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Introduction

It’s great to be here to open the very first Faster Cancer Treatment Forum.

Thanks for taking the time to be here to share how we can further improve cancer services.

Cancer rates

Obviously cancer is a critical health issue for New Zealanders. It’s the country’s leading cause of death - cancer accounts for nearly a third of all deaths, and is a major cause of hospitalisation.

Good afternoon.

It’s great to be with you today. I’d like to thank Business New Zealand for hosting this event.

Like all New Zealanders, we have a shared interest in building a strong economy that provides opportunities for Kiwi families and businesses to get ahead here in their own country.

We don’t always agree on everything – and that’s to be expected.

But I do appreciate Business New Zealand’s pragmatic and positive attitude in engaging on important issues affecting businesses, their staff and their families.

Opening

It’s great to be here for Sport New Zealand’s annual sport and recreation conference – Connections.

I’d like to acknowledge Sir Paul Collins and Peter Miskimmin, and all of the other Chairs and CE’s here today. I’d also like to acknowledge the other speakers, including Dr Holly Thorpe who will be up next.

Can I thank Nikki Kaye and her team for getting us out of our comfort zone and over here to Great Barrier Island, New Zealand’s fourth largest land mass. I appreciate it is a big expense for Bluegreens members but if we are to heed the lessons of Northland, we need to stay connected with New Zealand’s rural and remote communities.

E aku rangatira, tēnā koutou katoa. Ka nui te honore ki te mihi ki a koutou.

Good afternoon everyone.  I am very pleased to be here for the culmination of Ākina Foundations first Launchpad accelerator programme.

There has been a lot of hard work for the six months leading up to this event. Congratulations to the Launchpad teams for their dedication - your projects are valuable contributions to real issues. 

Good morning

Thank you for joining me here today.

My thanks to the Wellington Employers’ Chamber of Commerce for providing this opportunity to talk to you.

As Minister of Revenue, there are certain things I have noticed about tax.

Tēnā koutou katoa and warm Pacific greetings.

It is my great privilege to speak to you all at this fifth International Summit on the Teaching Profession 2015 here in Banff, Alberta, Canada.

Good morning,

It is great to be with you today and can I warmly welcome our international guests. May you have a wonderful time in New Zealand.

Over the last couple of years we’ve been hearing a lot about the idea of an 'energy trilemma'.  As the World Energy Council puts it, we need to balance the tensions between the need for energy security, society’s need for accessible and affordable energy, and the need for environmental sustainability.

Good morning. It’s great to be here to talk to you all.

I know your days are busy and it feels like we are all working harder than ever before. So thank you for taking time to come along.

We are all in our jobs for the same reason – to make a difference for New Zealanders.

Whether that’s developing new policies, implementing services, writing new legislation, working on the frontline.

We are all here to serve New Zealanders.  And I think we can do a better job than we are now if we are prepared to do things differently.

Introduction

Thank you Clare. It’s great to be here today to open the 2015 Electives Forum. I’d like to acknowledge the other speakers addressing you today, including Andrew Connolly who will be up next.

The theme of this Forum “supporting quality, sustainability and innovation in electives” strongly aligns with my commitment to have more New Zealanders living pain free lives away from hospitals.

Priority area

Tena koutou nga Iwi o Tauranga moana nei (Greetings/salutations to you all the tribes of this area - Tauranga )

Ngai te Rangi     Ngai te Rangi (one of the Iwi)

Ngati Ranginui   Ngati Ranginui (one of the Iwi)

Ngati Pukenga   Ngati Pukenga (one of the Iwi).

Taku mihi tenei   ki a koutou katoa          (This is my acknowledgment to you all.)

It is a pleasure to be there this afternoon.

As we have already heard today, New Zealand and India have much in common and we enjoy a long and warm relationship.

Our trade and investment relationship is one that builds on deeper foundations of history, language, people -  and of course cricket.

And it is a relationship that will continue to grow and evolve. On the surface some might say that our two countries are polar opposites – one of the world’s biggest populations in the world compared to one of the smallest and most geographically isolated.

It’s great to be here at this year’s New Zealand Rural Health Conference.

I’d like to thank the New Zealand Rural General Practice Network, the Rural Health Alliance Aotearoa New Zealand and the New Zealand Rural Hospital Network for organising this conference.

It’s great to see rural organisations working collaboratively and taking a multi-faceted approach to improving the lives of New Zealanders in rural communities.

Health overview

Tēnā koutou katoa.

Welcome everyone, to the first national cross-sector forum for 2015. We’re in for another exciting year in education with more opportunities for further outbreaks of achievement.

Thank you for your contributions to that educational success and to the work we can do together to create more of it.

I’d like to especially acknowledge a few people.

Thank you for inviting me to open your conference once again.

Following last year’s General Election I am pleased to have retained the Revenue portfolio. Actually rightly or wrongly, I asked to be able to retain it - and I look forward to working with you once again as Minister of Revenue.

The relationship that exists between IRD and the tax advisory profession is mature and one we need to continue to cultivate.

Greetings and welcome. Obviously this week has been a fairly busy one as we deal with an appalling threat to sabotage our food products.

The Government has been well-prepared for this and we believe any risk is low. It could well be a hoax, but we are taking it seriously.

We now have a comprehensive new 1080 testing regime for dairy products that gives us a high degree of confidence. MPI has also analysed the supply chain in detail and worked with manufacturers to put in place additional security measures

Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa.

I am honoured to present the New Zealand Government’s national statement to the Commission on the Status of Women.

To start, I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge civil society for its contributions to the preparation for this important meeting. In particular, I would like to thank the non-governmental organisations from New Zealand and the Pacific for their contributions to the national and regional preparations.

It is a great pleasure to be with you here today as we celebrate an important milestone in progressing the Government’s Children’s Action plan with the launch of two new guidelines for people working with children. 

Safer Recruitment, Safer Children will help organisations choose safe people to work with children, and Safer Organisations, Safer Children will help organisations develop child protection policies.

It is a pleasure to be back in Vienna this year for what is a particularly important stage in the build up to the UN General Assembly Special Session in 2016.

This is my 5^th Visit to participate in the CND, signifying the importance to which New Zealand attributes to these sessions, and the global issue of narcotic drugs.

Compassion.  Innovation. Proportion. 

E aku rangatira, tēnā koutou katoa. Ka nui te honore ki te mihi ki a koutou.

[Distinguished guests.  It is a great honour to greet you all at this important event today].

Thank you for inviting me to host this important breakfast this morning, and thank you, Beryl, for your kind introduction.

I would like to acknowledge:

Thank you for inviting me here today. It is always a pleasure to address tax professionals.

I’m especially pleased to be here given the theme of your conference, The Future ­ Moving Forward.

That’s a very topical issue and something that I am deeply interested in.

Taxation is a necessary part of society as long as government is required to provide services such as health and education, police and defence, conservation and civil defence.

E rau rangatira ma   

Kua tai mai nei tēnei huihuinga mo tēnei kaupapa tino nui

Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa.

Ko Jo Goodhew toku ingoa.

Ko ahau te Minita Tuarua o Manatū Ahu Matua i te haepapa mo nga ngaherehere.

Welcome to this beautiful location, and historic event.

Thank-you to the Incorporation for my warm welcome here today.

I would like to start by acknowledging, from the incorporation:

Tena koutou, tena koutou, tena kouto katoa.

Greetings, greetings, greetings to all and every one of you.

Thank you for inviting me to open this joint NICE-bpac^nz symposium on guidelines and pathways and the roles that they have in the United Kingdom and New Zealand.

I would like to welcome you all to this event, and I would like to extend a particularly warm welcome to our visitors from NICE: Professor David Haslam, Christine Carson and Nichole Taske.

It’s great to be back at this conference and to be New Zealand’s Energy Minister for a third year.

Time flies when you’re having fun – and it’s been a real privilege working in such an exciting sector that is always changing and is enhancing New Zealanders lives and lifestyles in new and exciting ways.

Policy continuity and Competition