Speeches by the Secretary to the Treasury and Senior Treasury Managers

Page updated 1 Jun 2011

Presentations given by John Whitehead (Secretary to the Treasury) and other senior Treasury management are contained here. In some cases background papers, rather than actual speech notes are available.

Date	Title/Browse	Speaker
1 Jun 2011	International Connections	Gabriel Makhlouf
25 May 2011	Working Towards Higher Living Standards for New Zealanders	John Whitehead
11 May 2011	Change and Challenge - A Secretary's Reflections Rotary Club of Heretaunga	John Whitehead
12 Apr 2011	Does New Zealand Superannuation provide an adequate income for older Kiwis? Age Concern Conference, Wellington	Gabriel Makhlouf
1 Apr 2011	Role of Public Sector Performance in Economic Growth Institute of Policy Studies, Wellington	Andrew Kibblewhite
10 Mar 2011	Public Sector Performance: the New Zealand experience CPA Australia Conference, Melbourne	Fergus Welsh
24 Nov 2010	Public Sector Management: A Treasury Perspective on Contracting for Outcomes and Managing Risks Institute of Internal Auditors conference, Wellington	Gabriel Makhlouf
24 Nov 2010	Lifting New Zealand's Economic Growth Russell McVeagh, Auckland	John Whitehead
18 Nov 2010	Macroeconomic Policy: Making it Work for New Zealand Institute of Policy Studies	John Whitehead
21 Oct 2010	Role of Innovation in Economic Growth in a New Zealand Context New Zealand Association of Scientists Annual Conference, Wellington	Struan Little
8 Sep 2010	Treasury Discussion Document: Saving in New Zealand - Issues and Options Briefing to media at the Treasury	John Whitehead
19 Aug 2010	Public Sector Performance Public Sector Chief Financial Officers’ Forum	John Whitehead
22 Jul 2010	Long-term Fiscal Outlook: A View from the Treasury Conference on Retirement Income Policy and Intergenerational Equity	Gabriel Makhlouf
31 Mar 2010	Raising Living Standards: The Role of Tax Policy New Zealand Institute of Management	John Whitehead
28 Jan 2010	The Modern Face of the Treasury Rotary Club of North Wellington	John Whitehead
10 Dec 2009	Public Sector Financial Management – Stepping Up to the Challenge Public Sector Financial Management Conference	John Whitehead
10 Nov 2009	The Balance Between Public and Private IPS/IPANZ Joint Seminar Series	Peter Mersi
29 Oct 2009	Challenges and Choices: New Zealand's Long-Term Fiscal Statement The Treasury	John Whitehead
14 Oct 2009	Financial Statements of the Government of New Zealand Financial Statements Lockup, The Treasury, Wellington	Peter Bushnell
25 Sep 2009	The New Zealand Economy: Outlook and Policy Challenges Institute Of Directors workshop at Millbrook, Queenstown	John Whitehead
20 Jul 2009	Public Sector Performance Renouf Foyer, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington	John Whitehead
30 Jun 2009	An Innovation Agenda for Boosting New Zealand's Growth Prospects New Zealand Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Science, Lincoln University	Struan Little
5 Jun 2009	Tax Working Group Session: The Fiscal Framework Rutherford House, Victoria University, Wellington	John Whitehead
3 Jun 2009	Positioning New Zealand for a Post-recession World New Zealand Institute of Directors breakfast function, Wellington	John Whitehead
15 May 2009	Looking to, and through, Budget 2009 The Treasury	John Whitehead
7 May 2009	Policy Leadership: Minding our Ps and Qs (and Rs and Ss) The Treasury	John Whitehead
27 Feb 2009	2009 Job Summit Speech Manukau, Auckland	John Whitehead
15 Dec 2008	Global Economic and Financial Crisis: Origins, Responses and Ongoing Challenges for New Zealand Russell McVeagh, Auckland	John Whitehead
4 Jun 2008	Growth in a World of Limits: Challenges and Opportunities for Businesses and the Economy World Environment Day Business Symposium, Auckland	John Whitehead
3 Apr 2008	Putting Productivity First The Icehouse, Auckland	John Whitehead
28 Feb 2008	Continuity and Change: The Ongoing Pursuit of State Sector Performance Institute of Public Administration New Zealand (IPANZ) and Victoria University of Wellington School of Government Symposium	John Whitehead
13 Dec 2007	New Zealand's Fiscal Policy Choices - The Big Picture The Treasury	John Whitehead
13 Aug 2007	Better saved than sorry: The Treasury’s position on New Zealand’s saving performance Chapman Tripp, Wellington	John Whitehead
8 Aug 2007	An Emissions Trading Scheme for New Zealand Journalists Trading Organisation training forum on sustainability in conjunction with the Ministry for the Environment and PricewaterhouseCoopers	John Whitehead
24 Jul 2007	Climate Change - Economic Challenges for New Zealand Victoria University of Wellington, School of Government and the Institute of Policy Studies	John Whitehead
23 Jun 2007	Climate Change - Challenges for New Zealand in an Economic and Wider Context 42nd Otago Foreign Policy School, Environmental Governance and State Autonomy in a Changing Climate, Salmond College, Dunedin	Delivered on behalf of John Whitehead
10 Sep 2006	The Imperative for Performance in the Public Sector Public Sector Governance Seminar - Apec 2006 Viet Nam - New Zealand Seminars, Furama Hotel, Da Nang	John Whitehead
26 Jul 2006	Beyond 2010 - Preparing for Tomorrow's Economic Challenges Today Simpson Grierson Policy Maker Seminar Series	John Whitehead
28 Jun 2006	Facing Fiscal Futures Paper presented at the New Zealand Association of Economists Conference, Wellington	John Whitehead
9 Dec 2005	Productivity and Economic Growth Workplace Productivity Workshop	Peter Mersi
24 Nov 2005	External Linkages and the NZ Investment Environment Speech to the Japan Investment Workshop	John Whitehead
2 Nov 2005	Economic Growth – A Collaborative Challenge Address to Economic Development Committee of Auckland City Council	John Whitehead
28 Jun 2005	What could the Aussies possibly tell us about growth? Breakfast Address to the New Zealand Institute of Directors	John Whitehead
3 Jun 2005	Economic Growth – A Regional and National Challenge Address to Local Government Chief Executives Forum	John Whitehead
11 May 2005	The Challenges of a Growing Economy Reuters, 85 Fleet Street, London	John Whitehead
31 Mar 2005	Leading Organisational Change in a Tight Labour Market New Zealand Institute of Management	Angela Hauk-Willis

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