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Good morning ladies and gentlemen.

Thank you, Chris (Laidlaw) for your introduction.. I am pleased to have the opportunity to help set the scene at this water symposium.

I would like to acknowledge our hosts, the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council. Can I also acknowledge my ministerial colleague, Hon. Nick Smith and my parliamentary colleagues, Chris Tremain and Craig Foss.

Everyone here today has a clear goal of working together on future planning for freshwater.

I was rapt to receive the invitation from Don Riesterer, on behalf of Te Ao Hou Trust, to join you at this very launch of the Toi Ora Whanau Ora Centre.

It seems so appropriate that we are celebrating Whanau Ora in the context of Te Ao Hou.

We are indeed welcoming the new world - and yet a world that sources its origins, vision and values from a tribal foundation stretching from the beginning of time to eternity.

Hon John Boscawen speech to launch Consumer Rights Day; Pataka Museum of Arts and Cultures, Norrie Street, Porirua; Tuesday, November 30 2010.

Good morning ladies and gentlemen, it's great to be here.  I'd like to begin by extending a warm welcome to everyone who was made the effort to be here today - it's great to see how many agencies are represented here today to demonstrate what they can do for the community.

· Mihi

Introduction

· I would like to congratulate Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi and Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa, on the establishment of the Institute for Post Treaty Settlement Futures and thank you for inviting me to speak today. 

· I also want to thank Professor Smith, Sir Wira and all the staff and governors at Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi and Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa for having the foresight to establish this Institute. 

Thank you for the invitation to speak this morning.

To acknowledge:

Acknowledgements

• Blair Cranston, President, Registered Master Builders Federation
• WarwickQuinn, Chief Executive, Registered Master Builders Federation
• All the companies who have sponsored awards, and all those who are here tonight to receive them.

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I am delighted to celebrate with you the 20^th successful year of the Registered Master Builders House of the Year and Commercial Project Awards.

This morning marks a significant step forward in New Zealand’s medical and research infrastructure. This new 3T Skyra MRI scanner is the most advanced machine of its type in Australasia. 

The capabilities provided by this machine will have very real benefits for our people. Babies throughout New Zealand and the South Pacific that are born with significant heart defects will be scanned by this machine. Adult heart patients will also benefit. The information it will provide is a quantum step up on what has been achievable before.

Ladies and gentlemen, this event is the annual opportunity for the legal profession to celebrate the valuable work the foundation does as New Zealand's only funder of pure legal research, independe

E nga mana, e nga iwi, e nga reo, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa.

Chair, other members of the Judiciary, my Ministerial colleagues; Judge Bill Hastings; Tribunal Members; the Chief Executives of the Department of Labour and Ministry of Justice; ladies and gentlemen.

The creation of an independent Immigration and Protection Tribunal is one of the salient achievements of the new Immigration Act. Most of the provisions of the Act come into effect on Monday and the Tribunal begins operations on the same day.

On behalf of the Prime Minister I move that the House mark the tragic loss of life that has occurred at the Pike River Mine; express its deepest sympathy to the family and friends of the men who died; thank the rescue teams and support teams who were so willingly prepared to help; and acknowledge the profound impact on the communities this disaster has affected.

Today is a day for mourning and remembering.

This afternoon New Zealand has been devastated by the news we have all been dreading.

A second explosion at the Pike River Mine confirms our very worst fears.

The 29 men whose names and faces we have all come to know, will never walk amongst us again.

This is a national tragedy.

A tragedy for the men's families, their workmates and friends, their community and our nation.

New Zealand is a small country.

A country where we are all our brothers keeper.

So to lose this many brothers at once strikes an agonising blow.

I am very pleased to be here to officially launch two new recordkeeping standards, the Disposal Standard and the Digital Recordkeeping Standard.

Importance of Recordkeeping Standards

One of the main goals of the Public Records Act 2005 is to raise the standard of recordkeeping across all sectors of government.

There are important reasons for doing this.

Good creation, maintenance and disposal of records is fundamental to good governance. 

Mr Speaker, I move that the Environmental Protection Authority Bill be now read a first time.

I am very pleased to have been invited to talk to your annual conference once again.

Speech to Nelson City Luncheon Club, Masonic Lodge Hall, Nile St, Nelson; Monday, November 22 2010.

Good morning and thank you for inviting me here to address this conference.

I would acknowledge the organisers of the official launch of the CleanTech centre. Thank you for inviting me to be a part of this event, and to speak today.

Federated Farmers President Don Nicholson, Vice-President Donald Aubrey, CEO Conor English, National Council Members, Provincial Presidents, Ladies and Gentlemen.  Good morning and thank you f

E nga mana, e nga iwi, e nga reo, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa. 

Good morning. Can I firstly acknowledge Federated Farmers' President Don Nicolson, Vice-president Donald Aubrey, National Council members and CEO Conor English.

Good afternoon.
Thank you for the invitation to speak to you today.
Two years ago tomorrow I was appointed Minister of Health – happily because I asked for the position.
Before that, in my three years as opposition health spokesman, I also talked to hundreds of doctors and nurses, and managers and other health professionals.
I talk with many of you.
Your message was and is clear - you want more clinical engagement and more clinical leadership.

Good morning and thank you Peter. It is a pleasure to be here.

Greetings and thank you for the opportunity to speak at your annual conference.