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Speeches

Reception with the Diplomatic Corps

Speech
Issue date: 
Thu 23 Sep 2021

Tihei ki te whei ao

Launch of the QEII Partners in Protection Programme

Speech
Issue date: 
Tue 21 Sep 2021

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

Parihaka

Speech
Issue date: 
Fri 30 Jul 2021

He hōnore, he korōria 

he maungārongo ki te whenua,

he whakaaro pai ki ngā tāngata katoa

 

E koro- Taranaki

pataka iringa korero

maunga toka tū

maunga ahuru mowai o te iwi

Govett-Brewster Foundation 50 Dinner

Speech
Issue date: 
Thu 29 Jul 2021

Whāngaitia te auaha i roto kia tupu, kia puāwai ai.

Nōku te hōnore ki te mihi ki nga ringa raupā,

na rātou te māia ki te whakatinana

te taiwhanga Govett-Brewster mai, i tōna timatanga.

The Christchurch Invitation

Speech
Issue date: 
Fri 23 Jul 2021

Ina ako tātau ki te mārama

ki te hua o te rerenga kāwanatanga,

ka mōhio tātau, kai te pakeke tātau.

Ko te aroha he huānga māia i roto i tēnā .

 

He aha te mea nui o te ao?

Opening of the new premises of the Waikato Regional Council

Speech
Issue date: 
Mon 19 Jul 2021

Kei nga mana, Kei nga reo,  Rau rangatira ma

Royal Wellington Golf Club

Speech
Issue date: 
Wed 14 Jul 2021

Kei aku rangatira e huihui nei

Defence Force Dinner 2021

Speech
Issue date: 
Mon 12 Jul 2021

Te Ope Kātua o Aotearoa 

Nga toa a Tu, tēnā koutou 

Āku mihi nui ki a koutou, i manaaki, i tiaki i a māua ko Tā David,  

i roto i nga tau e rima, kua taha ake nei.  

Caring Families Aotearoa Excellence in Foster Care Awards 2021

Speech
Issue date: 
Fri 9 Jul 2021

Rau rangatira mā, e Kui ma e koro ma e huihui nei,

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

Nau mai hoki mai ki Te Whare Kawana.

Opening of the Cressy Wing at St George's Hospital

Speech
Issue date: 
Fri 2 Jul 2021

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

Te Rau Aroha Marae

Speech
Issue date: 
Thu 1 Jul 2021

Awarua ki te rangi, Awarua ki te whenua, Awarua tāngata.

NZIIA event

Speech
Issue date: 
Tue 22 Jun 2021

Kei aku nui, Kei aku rahi, Rau Rangatira ma

Wellington City Mission

Speech
Issue date: 
Tue 15 Jun 2021

Rau rangatira mā, tēnei aku mihi nui ki a koutou.

Surrealist Art - He Toi Pohewa Exibition at Te Papa

Speech
Issue date: 
Thu 10 Jun 2021

Investiture of Sir Derek Lardelli

Speech
Issue date: 
Sat 22 May 2021

Victoria University Law Faculty 25th Anniversary in the Old Government Buildings

Speech
Issue date: 
Thu 13 May 2021

Kei nga mana, Kei nga reo, Kei nga mana tiketike o te Ao Ture i Aotearoa

Dinner for Sir Mason Durie, ONZ

Speech
Issue date: 
Mon 3 May 2021

Ta Meihana Durie

Anzac Day National Service

Speech
Issue date: 
Sun 25 Apr 2021

Rere ana nga roimata o Hine

The State Memorial Service for the Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Speech
Issue date: 
Wed 21 Apr 2021

Tini whetū ki te rangi

Dinner for Dame Anne Salmond ONZ

Speech
Issue date: 
Mon 19 Apr 2021

Kei aku nui

Kei aku rahi

Rau Rangatira ma

Tena koutou

Tena koutou

Tena tatou katoa

E te Kahurangi, Anne Salmond

Nōku te maringa

Ki te mihi, ki te whakanui

i a koe i tenei po,

Public Sector Dinner

Speech
Issue date: 
Tue 13 Apr 2021

Kei nga Manahautu, Rau rangatira ma

Wananga – He Turuapo-o-iwi: Iwi Visions

Speech
Issue date: 
Mon 12 Apr 2021

Kei āku nui

Kei āku rahi

Koutou kua tatū mai

ki tēnei o nga wānanga

He wānanga whakapiki ora

He wananga whakapiki kaha

He wananga whakapumau

i nga āhuatanga o nga

mātua tipuna

Jayforce Commemoration

Speech
Issue date: 
Fri 19 Mar 2021

Jayforce afternoon tea

Speech
Issue date: 
Fri 19 Mar 2021

Aotearoa Circle

Speech
Issue date: 
Wed 10 Mar 2021

Waitangi Day Address 2021

Speech
Issue date: 
Sat 6 Feb 2021

Kei āku nui, Kei āku rahi

Nau mai, piki mai i runga i te aroha ki te kaupapa o te ra

Tēnā koutou, Tēnā koutou, Tēnā tātou katoa

To everyone who has gathered in recognition of this most important day, welcome.

Powhiri at Te Whare Runanga, Waitangi 2021

Speech
Issue date: 
Thu 4 Feb 2021

Whare Runanga Powhiri

Waitangi Treaty Grounds

6 February 2021

 

 

Ko ‘te amorangi ki mua’

Ko ‘te hāpai ō ki muri’

 

Tuatahi ki te Atua, 

Unveiling of the grave marker at Ruapekapeka

Speech
Issue date: 
Wed 3 Feb 2021

Unveiling of the grave marker at Ruapekapeka

Wednesday 3 February 2021

 

Kei aku rangatira, tēnā koutou.

Nei tātou e whai whakaaro nei,

ki ō tātou mate kua rehu ki te rua.

Tēnā anō tātou.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Speech
Issue date: 
Wed 27 Jan 2021

Shalom

Ngā mihi maioha ki a koutou

Tēnā tatou katoa

Warm Greetings to you all

I acknowledge Members of the Diplomatic Corps,

Members of Parliament,

Whakaari Commemoration

Speech
Issue date: 
Thu 10 Dec 2020

Ngāti Awa ki te rangi, Ngāti Awa ki te whenua, Ngāti Awa tāngata

Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa.

Mataatua Whare, te whare haumaru ai, i te tangata,

i te wa, o te pahūtanga o Whakaari.

E tu! E tu!

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