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Good evening everyone.

  • Mark Mitchell
  • Defence

Ambassador Traslosheros, Parliamentary colleagues, the Dean and members of the Diplomatic Corps, distinguished guests, members of Mexico’s community in New Zealand, ladies and gentlemen.

  • Mark Mitchell
  • Defence

Parliamentary colleagues, Secretary of Defence Helen Quilter, Chief of Defence Force Lieutenant General Tim Keating, representatives of industry, Defence personnel and officials, distinguished guests: It is a pleasure to be here this evening, and to see

  • Mark Mitchell
  • Defence

Can I start by thanking the New Zealand Security Association for inviting me here tonight. It is great to be here to acknowledge and celebrate with you the great work and professionalism of your industry.

  • Mark Mitchell
  • Justice

When I met with UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson a few weeks ago, one of the things he wanted to talk about was how New Zealand had managed to bounce back so strongly after the Global Financial Crisis.

  • Gerry Brownlee
  • Foreign Affairs

Good morning everyone.

  • Mark Mitchell
  • Land Information

Thank you for the opportunity to again address the EDS annual conference, particularly in this pivotal election year.

EDS continues to play an important independent leadership role in New Zealand’s environmental challenges, whether it be the issues of biodiversity, water quality, climate change, marine issues or the RMA. The very announcements I am making today on water quality can be traced back to the initiatives of EDS in 2008 to launch the Land and Water Forum as a stakeholder lead process to advance improved freshwater management.

  • Nick Smith
  • Environment

Good morning, Kia ora tatou everyone.

Thank you for the opportunity to speak at your conference again.

Firstly, I want to acknowledge a few people here with us today:

  • Peter Dunne
  • Internal Affairs

I move that the cognate bills, the Courts Matters Bill and the Tribunals Powers and Procedures Legislation Bill, be now read a first time. 

  • Mark Mitchell
  • Courts

Family members of Leslie Andrew, KiwiRail Chief Executive Peter Reidy, chairman of the Rail Heritage Trust Murray King, Deputy Chief of Army Brigadier Chris Parsons, Willie Apiata VC: good morning, and good morning to everyone here for this very special

  • Mark Mitchell
  • Defence

Good morning

Thank you Mark, for your introduction and thank you Agcarm, for the invitation to join the 70th Annual Conference. It is a pleasure to be here.

  • David Bennett
  • Food Safety

Good afternoon everyone and welcome. It is great to be here with all of you who have a major stake in tertiary education and the future workforce of New Zealand.  I am here today to announce the Government response to the Productivity Commission report on new models of tertiary education.

I want to start by acknowledging Kirk Hope, Chief Executive of Business NZ for hosting us today.

  • Paul Goldsmith
  • Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment

Good afternoon everyone. Thank you for coming to the launch of the Wilding Conifer Information System.

I’d like to acknowledge my colleague, the Minister of Conservation, Maggie Barry, who is here today and will be speaking shortly.

  • Mark Mitchell
  • Land Information

Good evening.

I am delighted to have this opportunity to catch up with you and what is happening in the world of licensing trusts.

I am also looking forward to sharing some thoughts with you on the class 4 gambling review, as well as some other regulatory matters that have an impact on your organisations.

First, I would like to acknowledge:

  • Peter Dunne
  • Internal Affairs

Good afternoon.

Thank you for inviting me here today.

  • Mark Mitchell
  • Justice

I move, that the Criminal Records (Expungement of Convictions for Historical Homosexual Offences) Bill be now read a first time, I nominate the Justice and Electoral Committee to consider the bill.

I also move that Government notice of motion No 1, that this House apologise to those homosexual New Zealanders who were convicted for consensual adult activity, and recognise the tremendous hurt and suffering those men and their families have gone through, and the continued effects the convictions have had on them, be agreed to.

  • Amy Adams
  • Justice

Good Morning and thank you for that introduction Mike.

Thank you to Horticulture NZ for the invitation to come and speak to you. It’s fantastic to be here in Blenheim at this wonderful Convention Centre – what a great facility.

I would like to acknowledge Prime Minister Enele S Sopaga of Tuvalu and the Pacific Ministers from Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa and Solomon Islands. It’s nice to see you again.

  • Michael Woodhouse
  • Immigration

It is my great pleasure to welcome you all this morning to the Healthy Drug Law Parliamentary Symposium, and to our sponsor, the New Zealand Drug Foundation.

I thank Alison for her warm introduction.

Alison has taken a strong interest on drug issues for some time now, and she and I have spoken on it relatively frequently – I cannot think of a better Chair for this event.

Today we have come from all corners of the world to work together on shifting attitudes and responses to drug issues.

  • Peter Dunne
  • Health

Good morning, Kia ora tatou everyone.

Thank you for the opportunity to be here, on this momentous day in New Zealand’s firefighting history, to mark the establishment of Fire and Emergency New Zealand.

Firstly, I want to acknowledge a few special guests:

  • Peter Dunne
  • Internal Affairs

Forty temporary accommodation homes at Rangers Park village will become social and affordable homes to help Christchurch residents in need of housing, Housing New Zealand Minister Amy Adams and Building and Construction Minister Dr Nick Smith announced today.

Seven of the temporary accommodation homes at Rangers Park village have been sold to Housing New Zealand, with the remaining 33 houses to be sold to first home buyers under the KiwiSaver HomeStart scheme.

  • Nick Smith
  • Amy Adams
  • HNZC
  • Building and Construction

Good afternoon and thank you for the invitation to speak at the Analytics Forum today.

Traditionally, a data forum may not be the natural environment for social sector policy makers.

But I’m pleased to say that this is changing, with the ever increasing use of data and analytics in public policy.

This is largely due to the driving force of the Government’s Social Investment approach.

What is the social investment approach and why is it important?

  • Amy Adams
  • Social Investment

I move, That the Point England Development Enabling Bill be now read a third time. This bill is part of the Government's comprehensive housing plan, where we are pulling every lever available to get more housing built. It is the sort of pragmatic legislation that shows we are serious about resolving the problem. It also provides the benefits of enabling the settlement with Ngāti Paoa and a plan to enhance the amenity and recreational value of this long-neglected reserve.

  • Nick Smith
  • Building and Construction

Delivered to Education Cross Sector Forum on Raising Achievement – Digital Technology (not delivered word for word)

Introduction

Tēnā koutou katoa and greetings to you all. Thank you all for taking the time to be here today. I understand how hard you work and how innovative so many of you are in your approach to teaching and learning. Thank you for what you do every day in our schools and communities.

  • Nikki Kaye
  • Education

We hear a lot at the moment that we live in turbulent times, but we shouldn’t immediately jump to the conclusion that the world is any more turbulent at the moment than it has been in the past.

The endless repetition and rapid transmission of events in the world (does not necessarily mean) much greater instability or much greater threat than there has been.

And when you’re at the end of the world as New Zealand is, we of course are the place where all the waves eventually wash up.

  • Bill English
  • Prime Minister