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Commemoration of the Battle of Passchendaele

Speech
Issue date:
Thu 12 Oct 2017

Kei aku rangatira, e pae nei i tenei ra, tena koutou.

Nau mai, ki te pae o Maumahara.

Haria mai o tatau tini aitua, tae atu hoki ki a Lewis Moeau, kia mihia e tatau.

Royal Society Te Aparangi 150th Anniversary 2017 NZ Research Honours

Speech
Issue date:
Tue 10 Oct 2017

E nga mana, e nga reo, e nga iwi o te motu e huihui nei, tēnei aku mihi māhana ki a koutou. Kia ora tātou katoa.

Frances Clarke Awards 2017

Speech
Issue date:
Tue 10 Oct 2017

Rau rangatira mā, e kui mā, e koro mā, e huihui nei, tēnei aku mihi māhana ki a koutou.

Nau mai, haere mai ra ki Te Whare Kawana o Te Whanganui-a-Tara.

Winston Churchill Fellows

Speech
Issue date:
Wed 4 Oct 2017

E nga mana, e nga reo, e nga iwi o te motu e huihui nei, tēnei aku mihi māhana ki a koutou. Kia ora tātou katoa.

Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, warm greetings to you all.

Women in Leadership Day

Speech
Issue date:
Tue 3 Oct 2017

E nga mana, e nga reo, e nga iwi o te motu e huihui nei,

tēnei aku mihi māhana ki a koutou. Kia ora tātou katoa.

Thank you for your warm welcome and for inviting me to speak to you today.

Dinner for senior members of the Judiciary

Speech
Issue date:
Mon 2 Oct 2017

Rau rangatira mā, e kui mā, e koro mā, e huihui nei,

tēnei aku mihi māhana ki a koutou. Kia ora tātou katoa.

Nau mai, haere mai rā ki te Whare Kawana o Te Whanganui-a-Tara.

Hamilton Girls High School

Speech
Issue date:
Fri 29 Sep 2017

 

 

E te Kura Kohine o Kirikiriroa e tu

Tenei au te hoki penei mai, i to koutou karanga.

Tenei hoki aku mihi nui, Ki a tatau i tēnei wa.

Kudos Awards

Speech
Issue date:
Thu 28 Sep 2017

E nga mana, e nga reo, e nga iwi o te motu e huihui nei, tēnei aku mihi māhana ki a koutou. Kia ora tātou katoa.

David and I are very pleased to be here to celebrate Waikato excellence in science and innovation.

The Maori Women's Welfare League Conference

Speech
Issue date:
Thu 28 Sep 2017

Tēnā koutou ngā Wahine Māori Toko i Te Ora. 

Mihi mai whakatau mai.

He mahi nui, he mahi rangatira

nga mahi huhua a Te Ropu Wahine Maori.

E tu ake ana, ki runga i te ngākau iti,

kia haere mai ahau,

White Camellia Awards

Speech
Issue date:
Tue 19 Sep 2017

Rau rangatira mā, e kui mā, e koro mā, e huihui nei, tēnei aku mihi māhana ki a koutou.  Kia ora tātou katoa.

Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, warm greetings to you all.

ACAP meeting

Speech
Issue date:
Tue 12 Sep 2017

E nga mana, e nga reo, e nga iwi o te motu e huihui nei, tēnei aku mihi māhana ki a koutou. Kia ora tātou katoa.

Members of the Diplomatic Corps, representatives of parties to ACAP, their delegates, advisors and observers – good evening.

Centenary of St Mark's School

Speech
Issue date:
Mon 11 Sep 2017

Rau rangatira mā, e nga tamariki o tēnei kura, e huihui nei,

tēnei aku mihi māhana ki a koutou,

kia ora tātou katoa.

Distinguished guests and students of the school who are gathered here, greetings to you all.

Opening of the Rainforest Centre at Pukeiti Gardens

Speech
Issue date:
Sat 9 Sep 2017

E ngā iwi o Taranaki e pae nei, tena koutou.

Taranaki Tūturu, tena koutou; mihi mai, whakatau mai.

He taonga nui a Pukeiti, me ngā tūmanako a Te Kaunihera a Rohe, otirā, te  hapori whānui o Taranaki.

2017 Women of Influence Awards

Speech
Issue date:
Thu 7 Sep 2017

Rau rangatira mā, e kui mā, e koro mā, e huihui nei,

tēnei aku mihi māhana ki a koutou.

Kia ora tātou katoa

Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, warm greetings to you all.

Opening of The Corsini Collection exhibition at Auckland Art Gallery

Speech
Issue date:
Sat 2 Sep 2017

Rau rangatira mā, e kui mā, e koro mā, e huihui nei,

tēnei aku mihi māhana ki a koutou. Kia ora tātou katoa.

Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, warm greetings to you all. I acknowledge

Te Waka Toi Awards

Speech
Issue date:
Sat 26 Aug 2017

Kei aku rangatira, kei aku nui, tena koutou katoa. 

E Te Waka Toi, e Te Toi Aotearoa, me nga kaimahi toi Maori, me nga Whanau, tena koutou katoa. 

Diversity Awards

Speech
Issue date:
Thu 24 Aug 2017

E nga mana, e nga reo, e nga iwi o te motu e huihui nei, tēnei aku mihi māhana ki a koutou.

Kia ora tātou katoa.

Association of Former MPs

Speech
Issue date:
Tue 8 Aug 2017

Rau rangatira mā, e kui mā, e koro mā, e huihui nei, tēnei aku mihi māhana ki a koutou. Nau mai, haere mai ra ki Te Whare Kawana o Te Whanganui-a-Tara.

 

GovHack

Speech
Issue date:
Sun 30 Jul 2017

E nga mana, e nga reo, e nga iwi o te motu e huihui nei, tēnei aku mihi māhana ki a koutou. Kia ora tātou katoa.

Young Enterprise Trust - NZ Business Hall of Fame Gala Dinner

Speech
Issue date:
Thu 27 Jul 2017

Rau rangatira mā, e kui mā, e koro mā, e huihui nei,

tēnei aku mihi māhana ki a koutou.

Kia ora tātou katoa.

Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, warm greetings to you all.

Holocaust Centre 10th year Anniversary Dinner

Speech
Issue date:
Wed 26 Jul 2017

Rau rangatira mā, e kui mā, e koro mā, e huihui nei,

tēnei aku mihi māhana ki a koutou.

Nau mai, haere mai ra ki Te Whare Kawana o Te Whanganui-a-Tara.

Local Government New Zealand Conference

Speech
Issue date:
Sun 23 Jul 2017
The Governor-General, Dame Patsy Reddy gave this speech at the Local Government New Zealand Conference 2017 at Sky City Convention Centre in Auckland

Matariki Dinner

Speech
Issue date:
Wed 5 Jul 2017

E ngā iwi o ngā hau e wha, tena koutou. Nau mai ki tēnei whare. Nau mai i o koutou whenua, o maunga o moana.

Tau mai rā ki Aotearoa.

Wellington Club Dinner

Speech
Issue date:
Fri 30 Jun 2017

Rau rangatira mā, e kui mā, e koro mā, e huihui nei, tēnei aku mihi māhana ki a koutou.

Kia ora tātou katoa.

Jane Goodall Institute NZ Launch

Speech
Issue date:
Wed 28 Jun 2017

E te wahine rangatira tena koe. Nau mai ki Aotearoa.

Tenei te mihi maioha i o mahi nui mo te putaiao huri noa te ao.

He Tohu Opening

Speech
Issue date:
Thu 18 May 2017
Delivered at the official opening of He Tohu, at the National Library.

HM Queen Elizabeth II message for the opening of He Tohu

Speech
Issue date:
Thu 18 May 2017

Official Opening of Lisa Reihana: Emissaries

Speech
Issue date:
Wed 10 May 2017
Delivered on 10 May in Venice, at the official opening of Lisa Reihana: Emissaries, in the New Zealand Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.

New Zealand Pavilion Official Opening Dinner

Speech
Issue date:
Wed 10 May 2017
Delivered at the Italian Navy's Petty Officers' Mess in Venice.

Creative Economy Conversation

Speech
Issue date:
Wed 3 May 2017
Delivered to representatives of WeCreate, an alliance of Creative Industry representatives, on 3 May, at the Michael Fowler Centre.

Anzac Day Address

Speech
Issue date:
Tue 25 Apr 2017
Delivered at the Dawn Service at Pukeahu

National Commemoration Anzac Day

Speech
Issue date:
Tue 25 Apr 2017
Speech delivered by The Rt Hon Dame Patsy Reddy at the National Commemoration for Anzac Day at Pukeahu National War Memorial.
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