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Reception with the Diplomatic Corps

Speech
Issue date:
Thu 23 Sep 2021

Tihei ki te whei ao

Ki te ao marama

Kei āku nui

Kei āku rahi

Tena tātou

Nōku te maringa

tē tae mai ki te whakamānawa

 i o koutou ratonga,

 ki nga kāwanatanga

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

 

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

Koutou, tātou, kua tatū mai i runga i te reo karanga o te rā

Tēnā tātou katoa.

Me mihi te mana whenua, ka tika!

Waikato Tainui.

Royal Wellington Golf Club

Speech
Issue date:
Wed 14 Jul 2021

Kei aku rangatira e huihui nei

Tenei aku mihi māhana ki a koutou

Kia ora tātou katoa

I specifically acknowledge

Wayne Eagleson, Club Captain

Women’s Captain Jenny Wiggins

President John Spry

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. Kia ora tātou katoa.

I specifically acknowledge: 

Members of Parliament, Sarah Pallet and Duncan Webb

Te Rau Aroha Marae

Speech
Issue date:
Thu 1 Jul 2021

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

Tahu Pōtiki te tīpuna, tū mai, tū mai, tū mai.

He hōnore nui maaku

Te tū i te taha o nga kuia Rangatira i tēnei rā.

He mea rongo

I ōna wairua,

NZIIA event

Speech
Issue date:
Tue 22 Jun 2021

Kei aku nui, Kei aku rahi, Rau Rangatira ma

Tēnā koutou katoa

Tuia ki runga, Tuia ki raro

Tuia ki roto, Tuia ki waho

Tuia te here tāngata

Ka rongo te pō

Ka rongo te ao

Wellington City Mission

Speech
Issue date:
Tue 15 Jun 2021

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

Kua tāwharautia te tangata, i roto i te aroha me te Rangimarie.

He taonga rongonui te aroha ki te tangata.

 

Surrealist Art - He Toi Pohewa Exibition at Te Papa

Speech
Issue date:
Thu 10 Jun 2021

Kei nga mana kei nga reo

Nau mai, tauti mai, 

ki tenei kaupapa nui,

hei āhukahuka i tēnei āhua, toi, ko te moemoeā.

 

Me tīmata ahau mā te korero

Investiture of Sir Derek Lardelli

Speech
Issue date:
Sat 22 May 2021

Paikea

He tipua, he taniwha, He tipua, he taniwha

Ngā uri o Paikea, Ngāti Konohi

Nōku te hōnore, te haere mai i tēnei ra

ki te whakanui i tēnei, o nga tohunga tama nō Te Tai Rawhiti.

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

Tēnā koutou katoa.

He hōnore ano, he tohatoha atu ki a koutou ētahi whakaaro, ka whakatokia ētahi purapura, hei poipoi i te hinengaro

Dinner for Sir Mason Durie, ONZ

Speech
Issue date:
Mon 3 May 2021

Ta Meihana Durie

Ko koe ko Rangitane,

 ko Rangitane ko koe

Ko koe ko Ngati Kauwhata,

 ko Ngati Kauwhata ko koe

Ko Koe ko Ngati Raukawa,

Ko Ngati Raukawa ko koe

He Rangatira,

Anzac Day National Service

Speech
Issue date:
Sun 25 Apr 2021

Rere ana nga roimata o Hine

Tērā te pae, o Te Riri.

Huihuia mai tātau katoa

Tēnei te pae, o Maumahara.

E nga iwi, kei aku rangatira

Wahine ma, tāne mā

Tēnā tātau katoa. 

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

Speech
Issue date:
Wed 21 Apr 2021

Tini whetū ki te rangi

Ka mau tonu, Ka mau tonu

Tini tangata ki te whenua

Ngaro noa, Ngaro noa.

While the stars above remain unchanged and unchanging

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                     

koutou kua tatū mai  i runga i te kaupapa                 

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 afternoon tea

Speech
Issue date:
Fri 19 Mar 2021

Tihei ki te whei ao

Ki te ao marama.

He rau aroha

te rongo i te ra nei,

mo ratou kua wehe

Haere atu ra

Haere atu ra

Haere atu ra

Ka mihi ki nga iwi o te Whanganui a Tara

Jayforce Commemoration

Speech
Issue date:
Fri 19 Mar 2021

Toa Rangatira

Te Ati Awa

Kei nga mana,

Kei nga reo,

Rau Rangatira ma

Tena koutou

Tena koutou

Tena tatou katoa

 

He honore noku,

Te haere mai ki tenei

Aotearoa Circle

Speech
Issue date:
Wed 10 Mar 2021

Kei āku rangatira, ngā māngai o te taiao 

Nau mai hoki mai ano ki tēnei kaupapa angitu

Ahakoa he nui ngā mahi kei mua,

kia whakamaumahara ki tēnei:

He pai ake te iti, i te kore

Tēnā tātou katoa.

Aotearoa Circle Youth and Sustainability Directors Forum

Speech
Issue date:
Tue 9 Mar 2021

Kei aku rangatira, e ngā taiohi, e ngā kaiarahi,

e ngā kaiawhina o ngā ropu maha me ngā tini kaupapa

Tēnā koutou

Nōu te aro māngai, mo Aotearoa.

Tēnā koutou katoa.

Nau mai haere mai ki Te Whare Kawana.

Graeme Dingle Friends of the Foundation Dinner Speech

Speech
Issue date:
Thu 25 Feb 2021

Rau rangatira mā, e kui mā, e koro mā, e huihui nei, tēnei aku mihi nui ki a koutou. Nau mai haere mai ki te Whare Kawana

Kia ora tātou katoa. 

(A special welcome to Sir Graeme Dingle and Jo-Anne, Lady Dingle.)

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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