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Yours is a country at war and you are at the helm, leading your people through a crisis.

We are here today as a partnership between our Government, the China Council and the New Zealand China Trade Association to mark the 50th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between our two countries.

New Zealand observers are to join a Multinational Observer Group that will report on Fiji’s forthcoming General Election.

Locally-led development is at the heart of Aotearoa New Zealand’s Pacific Resilience Approach. We are committed to supporting the development priorities of our Pacific partner countries, and wherever feasible, delivering our support through local actors – civil society and NGOs.

It is a privilege to be here to participate in this year’s Science New Zealand Awards. I am thrilled to be able to meet the awardees, and to hear about their exciting accomplishments.

As we gather here this morning I want to acknowledge the significance of the Crown apology to Maniapoto.

Chinese Embassy Reception

Te Papa, Wellington

Tēnā koutou katoa, Da jia hao

In 2050, we want to see a system which works to benefit all New Zealanders through delivering for the communities they serve and belong to, and leveraging new technologies while also building awareness around the role every New Zealander has in the water system and value of this precious taonga – our wai.

It has been an intrepid journey for this nation to bring forward and hold present the aspirations of our foundational agreement, in a way that reflects what was envisaged by ancestors who signed it. By 2040, Aotearoa will mark 200 years since the signing of the Treaty and the partnership intended between the Crown and Māori.

Nga mihi nui ki a koutou. Welcome to the Parliament, your Parliament. It is great to see the community here in such numbers, and I am happy to be here with my parliamentary colleagues to listen and take part in the discussions today.

This meeting is a chance for us to come together, and to discuss and learn from the lessons of our region’s rich history and I am honoured to be asked to share my reflections.

The Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC asked us at the start of this Conference to show evidence of how we have started to implement the decisions that we collectively made in Glasgow this time last year.

Thank you for inviting me. I’ve been to these events on a number of occasions through the years, it’s really nice to see things progressing in a positive fashion.

Tēnā koutou katoa, talofa lava, warm Pacific greetings to you all.

Warm pacific greetings to each of you.

As Minister for Courts, I am very pleased to be here today and help to acknowledge the work of the Operations and Service Delivery team, within the Ministry of Justice.

We have embarked on a completely new area for our country, never having a country-specific sanctions regime until now.

At this time of year, as we head into Christmas and summer, you could reasonably expect a bit of entertainment. Instead you have me, and the light subject matter of workforce shortages, supply chain disruption, geopolitical tension, and a high inflationary environment.

It is a pleasure to be with you today and to have the opportunity to talk to you about New Zealand’s disarmament efforts, in particular our advocacy against nuclear weapons.

I see here today representatives from our communities, academia, members of civil society, and those from the private sector, NGOs and the public sector.

It is an honour to be here today, sharing the stage with some of our country’s leading thinkers and experts on climate change and indigenous forest.

It is a pleasure to reconnect kanohi ki te kanohi (face to face), at this important Regional Committee Meeting - the first Aotearoa New Zealand has attended in-person since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

It goes without saying that it is a privilege to be here today, to join Niue as it marks 48 years of self-government in free association with Aotearoa.

It is such a great pleasure to be here for this official opening of the Ecogas Reporoa Site - this first large scale commercial anaerobic digestor in Aotearoa - a highly novel and valuable addition to our energy and waste m