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To view more images, click here, Kia ora.  Nga mihi o te po ki a koutou.  Greetings to you all this evening.  It’s a great pleasure for Janine and me to welcome you back to Government House for this investiture dinner.  Tonight’s dinner is an opportunity…

E nga reo, e nga mana, e nga iwi o nga hau e wha tēnā koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa.  Nau mai, haere mai ra ki Te Whare Kawana o Te Whanganui-a-Tara.  Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, greetings to you all, and welcome to Government…

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 specifically acknowledge: Hon Jonathan Young, MP for New Plymouth; Hon…

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 specifically acknowledge: Your Worship Hon Harry Duynhoven, Mayor of…

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 specifically acknowledge: the Hon Jo Goodhew, Minister of Women’s…

To view more images from the launch, click here, 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 Tamaki Makaurau.  Ladies and gentlemen, warm greetings to you all, and welcome to Government…

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: Sir James Wallace, the Wallace Art Awards judges and Fulbright Wallace Award judges, former Governor-General Dame…

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 specifically acknowledge: Peter Townsend, Chair of the Champion…

To view images from the ceremony, click here, E nga mana, e nga reo, e nga iwi katoa; tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou.  Kia ora tātou katoa.  Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, greetings to you all. I specifically acknowledge: Acting…

To view more images, click here, E kui mā, e koro mā, e huihui nei, tena koutou katoa. Nau mai, haere mai ra ki Te Whare Kawana o Tamaki Makaurau. Ladies and gentlemen, greetings to you all, and welcome to Government House Auckland. I specifically…

Kia ora koutou.  Greetings to you all.  I want to specifically acknowledge: Jem Maber, President of the New Zealand Council of Homeopaths and the other National Council members. Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen I’m really delighted to be able to…

Your Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni of the Kingdom of Cambodia; Prime Minister Hun Sen; President of the National Assembly Heng Samrin; First Vice-President of the Senate Say Chhum; Excellencies; Distinguished Guests; Ladies and Gentlemen. Chum-Reap-Suor…

Distinguished guests, Ladies and Gentlemen – Xin chao qui vi,  kia ora and greetings!  I want to acknowledge Mr Tran Kim Long, Acting Director-General of the International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development; Dr…

Your Excellency, Chairman Le Hoang Quan; Distinguished guests, Ladies and Gentlemen – Xin chao qui vi.   Thank you again for the warm welcome you have extended to me, my wife Janine and my delegation to Ho Chi Minh City.  Also, thank you for this…

Your Excellency Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan; New Zealand alumni; Members of the New Zealand community in Ha Noi; Ladies and Gentlemen.  Xin chao qui vi and kia ora to you all.  On behalf of my wife Janine and myself, I want to thank everyone…

Your Excellencies President Truong Tan Sang and Madame Mai Thi Hanh; distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen good evening.  Your Excellency: let me begin by thanking you for the warm and generous welcome to Viet Nam that you have offered to me, my wife…

To find out more about the 2013 Icons Awards, click here, To view more images click here, E kui mā, e koro mā, tēnei aku mihi māhana ki a koutou.  Nau mai, haere mai ra ki Te Whare Kawana o Te Whanganui-a-Tara.  Na reira, kia ora tātou katoa.  Ladies and…

E te Tumuaki – Roger Moses, e ngā Kaiako, me nga tama o te Kareti o Whanganui-a-Tara , e huihui nei, tēnei aku mihi māhana ki a koutou, kia ora tātou katoa.  Mr Moses, Principal of Wellington College; and teachers and young men of Wellington College, warm…

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

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.  Na reira, kia ora tātou katoa.  Ladies and gentlemen greetings and welcome to Government House. I specifically…

To view more photos, click here, To listen to the Governor-General's speech, click here, E nga reo, e nga mana, e hine mā, e tama mā, tēnā koutou katoa.  Hoatu te mana ki a ratou kua tae mai nei ki tenei whenua; kua wheturangitia i te korowai o Ranginui;…

E nga mana, e nga reo, e nga iwi huri noa o Aotearoa tena koutou, tena koutou tena koutou katoa.  Nga manu tioriori e huihui nei, tēnei aku mihi māhana ki a koutou.  Na reira, kia ora tātou katoa.  Distinguished guests from across New Zealand greetings.  …

To view more images, click here, Rau rangatira mā, e kui ma, 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 specifically acknowledge:  Your…

To view more images, click here, E te Tumuaki, me te Poari Kaitiaki, e ngā Kaiako, ngā tauira, me ngā mātua, o tēnei kura Whitiora, tēnā koutou katoa.  I extend greetings to the Principal, Board of Trustees, the teachers, pupils and parents of Whitiora…

To view more images, click here, E kui mā, e koro mā, e huihui nei, tēnei aku mihi māhana ki a koutou.  Kia ora tātou katoa.  Ladies and gentlemen, warm greetings to you all.  I specifically acknowledge: Jan Shands, President of the Huntly and Districts’…

To view more images, click here, Kia ora koutou, nga mihi māhana ki a koutou.  Nga mihi ko Matariki tō Aotearoa tau hou - Matariki whetu ki te Rangi, tāngata ora ki te Whenua.  Na reira, kia ora tātou katoa.   Good evening everyone and warm greetings to…

The Governor-General, Lt Gen The Rt Hon Sir Jerry Mateparae, is leading the 2013 Dream Team as part of the Sir Peter Blake Trust 2013 Leadership Week (5 July - 12 July) As Co-Patron of the Sir Peter Blake Leadership Trust, Sir Jerry Mateparae will be…

Kia ora koutou.  Greetings to you all. I want to acknowledge: Hon Todd McClay, Associate Minister of Health; Scott Simpson MP, our host this evening; Brian Poole, Chair of Crohn’s and Colitis New Zealand, and your chief executive Julia Gallagher; and…

E kui mā, e koro mā, e huihui nei, tēnei aku mihi māhana ki a koutou.  Kia ora tātou katoa. I specifically acknowledge: Bill Macnaught, National Librarian; Lloyd Jones, Chair of the Bougainville Library Trust and your fellow trustees – tēnā koutou katoa.…

To view more images, click here, 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 Kāwana o Te Whanganui-a-Tara.  Na reira, kia ora tātou katoa.  Distinguished guests, ladies and…

E nga mana, e nga reo, e nga iwi katoa huri noa o Aotearoa, e huihui nei, tēnei aku mihi māhana ki a koutou.  E nga rangatira o Te Ohu Rata o Aotearoa tēnā koutou.  Mihi mai i runga i ngā mate, kua moe i te moenga roa, kua okioki.  Ka mate he tētē, ka…

The Governor-General, Lt Gen The Rt Hon Sir Jerry Mateparae, has issued his second Matariki message for all New Zealanders. Tēnei ngā mihi ki a koutou katoa, i tātou e whakanui ana i a Matariki.  Greetings to you all as we celebrate Matariki.  The start…