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E ngā mana, e ngā reo, rau-rangatira mā

Prestigious people, speakers of note, chiefs one and all

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Prime Minister

Welcome to Ambassadors and representatives from embassies in Washington, D.C. including Ambassador Rosemary Banks and the New Zealand Embassy, as well as US Government officials.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Foreign Affairs

Thank you for the opportunity to be among such a group of distinguished guests this afternoon. It’s a genuine pleasure to be in Dublin.

  • Hon David Parker
  • Environment
  • Trade and Export Growth

I just want to start by acknowledging our hosts, Kāuru Education Group, led by Te Whatanui Winiata, and also our three kaumatua from the Winiata family: Whatarangi Winiata, Francie Winiata and Margaret Winiata.

  • Hon Kelvin Davis
  • Education

Your Excellencies, It now falls on me to provide some closing remarks and to wish you safe travels.

I want to begin by acknowledging we have all gathered here at the invitation of the Indonesian Government, and none of us wanted to miss out on such an auspicious occasion. Thank you to our hosts for your generosity and hospitality.

  • Hon Aupito William Sio
  • Pacific Peoples

Our plan is to make sure the benefits of tourism are realised for our country and our people, while managing the impacts. Today I’m very pleased to announce the latest part of that plan. The Government will be investing nearly $12 million in co-funding from the Tourism Infrastructure Fund to help 25 councils around New Zealand make the most out of the opportunities tourism can bring.

  • Hon Kelvin Davis
  • Tourism

I would like to thank you for the invitation to speak to you this afternoon.

  • Hon Nanaia Mahuta
  • Local Government

I am pleased to contribute to your conference on community empowerment and collaboration today. Like you, I have been thinking a lot about what smart collaboration and partnering between our two layers of government looks like, and where it can lead us.

  • Hon Nanaia Mahuta
  • Local Government

I’m pleased to host Te Māngai Paho’s 25th Anniversary here at Parliament alongside Dr Eruera Tarena, Chair of Te Māngai Pāho.

  • Hon Nanaia Mahuta
  • Māori Development

It is an honour to speak to the next generation of leaders of the People’s Liberation Army.

  • Hon Ron Mark
  • Defence

Welcome to the launch of the Government’s Industry Strategy in this age of change – the fourth industrial revolution.

  • Hon David Parker
  • Economic Development

Congratulations to Otago University for the 54th year of holding the Foreign Policy School, and to Dr Dennis Wesselbaum for organising this year’s forum.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Foreign Affairs

Address to the Otago Foreign Policy School, June 29 2019

Kia ora tātou

  • Hon David Parker
  • Trade and Export Growth

It is a pleasure to formally announcement two significant decisions in the interest of Scott Base and our Antarctic interests.

  • Rt Hon Winston Peters
  • Deputy Prime Minister
  • Foreign Affairs

Good afternoon. It’s been 18 years since I graduated from this great university.

  • Hon Chris Hipkins
  • State Services

Sir Don McKinnon, Chair of the NZ China Council and Patron of the Latin America Business Council

  • Hon David Parker
  • Trade and Export Growth

Thank you all for the opportunity to speak with you today and to talk about the future of rail in Aotearoa New Zealand.

  • Hon Phil Twyford
  • Transport

Mr President, fellow delegates. I bring you special greetings from New Zealand’s Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern, on the centenary of the ILO.

  • Hon Iain Lees-Galloway
  • Workplace Relations and Safety

It is an honour to be here with you today to launch Te Whare Ohaoha, the Waikato Region Māori Economic Development Action Plan Refresh.

  • Hon Nanaia Mahuta
  • Māori Development

Today’s announcement is part of this Government’s commitment to tackling the long-term challenges facing New Zealand and to taking mental health seriously.

  • Hon Kelvin Davis
  • Corrections

Release of the Defence Capability Plan 2019

  • Hon Ron Mark
  • Defence

We need to transform the settings and the framework of the education system. But we must also support the people within the education system. That is what restarting Te Kotahitanga was about.

  • Hon Kelvin Davis
  • Education

New Zealanders are increasingly concerned about the environmental impacts of waste.

  • Hon Eugenie Sage
  • Environment

“Kara Puketapu began to call iwi representatives to Wellington: Tribal leaders, old and young, men and women, from each of the ten districts of Māoridom … We got into what I call organic policies—policies that actually came up from the people … Out of all that dynamic was born Te Kōhanga Reo.“

  • Hon Kelvin Davis
  • Māori Crown Relations: Te Arawhiti
  • Education