pleasure to speak to you today at the 50th anniversary of New Zealand Korea War Veterans entering this Military Camp.

Thank you for inviting me to speak this morning. It's a great pleasure to be able to address the NZAMI Annual Conference for the third time, but for the first time as Minister of Immigration.

Thank you for inviting me to talk with you this morning. I was asked specifically to discuss what business regards as two of the more contentious areas of government policy – accident compensation and changes to employment legislation.

Some of you may feel you've heard enough about the Budget, but I'm here to tell you a little more.

Thank you for the invitation to speak to you this evening.

I have been asked to present what amounts to a report card on the new Government – from an insider's perspective!

Thank you, Norm, for your introduction and for inviting me to speak this morning.

Thank you for inviting me to officially open your Conference this afternoon. I trust from your agenda that you will have a productive couple of days.

Mr Speaker, I move that the Accident Insurance (Transitional Provisions) Bill 1999 be now read [a second time].