Speeches 

NZ Contractors Federation 64th annual conference

Annette King

07.08.2008

"The National Party talks about spending more money on new roads, but doesn't specify what they are. They also talk about a new category of road called "roads of national significance". Well, I would like to know what roads like the Waikato Expressway, Alpurt B2, the major routes in Auckland, Wellington, Bay of Plenty and Tauranga are if they are not "roads of national significance". And they are routes on which this Government has invested billions of dollars."

 Thank you for inviting me here to speak at your 64th annual conference, but first up today I want to thank you on behalf of New Zealanders for a far more important reason.

 Many New Zealanders have just experienced a rugged fortnight of heavy winter rain and stormy gales, and I ...  more +

Energy, Transport and Sustainability Symposium

Pete Hodgson

27.06.2008

Speech to the National Energy Research Institute Symposium, Rutherford House, Wellington

Good afternoon everyone.

New Zealand has an enormous challenge ahead of us to make our transport system sustainable.

It will take serious and concerted collaboration across sectors and across research disciplines to make this shift.

Symposiums like this one are valuable in br...  more +

The Importance of Management and Leadership Skills

Pete Hodgson

04.06.2008

Speech at the launch of the Management Focus initiative and Plato Learning network pilot at the University of Auckland Business School, Auckland.

Public and Private Sector Partnership

Thank you for the opportunity to speak at the launch of these two unique and complementary management development initiatives.

I speak often of reducing "product clutter" in government.   So, let me first thank the organisers...  more +