HON SIMON BRIDGES MP for TAURANGA

I pulled out the gumboots on Wednesday and headed over to the National Agricultural Fieldays at Mystery Creek. I know many Bay of Plenty people who make sure they get there every year. Fieldays is the largest rural event in the country and is used by businesses as a launching platform for new technologies and as a way to showcase themselves to local and international markets. New Zealand is at the leading-edge of agricultural research and innovation, and it was fascinating to see the products and services developed in New Zealand that will be sold and used all around the world.

Hon Simon Bridges
Minister of Energy and Resources

13 June 2013               Media Statement       

New minerals exploration permits awarded today will help create jobs and lift the Northland economy, Energy and Resources Minister Simon Bridges says.

Hon Simon Bridges
Minister of Labour 

5 June 2013               Media Statement       

Legislation to ensure more fairness, flexibility and clarity in employment law passed its first reading in Parliament.

On Thursday I gave the opening address at the Safeguard Health and Safety Conference in Auckland. One of my top priorities as Minister of Labour is to improve New Zealand’s workplace health and safety and reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries. I have already created the standalone health and safety crown agency recommended by the Pike River Royal Commission and believe that our workplace health and safety performance can be recognised among the best in the world within 10 years.

Hon Simon Bridges
Minister of Labour 

30 May 2013               Speech       

Good morning ladies and gentlemen.

I want to thank you all for your commitment to improving workplace health and safety in New Zealand. 

You are a vital link in the chain of organisational and personal responsibility for health and safety that brings us together this morning. And I will return to this theme shortly.

Hon Simon Bridges
Minister of Energy and Resources

29 May 2013               Media Statement

Energy Minister Simon Bridges has welcomed the upgrade of the high-voltage Cook Strait electricity link between the North and South Islands.