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It is fantastic to be able to be here with you in person tonight to mark the one year anniversary of PACER Plus entering into force.

Thank you for joining me today. I’m delighted to be announcing new work to address long-standing problems in conservation law – and a major step towards laying the foundation for fundamental reform: a review of the Wildlife Act 1953.

When I took on this job, I felt hugely privileged that I had the responsibility for achieving our smokefree goal.

Each year, the Auckland Trade and Economic Policy School brings together people with a wide range of backgrounds, ideas and resources. Each of you can effect positive change in our trade kaupapa, and I encourage you to use this conference today to do so.

Kia ora koutou – and thank you for the introduction.

I am incredibly grateful that you could all join me today to launch Te Aorerekura – our country’s first national strategy and action plan to eliminate family violence and sexual violence.

Thank you for providing this opportunity to speak with you today as Attorney General.

Thank you for inviting me to respond on behalf of Government to the release of these two important reports (Whakamanahia Te Tiriti, Whakahaumarutia te Tangata -Honour the Treaty, Protect the Person and Whakamahia te Tūkino kore Ināianei, ā Muri Ake Nei - Acting Now for a Violence and Abuse Free Future.

I would like to begin by acknowledging the many staff, researchers, and University of Otago alumni who have contributed to the COVID-19 response.

I would like to begin by thanking the New Zealand Sepsis Trust and the Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases for hosting this inaugural conference.

I welcome this opportunity to join you today, to reflect on the future of how we trade, do business, and connect, and the role that Indigenous and Tribal peoples can play in building new and innovative solutions for the complexities and challenges of the global trade apparatus.

It’s fantastic to have the opportunity to give the opening address for Alzheimers New Zealand’s 2021 conference.

Te Aratini — The Festival of Indigenous & Tribal Ideas conveys the idea of ‘many converging pathways,’ and acts as a call to ignite new and existing connections between indigenous and tribal peoples, globally.

It is wonderful to be here with you this morning, and I would like to recognise the vital role you play in our judicial system.

Today I will set out our plan for the next steps in our COVID-19 response, including how the country will step into the new traffic light system ahead of Christmas, how Auckland’s boundary will change and what’s coming up next for the other core components in our management of COVID-19 such as community care and our testing and tracing regime.

Ngā mihi nui ki a koe, Koro Hata Temo for your mihi, and many thanks Professor Mann for your

It’s my pleasure to speak to you today about Aotearoa New Zealand and ASEAN, and the importance of our partnership in the Indo-Pacific.

Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā tātou katoa. Thank you for inviting me to join you this morning.

A warm greeting to all of you from New Zealand. It is a pleasure to open this Summit.

E ngā mana, e ngā reo, e ngā iwi, e ngā rau rangatira mā. 

Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa.

Tēnā koutou katoa, Talofa Tuvalu, Soifua manuia i le paia lasilasi ua aofaga potopoto, and Warm Pacific Greetings to one and all.

Ngā mihi nui to the Victoria University of Wellington-Te Herenga Waka Centre for Strategic Studies for hosting this evening’s event.

The Government is taking the next steps needed to better manage used tyres and large batteries, and is inviting New Zealanders to have their say.

This is an opportunity to share the next steps that I intend to take to reinforce the centrality of the Pacific and our outlook over the next few years.