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The coalition government sees design as a process that should be at the heart of all competitive businesses.

I last visited Singapore in year 2000, a big year for Singapore-New Zealand relations. I was here in April that year when our free trade negotiations were well underway, and I returned in November to sign the agreement with Prime Minister Goh.

Disability Issues Minister Ruth Dyson
addresses the official launch of People First New Zealand, Nga Tangata Tuatahi, a self-advocacy organisation for people with intellectual disabilities.

Venue: Banquet Hall, Parliament
Time: Thursday 16 October 2003

Speech on innovation to open the Thrive Wellington Conference, Employers & Manufacturers Association, St. James Theatre, Wellington.

Speech to the Petroleum Exploration Association, Wellington, October 15

Talofa lava, Ni sa bula, Namaste, Malo e lelei, Taloha ni, Fakaalofa lahi atu, Kia ora tatou, Kia orana and thank you for inviting me to speak with you all this evening. Apologies from the Minister of Education, Hon Trevor Mallard.

Attorney General Margaret Wilson spoke in the final reading and passing into law of the Supreme Court Bill

The New Organisms and Other Matters Bill is about growth and innovation, the preservation of choice, and moving forward with caution on genetic modification

The foresty sector is at a crossroads - it has to decide if it is serious about wanting to break out of being just a commodity business.

Customs Minister Rick Barker's address to expanded Customs drugs investigation unit today.

Justice Minister Phil Goff's speech to Parliament for the Second Reading of the Counter Terrorism Bill

Speech opening Regional Whanau Development hui, Murihiku marae, Invercargill, 13 October 2003, 10.00am

Speech to launch ‘He Kainga Oranga’ housing insulation and health study,
Pataka, Norrie Street, Porirua

This is an important meeting at a key time in transport policy development in New Zealand.

Foreign Minister Phil Goff's speech to the gathering of NZ victims and families at Kuta, Bali, October 12

Speech to the Furniture Association of NZ annual conference, Napier, October 11

Senior Citizens Minister Ruth Dyson
launches the Canterbury Regional Positive Ageing Action Plan in
Christchurch on 10 October 2003

Senior Citizens Minister Ruth Dyson
launches ‘Maximising the Potential of Older Workers’, a resource produced by the NZ Institute for Research on Ageing.
Venue: Zoi’s Restaurant, Christchurch
Time: 3.30pm, Friday, 10 October 2003

Paul Swain spokke on the consultation for "Getting there - on foot, by cycle", the government's draft strategy to increase walking and cycling in New Zealand transport.

Alcohol is New Zealand's Number One problem drug, Associate Health
Minister, Jim Anderton, told a Regional Alcohol Forum in Upper Hutt today.

Associate Health Minister Damien O'Connor addresses the National Auahi Kore Conference

Disability Issues Minister Ruth Dyson covers the need for a whole-of-government approach to ensure effective outcomes for people with disabilities, and delivers a progress report on the work underway.

Reflecting on NZ's leadership challenges in small business and entrepeneurship.

Bruce Mason Theatre, Takapuna