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Resilience Breakfast Speech

30/5/2016

 
Thank you for the opportunity to say a few words.
 
Just before being elected as Mayor of Christchurch I discovered that the Rockefeller Foundation had decided to celebrate their centenary by devoting $100M to building resilience – the first step was establishing a network of 100 Resilient Cities. The deadline for expressions of interest was before the local body elections. So I contacted Bob Parker and asked him if he would make that happen, and he readily gave me someone to work with.  And after I was elected one of my first tasks was to sign the official application.

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2016 Pacific Association of Quantity Surveyors Congress & New Zealand Institute of Quantity Surveyors Annual Conference

24/5/2016

 
E nga mana, e nga reo, e nga rau rangatira ma
 
tenei te mihi ki a koutou i runga i te kaupapa o te ra
 
Tena koutou, tena koutou, tena ra tatou katoa
 
In welcoming members of the New Zealand Institute of Quantity Surveyors and the Pacific Association of Quantity Surveyors to Christchurch, New Zealand, may I particularly acknowledge:
 
Jeremy Shearer, the President of the NZ Institute of Quantity Surveyors; Ian Duncan, the President of the Pacific Association of Quantity Surveyors and Phillippa Goodman-Jones the Convenor of this Congress
 
Thank you for choosing Christchurch as the host city for this year's Congress of the Pacific Association of Quantity Surveyors.

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Rochester and Rutherford Hall Formal Dinner, 77 Ilam Road

20/5/2016

 
Principal Stephen Killick - thank you for inviting me to address your first year students tonight.
 
I'm delighted to join you all and particularly pleased to be able to offer those of you from out of town a belated welcome to Christchurch.
 
My mother served on the Rochester Board so I am always happy to speak on these occasions. And of course I completed my studies here at the University of Canterbury many years ago.

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Farewell for Professor Hong Hu, Deputy Director, Confucius Institute UC

11/5/2016

 
It is my pleasure to join you here today.
 
We are gathered to honour the efforts of a wonderful colleague and friend.
 
Professor Hu has been at the helm of the Confucius Institute since it first opened its doors in 2010 - 6 years ago.
 
I understand that this is a record that has earned her some fame at home in China - usually Deputy Directors only serve for between 2-4 years!
 


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The Christchurch Story - our response to the 2011 earthquake

8/5/2016

 
I would like to begin by acknowledging Dr Chryssy Potsiou the President of FIG and Mr Mark Allen the President of the NZ Institute of Surveyors.

And also Margareta Wahlstrom, who I met in Christchurch 4 years ago, and who invited me to join the Parliamentarians Advisory Group to the UNISDR, which led me to a much deeper understanding of the role of Disaster Risk Reduction in building resilience to adversity, whatever the cause.

As Mayor of Christchurch, I would normally be asked to provide a welcome to such an important event as this and to encourage you to enjoy all the intriguing aspects of our ever-evolving city.  But I am delighted to be asked to speak at the first plenary session – the Christchurch Story – our response to the 2011 earthquake.
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