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Tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa. We gather today to remember and to celebrate the life of a truly remarkable woman, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother.  We gather also to pay our respects to her family, and to share with them their…

E te iwi whanui, tena koutou katoa. Nga hau e wha, e nga waka, e nga tai e wha, nga mihi nui ki a koutou. Tangata whenua, all New Zealanders, friends and visitors from afar, a very warm welcome to you.  I am delighted that so many of you have chosen to…

Nga hau e wha, nga iwi e tau nei, tena koutou, tena koutou. People of the four winds, everyone gathered here, my greetings. Nga mate, nga aitua, ki tangihia e tatou i tenei wa.  The dead and those being mourned, we lament for them now. Te hunga ora, tena…

Nga hau e wha, nga iwi e tau nei, tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa. This audience knows that New Zealand had a real influence on the development of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights when it was drawn up over 50 years ago. Since then,…

E nga mana, e te reo, e nga iwi o te motu, tena koutou tena koutou, tena koutou katoa. Nga mihi o te tau ki a koutou. The Hon Mark Burton (Minister of Defence), Chief of Defence Force, Secretary of Defence, Chief of Air Staff, distinguished Air Force…

E te iwi whanui, tena koutou katoa. Nga hau e wha, e nga waka, e nga tai e wha, nga mihi nui ki a koutou. Reverend Ian Lawton (Vicar, St Matthew's), Raewyn Stone (organiser of service), Henare te Ua (kaumatua St Matthew's), Waiora Port (kuia, St Matthew's…

Nga hau e wha, nga iwi e tau nei, Tena koutou katoa E nga mana, e nga reo, rau rangatira ma, Tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa My greetings to you all, people who have gathered from near and from far. To all honoured guests, to the speakers, my…

The text for this speech can be found at the Victoria University of Wellington website: http://www.victoria.ac.nz/law/centres/nzcpl/publications/occasional-papers/publications/Cartwright-web-paper.pdf

100 Days as Governor-General Nga mihi o te tau kia koutou. Thank you for your welcome. Barry Dineen, Karen Feast, members of the Institute of Directors of New Zealand, and partners. First, thank you for your invitation this evening. And thank you too for…

E nga mana, e nga reo, e te iwi o te motu, tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa To the honoured, to the other speakers, to all the people of this place, my warmest greetings. Nga mihi o te tau, tena koutou. Thank you for your greetings Mr Carl…

Some Human Rights Issues  , Greetings, Nga hau e wha, nga iwi e tau nei, tena koutou katoa. E nga mana, e nga reo, rau rangatira ma, tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa. My greetings to you all, people who have gathered from near and far. To all…

Nga hau e wha, nga iwi e tau nei, tena koutou katoa E nga mana, e nga reo, rau rangatira ma, tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa My greetings to you all, people who have gathered from near and from far. To all honoured guests, to the speakers, my…

Nga hau e wha, nga iwi e tau nei, tena koutou katoa. E nga mana, e nga reo, rau rangatira ma, tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa. My greetings to you all, people who have gathered from near and far. To all honoured guests, to the speakers, my…

Nga hau e wha, nga iwi e tau nei, tena koutou katoa. E nga mana, e nga reo, rau rangatira ma, tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa. My greetings to you all, people who have gathered from near and far. To all honoured guests, to the speakers, my…

After years of build-up we have finally tiptoed tentatively into the 21st Century. The sheer novelty of this artificial event spawned intensive navel-gazing internationally, albeit at different times as the world swung through the heavens. That no joyous…

We are here tonight, first to support those who are living with HIV/AIDS, and to recall those many millions who have now died. Equally I want to acknowledge the pain of those who loved them, and of those who have cared, and will care for them. You too…

Nga mate nga aitua ka tangihia e tatou i tenei wa. Haere. Haere. Haere. The dead, those we mourn, we lament them now. Farewell. Farewell. Farewell. Eighty-six years ago, in 1915, early in the morning of the first Anzac Day, New Zealanders began landing on…

Prime Minister, Chief Justice, Mr Speaker, Members of the Executive Council, Members of Parliament, The Dean and Members of the Diplomatic Corps, The Mayor of Wellington, Chief of the Defence Force and Chiefs of Staff, Ladies and gentlemen, pupils from…

Prime Minister, Members of Parliament, and all you ladies and gentlemen who have done us the honour of coming here today. E nga mana, e nga reo, e nga hau e wha, e nga iwi e tau nei, tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa. First, may I…

E nga mana tangata whenua, e nga rangatira, e nga hau e wha, e nga iwi e tau nei, tena koutou. Talofa lava; kia orana kotou katoatoa; faka'alofa lahi atu; malo e lelei; tena koutou, tena koutou, tena tatou katoa. Good afternoon. Greetings to you all. If I…

As our nation grows older, so do our institutions, and more and more are we celebrating the longevity of many of them. Schools and Universities are hitting the hundred mark, sometimes plus another quarter century, or even more. On a wider front, at the…

Last Sunday week I had the pleasure of farewelling this years All Blacks. They were setting out on what I suggested was a twofold pilgrimage. They were going to exact sweet revenge on the French, and in the course of that, their first game, played this…

The motto of my old school, Wellington College, is Lumen accipe et imperti , take the light and pass it on. The school crest shows the light as a flaming lamp, the lamp of knowledge and truth. Last Friday it was my privilege to see the Olympic torch…

Mr Chairman, ladies and gentlemen. Three years ago, the Listener published an article by Carl Sagan, the author and astrophysicist, which he began by saying that the 20 th century will be remembered for three broad areas of innovation: our unprecedented…

Shalom, shalom - may the peace of God, which St Paul told Christians "passeth all understanding", be upon us, as we remember. There are some events that nations commemorate, which their peoples mark year after year, even though the memories being summoned…

On a memorial outside the great wall surrounding the town of Le Quesnoy in northern France are inscribed these words: "From the uttermost ends of the earth." They are a tribute to the New Zealanders who liberated that town in the closing days of the first…

Eighty five years have gone by since that first nightmare at Anzac Cove on Gallipoli. Yet still we gather, New Zealanders and Australians all over the world, again waiting for the first light of dawn, waiting and remembering. For this is a time for…

Juliet Roger, Chairperson of Booksellers New Zealand; Jo Breese, Chief Executive and Viv Beck, General Manager, Communications, New Zealand Post; Rosemary Wildblood of Creative New Zealand; the three 1997 Judges - Gillian Newman, Convenor, and Robyn Bargh…

Nga hau e wha nga iwi e tau nei tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa. The Children's Book Awards, and the Festival that surrounds them, have become one of the high points of the literary year in New Zealand, and we certainly relish the opportunity…

E nga mana tangata whenua, e nga hau e wha, e nga iwi e tau nei, e nga rangatira e tau nei, tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa. Your Excellency, the Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, the High Commissioner for Malaysia, and Datin Ivy; Honourable…

E nga mana tangata whenua, e nga hau e wha, e nga iwi e tau nei, e nga rangatira e tau nei, tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa. Your Excellency, the Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, the High Commissioner for Malaysia, and Datin Ivy; Honourable…

Korihi te manu takiri mai te ata ka ao, ka ao, ka awatea. Tihei mauriora! In words of our first people, I greet the new dawn, the light of a new day, the coming of a new century, of a new millennium. We in this land are the first to see a new day, but…