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Tena koutou katoa. Nga mihi nui kia kotou. Thank you for the opportunity to be with you today. My special thanks to Business New Zealand and also to Beca as our hosts.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Prime Minister

At a time when the world is facing the global COVID-19 pandemic, these discussions and relationships are more important than ever.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Prime Minister

Today I am setting out our plan in the event we have a new case of community transmission of COVID-19 in New Zealand.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Prime Minister

Tena koutou katoa 

Nga tangata whenua o tenei rohe o Pōneke, tena koutou

Nau mai, haere mai ki te hui a tau mo te roopu reipa

Ko tatou! 

Ko to tatou mana! 

Ko to tatou kaupapa kei te kokiri whakamua 

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Prime Minister

Today is day 26 of Alert Level 2 and day 17 without any new cases of Covid-19 in the country.

Today is also day 75 of being in a Covid alert level of any kind.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Prime Minister

Mr Speaker, a mere six months ago nobody would have imagined a world in the grip of a global COVID-19 pandemic, let alone one that would wreak havoc across health systems and economies globally.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Prime Minister

Tomorrow afternoon, Budget 2020 will be delivered within the most challenging economic conditions faced by any Government since the Great Depression.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Prime Minister

I want to start today by acknowledging the sacrifices New Zealanders have made over the six and a half weeks we have been in Alert Levels 4 and 3 in order to beat COVID-19.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Prime Minister

For six weeks now, our lives have been quite different. We have gone from a lockdown, into Level 3 and the reopening of parts of our economy, as our team of 5 million has stuck to our strategy of going hard and going early to win the battle against COVID-19.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Prime Minister

Over the past few weeks I have often used my time at this podium to acknowledge the people on the frontline.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Prime Minister

Today is day 15 of Alert Level 4 lockdown. And at the halfway mark I have no hesitation in saying, that what New Zealanders have done over the last two weeks is huge.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Prime Minister

I wish to make a Ministerial Statement under Standing Order 347 in relation to the recent declaration of a State of National Emergency.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Prime Minister

The Cabinet met this morning to discuss our next actions in the fight against COVID-19.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Prime Minister

I’m speaking directly to all New Zealanders today to give you as much certainty and clarity as we can as we fight Covid-19.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Prime Minister

It’s my pleasure to be in Sydney today for our annual meeting, Prime Minister. It’s fair to say that since we last met, tragedy and disaster have befallen our two countries.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Prime Minister

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

Tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Prime Minister

E ngā mana, e ngā reo, e ngā iwi, e ngā rau rangatira ma

Tēnā koutou katoa

Ni sa bula vinaka

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Prime Minister

It is a real pleasure to be here today, and to have the honour of addressing you all.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Prime Minister

Thank you for your invitation to attend this celebration today. I want to start by acknowledging the backdrop of the Coronavirus outbreak on these New Year celebrations.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Prime Minister

A true working-class Prime Minister, Mike Moore showed all New Zealanders that hard work, initiative, guts, and determination can lead to very big things.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Prime Minister

E nga iwi e pae nei ki runga o Waitangi

Karanga mai, mihi mai.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Prime Minister

He kupu whakamahara tēnei i te aituā nui i Te Tiri o Te Moana, i Erebus

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Prime Minister

The topic I have been given for today - ‘The Future of Work and how the government is preparing for the economic challenges of the future’ – may not be punchy, but it is relevant.

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Prime Minister

Te whare e tu nei

Te marae e takoto ana

Tena korua

E nga mate maha

Haere, haere, haere

Nga tangata whenua o tēnei rohe, o Te Whanganui-a-Tara tēnei ra te mihi

Tatou nga kanohi ora e hui mai ana

  • Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern
  • Prime Minister