Hon Trevor Mallard
Minister of Labour

25 June 2008 Speech Notes

Labour Minister Trevor Mallard's speech to the launch of the Centre for High Performance Work, St James Theatre, Wellington

Good morning and welcome to the launch of the Centre for High Performance Work. Many thanks to the organisers for inviting me to share this occasion with you.

Raising our productivity to help raise wages and our living standards is an issue that is of huge interest to me as Minister of Labour and to our government.