ISSUE 2 SEPTEMBER 2012

The Trust’s annual Business Briefing for MPs took place in Parliament’s Grand Hall and Legislative Council Chamber on Wednesday 15 August and was well attended by over 60 Members of Parliament, Trustees and representatives of the Trust's corporate membership.

The guest speaker for the evening was Joan Withers, a professional company director who currently serves as Chair of Auckland Airport and Mighty River Power

and Deputy Chair of TVNZ. Her address was entitled “Auckland Airport: An Engine of Growth for New Zealand” and is printed in full as a four-page supplement within this Information Bulletin.

Feedback received from both parliamentary and corporate guests included comments on the quality, scope and breadth of Joan’s address and the obvious sense of personal commitment with which it was delivered.

Joan’s speech focussed on Auckland Airport’s key role in contributing to New Zealand’s economic well being as well as its guiding values and operating principles.

2012 Trust Board

Above: the Speaker of the House and President of the Trust, Dr The Rt Hon Lockwood Smith introduces Joan Withers, the guest speaker for the evening and

Right: Joan addresses her audience with (seated at the table) the Speaker of the House and Trust President and Trust Chairman, Sir John Goulter.

The first meeting of the Trust Board since the April AGM took place in July. Seated left to right above are: Trustees Karen Jones and Murray Jack, Hon Peter Dunne MP, Chairman Sir John Goulter KNZM JP, Dr The Rt Hon Lockwood Smith MP, Speaker of the House and President of the Trust, Executive Director Michael Fokker MVO JP, and Trustees Lindsay Tisch MP JP and Sir Noel Robinson KNZM. Insert (absent for photograph): Hon David Cunliffe MP.

Annual Business Briefing for MPs

THE NEW ZEALAND BUSINESS & PARLIAMENT TRUST “Advancing business understanding of Parliament and

parliamentarians’ understanding of business”

Patron - Sir Patrick Goodman GNZM CBE

Published by

The New Zealand Business and Parliament Trust, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6011 Telephone: 04 472 5365, Fax: 04 472 2016, Email: nzbpt@xtra.co.nz, Website: www.nzbpt.org.nz

Dr The Rt Hon Lockwood Smith MP

Trustee Council Hon John Banks CNZM QSO MP David Clendon MP Hon David Cunliffe MP* Hon Peter Dunne MP* Hon Phil Goff MP Sir John Goulter KNZM JP* Murray Jack* Karen Jones* Rt Hon John Key MP

Nancy McConnell Jennifer Moxon Rt Hon Winston Peters MP Sir Noel Robinson KNZM* Hon Dr Pita Sharples CBE MP David Shearer MP Lindsay Tisch MP JP*

*Member of the Trust Board

Corporate Members Abbott Laboratories ACP Media Air New Zealand Alliance Group Amway of New Zealand ANZ New Zealand AsureQuality Bank of New Zealand Chorus Cisco Systems NZ Coca-Cola Amatil Coca-Cola Oceania Contact Energy Counties Manukau Pacific Trust Deloitte EMC2 NZ Corporation Fonterra Co-operative Group Foodstuffs NZ Fronde Systems Group Genesis Energy GlaxoSmithKline NZ Goodman New Zealand Hawkins Construction Hewlett-Packard NZ Holcim New Zealand IBM New Zealand Johnson & Johnson NZ Kaipara Limited Kapiti Coast Airport Kensington Swan KiwiRail Lion of New Zealand

McDonald’s Restaurants NZ Microsoft New Zealand Newmont Waihi Gold Ngapuhi Asset Holding Co NZ Lotteries Commission NZ Post Group NZ Racing Board Ports of Auckland Progressive Enterprises Qantas Airways Radio New Zealand Refining New Zealand Rio Tinto Aluminium NZ Russell McVeagh Saatchi & Saatchi Sanofi-Aventis SBS Bank Group Shell New Zealand (2011) SKYCITY Entertainment Group Southern Cross Healthcare St John New Zealand Steel & Tube Holdings Talley’s Group Te Ohu Kaimoana Telecom New Zealand Television New Zealand TelstraClear Todd Corporation Vector Vodafone New Zealand Westpac World Vision New Zealand

Associate Members

Jacinda Ardern MP Shane Ardern MP David Bennett MP Hon Chester Borrows MP Hon Simon Bridges MP Hon Gerry Brownlee MP Hon David Carter MP Charles Chauvel MP David Clendon MP Hon Clayton Cosgrove MP Hon David Cunliffe MP Hon Lianne Dalziel MP Jacqui Dean MP Hon Ruth Dyson MP Paul Goldsmith MP Hon Jo Goodhew MP Hon Tim Groser MP Hon Nathan Guy MP John Hayes ONZM MP Hon Phil Heatley MP Chris Hipkins MP Dr Paul Hutchison MP Hon Shane Jones MP

Hon Annette King MP Colin King MNZM MP Moana Mackey MP Hon Nanaia Mahuta MP Hon Trevor Mallard MP Todd McClay MP Sue Moroney MP Hon Damien O’Connor MP Dr Rajen Prasad MP Grant Robertson MP Ross Robertson MP Eric Roy MP JP Katrina Shanks MP Su’a William Sio MP Hon Dr Nick Smith MP Hon Maryan Street MP Lindsay Tisch MP JP Hon Anne Tolley MP Hon Chris Tremain MP Louise Upston MP Holly Walker MP Hon Kate Wilkinson MP Michael Woodhouse MP

President    

Michael Fokker MVO JP Executive Director Diana Litton Programme Coordinator

Secretariat

Chairman

Sir John Goulter KNZM JP

Trust Board Members recently hosted a farewell dinner for the departing Executive Director John O’Sullivan, who was presented with a print of the John Rundle painting of Parliament Buildings.

Trust farewells John O’Sullivan

This year the Trust has received 16 applications from Members of Parliament to undertake a Business Study Attachment. Two National List MPs have already completed their attachments - Katrina Shanks with Coca-Cola and Paul Goldsmith with Progressive Enterprises.

Katrina Shanks wrote: “During the September recess I had an action packed week with Coca-Cola Oceania and Coca-Cola Amatil. Through my visit I was able to get an understanding of what goes under the cap of Coca-Cola products and I was given an up-close and personal look at the product.

Having a business attachment with a truly global corporation produced a fantastic insight into how companies with many international limbs work together with the wider body. It was especially interesting to see how Coca-Cola worked in the New Zealand context.

As a result, the attachment challenged my thinking around the role corporations play in our economy, community and environment. It offered me a new perspective in my role as a legislator, helping me to understand the far-reaching impact of decisions made here in Parliament.”

Paul Goldsmith described his attachment to Progressive Enterprises as a “marvellous opportunity to deepen my understanding of a large and important part of the New Zealand economy” .

Paul had the opportunity to spend a significant amount of time with the Managing Director, Dave Chambers, as well as observing and interacting with key staff from the marketing, Human Resources and finance sections of the organisation. He also had the opportunity to visit the company’s meat works as well as a Countdown Supermarket.

One aspect that did impress Paul on his visit was the passion for the business that he observed within the company.

Business Study Attachments

Paul at Greenlane Countdown with Dave Chambers, Managing Director of Progressive Enterprises Limited.

Annual Business Briefing for MPs - continued

Above: Sir John Goulter, Trust Chairman, thanks the guest speaker for the evening, Joan Withers, for her address, and Left: Sir John presents Joan with a special edition of the Trust’s book, “Towards a Better Understanding; A History of the NZ Business & Parliament Trust 1991-2011”. Above: Certificates of Corporate Membership are presented to

(left) Greg Hatchwell, Southern Region Manager of EMC2 NZ Corporation Limited, the Trust’s newest (64th) corporate member, and (right) to Genevieve O’Halloran, Legal Counsel for ACP Media Limited.

An enthusiastic group of 39 attendees was welcomed by the President of the Trust, Dr The Right Honourable Lockwood Smith, to the 54th Parliamentary Seminar held on Wednesday 18 July.

This was the first opportunity for the Prime Minister to address a Seminar in 2012 and the first time that David Shearer, as the Leader of the Opposition, had addressed a Seminar.

Seminar participants commented how impressed they were with both speakers and the frankness with which they spoke

providing insights into their respective roles.

The attendees visited the Maori Affairs Committee Room to observe the examination of the 2012/13 Estimates of Appropriations for Vote: Treaty Negotiations.

Over 20 Associate Members attended the buffet luncheon providing the opportunity for the Seminar participants to talk to Members of Parliament about their Parliamentary roles and responsibilities, as

well as their experiences of Business Study Attachments.

Common themes from the feedback on the day were:

“The range of speakers and the depth they went into was fantastic. It is a real privilege to have had such an opportunity.”

“Very interesting common themes emerge irrespective of party and

position. Surprising how open speakers were.”

“I think it is an excellent programme that makes good use of the short amount of time available to enable greater understanding of the roles of Parliament, Ministers and MPs.”

Seminars continue to provide great insights

Rt Hon John Key, Prime Minister and Leader of the National Party, addresses the seminar participants on “Exercising Government through Parliament”, watched by Trust Chairman, Sir John Goulter.

David Shearer, Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party, speaks on the topic “The Opposition in Parliament”.

Chris Hipkins, Chief Whip of the Labour Party, takes part in the joint session “The Business of the House” with Government Whip, Michael Woodhouse, and Fay Paterson, Clerk-Assistant (House).

Graham Alston - New Zealand Post Group Murray Barclay - Goodman New Zealand Craig Behrnes - Holcim (New Zealand) Lloyd Berryman - KiwiRail John Bongard - Counties Manukau Pacific Trust Alastair Boult - Grant Thornton Iwan Bridge - Shell Todd Oil Services Carlos Chambers - Russell McVeagh Suzy Clarkson - Coca-Cola Amatil Jim Collings– Refining New Zealand Rohan Garnett - Qantas Airways Simon Haines - Telecom Vanessa Haslam - Sanofi Aventis NZ

Ross Campbell - Bank of New Zealand Pat Hoult - ANZ New Zealand Matthew Isbister - SBS Bank Group Nick Judd - Air New Zealand Damien Kelly - Fronde Systems Group Kevin Kenrick - Television New Zealand Lucy Laitinen - World Vision Nicholas Leach - Abbott Laboratories Jarred Mair - Deloitte Nancy McConnell - Hawkins Construction Anna Moodie - Chorus Genevieve O’Halloran - ACP Media Shaun O’Neill - Rio Tinto Alcan NZ

Daniel Parkinson - McDonald’s New Zealand Wayne Pickup - NZ Lotteries Commission Martin Saunders - NZ Racing Board Talia Shadwell - Templeton Scholar Jeremy Stevenson-Wright - Genesis Energy Greg Stocker - AsureQuality Malcolm Swan - Progressive Enterprises Dave Thomas - St John New Zealand Catherine Thompson - Contact Energy Tom Thursby - TelstraClear Tessie von Dadelszen - Kensington Swan David Worth - IBM New Zealand Brendan Wright - Southern Cross Healthcare

The first President’s Dinner for the year was held on Tuesday 26 June.

President’s Dinners commenced in 1996, with a guest list of 57, hosted by the then President of the Trust, Speaker Hon Sir Peter Tapsell. Since then smaller dinners have become the norm and to date, 36 such dinners have been held with a total of 245 attendees.

SEMINAR PARTICIPANTS VISIT THE CHAMBER

SEMINAR PARTICIPANTS

Prior to lunch with Associate Members, Seminar attendees briefly visited the floor of the House to get a close-up view of the Chamber. After lunch they observed Question Time from the Speaker’s Gallery.

June President’s Dinner

ATTENDEES AT THE JUNE PRESIDENT’S DINNER

LEFT TO RIGHT:

John O’Sullivan CNZM LVO JP (Outgoing Executive Director).

Ian Clarke (Fronde Systems Group) Dr The Rt Hon Lockwood Smith MP (Speaker and President of the Trust)

Peter Douglas (Te Ohu Kaimoana)

Sir John Goulter KNZM JP (Chairman)

Metiria Turei (Co-Leader, Green Party)

David Shearer (Leader, Labour Party)

Dave Chambers (Progressive

Enterprises)

Kevin Kenrick (Television New Zealand)

Albert Brantley (Genesis Energy)

Brian Roche (New Zealand Post Group)

Michael Fokker MVO JP (Executive Director Designate).

Annual Business Briefing for MPs - continued

Above: Sir John Goulter, Trust Chairman, thanks the guest speaker for the evening, Joan Withers, for her address, and Left: Sir John presents Joan with a special edition of the Trust’s book, “Towards a Better Understanding; A History of the NZ Business & Parliament Trust 1991-2011”. Above: Certificates of Corporate Membership are presented to

(left) Greg Hatchwell, Southern Region Manager of EMC2 NZ Corporation Limited, the Trust’s newest (64th) corporate member, and (right) to Genevieve O’Halloran, Legal Counsel for ACP Media Limited.

An enthusiastic group of 39 attendees was welcomed by the President of the Trust, Dr The Right Honourable Lockwood Smith, to the 54th Parliamentary Seminar held on Wednesday 18 July.

This was the first opportunity for the Prime Minister to address a Seminar in 2012 and the first time that David Shearer, as the Leader of the Opposition, had addressed a Seminar.

Seminar participants commented how impressed they were with both speakers and the frankness with which they spoke

providing insights into their respective roles.

The attendees visited the Maori Affairs Committee Room to observe the examination of the 2012/13 Estimates of Appropriations for Vote: Treaty Negotiations.

Over 20 Associate Members attended the buffet luncheon providing the opportunity for the Seminar participants to talk to Members of Parliament about their Parliamentary roles and responsibilities, as

well as their experiences of Business Study Attachments.

Common themes from the feedback on the day were:

“The range of speakers and the depth they went into was fantastic. It is a real privilege to have had such an opportunity.”

“Very interesting common themes emerge irrespective of party and

position. Surprising how open speakers were.”

“I think it is an excellent programme that makes good use of the short amount of time available to enable greater understanding of the roles of Parliament, Ministers and MPs.”

Seminars continue to provide great insights

Rt Hon John Key, Prime Minister and Leader of the National Party, addresses the seminar participants on “Exercising Government through Parliament”, watched by Trust Chairman, Sir John Goulter.

David Shearer, Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party, speaks on the topic “The Opposition in Parliament”.

Chris Hipkins, Chief Whip of the Labour Party, takes part in the joint session “The Business of the House” with Government Whip, Michael Woodhouse, and Fay Paterson, Clerk-Assistant (House).

Graham Alston - New Zealand Post Group Murray Barclay - Goodman New Zealand Craig Behrnes - Holcim (New Zealand) Lloyd Berryman - KiwiRail John Bongard - Counties Manukau Pacific Trust Alastair Boult - Grant Thornton Iwan Bridge - Shell Todd Oil Services Carlos Chambers - Russell McVeagh Suzy Clarkson - Coca-Cola Amatil Jim Collings– Refining New Zealand Rohan Garnett - Qantas Airways Simon Haines - Telecom Vanessa Haslam - Sanofi Aventis NZ

Ross Campbell - Bank of New Zealand Pat Hoult - ANZ New Zealand Matthew Isbister - SBS Bank Group Nick Judd - Air New Zealand Damien Kelly - Fronde Systems Group Kevin Kenrick - Television New Zealand Lucy Laitinen - World Vision Nicholas Leach - Abbott Laboratories Jarred Mair - Deloitte Nancy McConnell - Hawkins Construction Anna Moodie - Chorus Genevieve O’Halloran - ACP Media Shaun O’Neill - Rio Tinto Alcan NZ

Daniel Parkinson - McDonald’s New Zealand Wayne Pickup - NZ Lotteries Commission Martin Saunders - NZ Racing Board Talia Shadwell - Templeton Scholar Jeremy Stevenson-Wright - Genesis Energy Greg Stocker - AsureQuality Malcolm Swan - Progressive Enterprises Dave Thomas - St John New Zealand Catherine Thompson - Contact Energy Tom Thursby - TelstraClear Tessie von Dadelszen - Kensington Swan David Worth - IBM New Zealand Brendan Wright - Southern Cross Healthcare

The first President’s Dinner for the year was held on Tuesday 26 June.

President’s Dinners commenced in 1996, with a guest list of 57, hosted by the then President of the Trust, Speaker Hon Sir Peter Tapsell. Since then smaller dinners have become the norm and to date, 36 such dinners have been held with a total of 245 attendees.

SEMINAR PARTICIPANTS VISIT THE CHAMBER

SEMINAR PARTICIPANTS

Prior to lunch with Associate Members, Seminar attendees briefly visited the floor of the House to get a close-up view of the Chamber. After lunch they observed Question Time from the Speaker’s Gallery.

June President’s Dinner

ATTENDEES AT THE JUNE PRESIDENT’S DINNER

LEFT TO RIGHT:

John O’Sullivan CNZM LVO JP (Outgoing Executive Director).

Ian Clarke (Fronde Systems Group) Dr The Rt Hon Lockwood Smith MP (Speaker and President of the Trust)

Peter Douglas (Te Ohu Kaimoana)

Sir John Goulter KNZM JP (Chairman)

Metiria Turei (Co-Leader, Green Party)

David Shearer (Leader, Labour Party)

Dave Chambers (Progressive

Enterprises)

Kevin Kenrick (Television New Zealand)

Albert Brantley (Genesis Energy)

Brian Roche (New Zealand Post Group)

Michael Fokker MVO JP (Executive Director Designate).

ISSUE 2 SEPTEMBER 2012

The Trust’s annual Business Briefing for MPs took place in Parliament’s Grand Hall and Legislative Council Chamber on Wednesday 15 August and was well attended by over 60 Members of Parliament, Trustees and representatives of the Trust's corporate membership.

The guest speaker for the evening was Joan Withers, a professional company director who currently serves as Chair of Auckland Airport and Mighty River Power

and Deputy Chair of TVNZ. Her address was entitled “Auckland Airport: An Engine of Growth for New Zealand” and is printed in full as a four-page supplement within this Information Bulletin.

Feedback received from both parliamentary and corporate guests included comments on the quality, scope and breadth of Joan’s address and the obvious sense of personal commitment with which it was delivered.

Joan’s speech focussed on Auckland Airport’s key role in contributing to New Zealand’s economic well being as well as its guiding values and operating principles.

2012 Trust Board

Above: the Speaker of the House and President of the Trust, Dr The Rt Hon Lockwood Smith introduces Joan Withers, the guest speaker for the evening and

Right: Joan addresses her audience with (seated at the table) the Speaker of the House and Trust President and Trust Chairman, Sir John Goulter.

The first meeting of the Trust Board since the April AGM took place in July. Seated left to right above are: Trustees Karen Jones and Murray Jack, Hon Peter Dunne MP, Chairman Sir John Goulter KNZM JP, Dr The Rt Hon Lockwood Smith MP, Speaker of the House and President of the Trust, Executive Director Michael Fokker MVO JP, and Trustees Lindsay Tisch MP JP and Sir Noel Robinson KNZM. Insert (absent for photograph): Hon David Cunliffe MP.

Annual Business Briefing for MPs

THE NEW ZEALAND BUSINESS & PARLIAMENT TRUST “Advancing business understanding of Parliament and

parliamentarians’ understanding of business”

Patron - Sir Patrick Goodman GNZM CBE

Published by

The New Zealand Business and Parliament Trust, Parliament Buildings, Wellington 6011 Telephone: 04 472 5365, Fax: 04 472 2016, Email: nzbpt@xtra.co.nz, Website: www.nzbpt.org.nz

Dr The Rt Hon Lockwood Smith MP

Trustee Council Hon John Banks CNZM QSO MP David Clendon MP Hon David Cunliffe MP* Hon Peter Dunne MP* Hon Phil Goff MP Sir John Goulter KNZM JP* Murray Jack* Karen Jones* Rt Hon John Key MP

Nancy McConnell Jennifer Moxon Rt Hon Winston Peters MP Sir Noel Robinson KNZM* Hon Dr Pita Sharples CBE MP David Shearer MP Lindsay Tisch MP JP*

*Member of the Trust Board

Corporate Members Abbott Laboratories ACP Media Air New Zealand Alliance Group Amway of New Zealand ANZ New Zealand AsureQuality Bank of New Zealand Chorus Cisco Systems NZ Coca-Cola Amatil Coca-Cola Oceania Contact Energy Counties Manukau Pacific Trust Deloitte EMC2 NZ Corporation Fonterra Co-operative Group Foodstuffs NZ Fronde Systems Group Genesis Energy GlaxoSmithKline NZ Goodman New Zealand Hawkins Construction Hewlett-Packard NZ Holcim New Zealand IBM New Zealand Johnson & Johnson NZ Kaipara Limited Kapiti Coast Airport Kensington Swan KiwiRail Lion of New Zealand

McDonald’s Restaurants NZ Microsoft New Zealand Newmont Waihi Gold Ngapuhi Asset Holding Co NZ Lotteries Commission NZ Post Group NZ Racing Board Ports of Auckland Progressive Enterprises Qantas Airways Radio New Zealand Refining New Zealand Rio Tinto Aluminium NZ Russell McVeagh Saatchi & Saatchi Sanofi-Aventis SBS Bank Group Shell New Zealand (2011) SKYCITY Entertainment Group Southern Cross Healthcare St John New Zealand Steel & Tube Holdings Talley’s Group Te Ohu Kaimoana Telecom New Zealand Television New Zealand TelstraClear Todd Corporation Vector Vodafone New Zealand Westpac World Vision New Zealand

Associate Members

Jacinda Ardern MP Shane Ardern MP David Bennett MP Hon Chester Borrows MP Hon Simon Bridges MP Hon Gerry Brownlee MP Hon David Carter MP Charles Chauvel MP David Clendon MP Hon Clayton Cosgrove MP Hon David Cunliffe MP Hon Lianne Dalziel MP Jacqui Dean MP Hon Ruth Dyson MP Paul Goldsmith MP Hon Jo Goodhew MP Hon Tim Groser MP Hon Nathan Guy MP John Hayes ONZM MP Hon Phil Heatley MP Chris Hipkins MP Dr Paul Hutchison MP Hon Shane Jones MP

Hon Annette King MP Colin King MNZM MP Moana Mackey MP Hon Nanaia Mahuta MP Hon Trevor Mallard MP Todd McClay MP Sue Moroney MP Hon Damien O’Connor MP Dr Rajen Prasad MP Grant Robertson MP Ross Robertson MP Eric Roy MP JP Katrina Shanks MP Su’a William Sio MP Hon Dr Nick Smith MP Hon Maryan Street MP Lindsay Tisch MP JP Hon Anne Tolley MP Hon Chris Tremain MP Louise Upston MP Holly Walker MP Hon Kate Wilkinson MP Michael Woodhouse MP

President    

Michael Fokker MVO JP Executive Director Diana Litton Programme Coordinator

Secretariat

Chairman

Sir John Goulter KNZM JP

Trust Board Members recently hosted a farewell dinner for the departing Executive Director John O’Sullivan, who was presented with a print of the John Rundle painting of Parliament Buildings.

Trust farewells John O’Sullivan

This year the Trust has received 16 applications from Members of Parliament to undertake a Business Study Attachment. Two National List MPs have already completed their attachments - Katrina Shanks with Coca-Cola and Paul Goldsmith with Progressive Enterprises.

Katrina Shanks wrote: “During the September recess I had an action packed week with Coca-Cola Oceania and Coca-Cola Amatil. Through my visit I was able to get an understanding of what goes under the cap of Coca-Cola products and I was given an up-close and personal look at the product.

Having a business attachment with a truly global corporation produced a fantastic insight into how companies with many international limbs work together with the wider body. It was especially interesting to see how Coca-Cola worked in the New Zealand context.

As a result, the attachment challenged my thinking around the role corporations play in our economy, community and environment. It offered me a new perspective in my role as a legislator, helping me to understand the far-reaching impact of decisions made here in Parliament.”

Paul Goldsmith described his attachment to Progressive Enterprises as a “marvellous opportunity to deepen my understanding of a large and important part of the New Zealand economy” .

Paul had the opportunity to spend a significant amount of time with the Managing Director, Dave Chambers, as well as observing and interacting with key staff from the marketing, Human Resources and finance sections of the organisation. He also had the opportunity to visit the company’s meat works as well as a Countdown Supermarket.

One aspect that did impress Paul on his visit was the passion for the business that he observed within the company.

Business Study Attachments

Paul at Greenlane Countdown with Dave Chambers, Managing Director of Progressive Enterprises Limited.