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26/01/2021
Watch Judith Collins State of the Nation speech Credits: Video - Newshub ; Image - Getty
Judith Collins delivered her State of the Nation speech from Auckland on Tuesday. It was her first public address of 2021 following the summer break.
Read it in full below.
Kia ora and thank you for that welcome. It is a pleasure to be here.
Thank you to the Rotary Club of Auckland and the EMA for hosting me at this first event in your centenary year.
National and Rotary share many common principles, including community service, integrity, diversity and leadership. National equally believes in empowering individual freedom, personal responsibility and the importance of caring communities to help New Zealanders own their future.
Speech – New Zealand National Party
Kia ora and thank you for that welcome. It is a pleasure to be here.
Thank you to the Rotary Club of Auckland and the EMA for hosting me at this first event in your centenary year.
National and Rotary share many common principles, including community service, integrity, diversity and leadership. National equally believes in empowering individual freedom, personal responsibility and the importance of caring communities to help New Zealanders own their future.
I want to acknowledge the significant contribution that all Rotarians have made to New Zealand over the past 100 years. I’d also like to recognise Brett O’Riley and the EMA. I have great respect for the EMA, particularly your impartial voice, which pushed National to be a better government and continues to push Labour to better understand business.