Speeches

Thank you Grenville for the introduction and thanks to the organisers, the New Zealand Wind Energy Association, for inviting me to speak this morning.

Thank you for the opportunity to welcome you all to Parliament and to open this two-day dialogue on this important kaupapa: a health-based approach to on-going drug reform.

Thank you for the invitation to speak to you today, and to share with you some of the Government’s thinking leading into this year’s budget.

Trade Policy Road Show Speech
Manukau, Auckland

The TRENZ Hui 2021 themes: Revive – Reconnect – Revitalise align with a lot of the aims the Government has for the tourism sector. But there are another couple of ‘r’s that I will soon speak to you about today – Recovery and Re-set.

Before getting started, I just want to echo the sentiment of others and pay tribute to the late Brian Corban.

It’s a pleasure to be here today. Thank you Karen [Sherry] for the introduction and thanks to the Energy Trusts Executive for inviting me to speak at tonight’s event.

Thank you for the invitation to speak today, it is great to be here.  I mean that both sincerely and literally.

I'd like to start by thanking Graeme, David and Ben from NZTech and Digital Identity New Zealand for inviting me to speak to you.

It is my pleasure to join you today for this China Business Summit – my first as Minister for Trade and Export Growth as well as Minister of Agriculture – and to have the opportunity to speak to you about the New Zealand-China trade relationship.