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This morning I have formally tendered my resignation as Minister of Health, which was accepted by the Prime Minister.

Serving as Minister of Health has been an absolute privilege – particularly through these extraordinary last few months.

Thank you for inviting me to speak tonight.

It’s my pleasure to be here today to open Forum 2019, with its theme of Delivering Equity of Health and Wellbeing in Aotearoa.

Let me first thank all the new unionists and members in the room.

As the Minister for ACC I thank you all for the work that you do supporting New Zealanders in their literally most vulnerable moments.

It’s a pleasure to be here today at the first of four workshops on Planned Care being held this month.

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to participate in your conference, One Voice Against Bullying.

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.

Health Minister David Clark opens a discussion on the future of radiation oncology within the context of cancer care in New Zealand.

Thank you, Dalton Kelly for your warm introduction.

It’s a pleasure to be here to open this conference - it’s the second time I’ve had the opportunity to speak with you at your annual conference as Minister of Health, so I want to thank you for welcoming me back.

Tēnā koe, thank you for your mihi. Thank you Peter Barnett  and NCAT co-chair Lynette Hutson and welcome everyone to this Addiction Leadership Day.

Thank you, Professor Hayne (Vice Chancellor, University of Otago), for your kind introduction.

Good morning,

It is my pleasure to be here at Te Papa today opening your annual conference.

It’s my privilege to speak to you as Minister of Health, and discuss a topic that goes to the heart of this Government’s agenda - health and wellbeing.

Good morning everyone. Thank you for the invitation to speak today about how local and central government can work collaboratively together on digital transformation.

Good morning everyone, and thank you for the invitation to speak at the Transforming Procurement Hack. It is inspiring that so many of you have committed your time and energy to this day.

Thank you for inviting me here tonight to speak to your group on this very important topic of diversity in the game development sector.

It is my privilege to speak to you as Minister of Health and discuss the Government’s priorities for the health and disability system. 

​​​​​​​Public Media Funding Allocation. Kia ora koutou, good afternoon.

Tēnā koutou katoa. Good morning everyone.

I want to kick this conference off with a commitment from this government to the tech sector in New Zealand.

Kia ora koutou, good evening everyone, and thank you to Creative HQ for the invitation to be here and help celebrate the launch of your accelerator programme.

I’m here today to engage and explore ideas about how we can work together towards a digitally connected, technology-enabled future for every Kiwi.

Kia Ora Koutou and good morning everyone.

Thank you for the invitation to open your conference in what is its tenth year.