BY Kevin Roberts and Brian Sweeney
Speeches are a principal way of developing The New Zealand Edge idea and keeping currency. They're here for you to be absorbed and motivated by. 
  Come to the Edge 
Watch Kevin Roberts' speech to Wellington City Council - "Taking Wellington to the World." (86MB / 39 minutes)
4 April 2007

Leap of Faith
Acceptance speech for the Paul Harris Award, 
Rotary Club of Auckland 
2 April 2007

World Class New Zealander Award 
Watch Kevin Roberts' video acceptance speech for the KEA Creative Industries World Class New Zealand Award Auckland (7.5MB / 3 minutes)
15 March 2007

View From The Edge
Prince Obolensky Lecture to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London 
21 February 2006

Giving New Zealand the Edge
Article from NZX OPEN
19 September 2005

Winning in America
Speech to the Gateway to America Trade Summit, Auckland
12 August 2005

Tomorrow is Overdue
Speech to the 2005 Thrive Conference, Auckland 
14 April 2005

Message To My Girl
A Talkback article by Kevin Roberts from 
the NZ Herald, 14 April 2005

Islands at the Center and Edge
The New Yorker for New York Award to Kevin Roberts from the Citizens for NYC, acceptance speech and media release, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York, 
14 April 2004

Every World Needs an Edge
Speech to MA students in International Tourism at the University of Limerick, on branding and promoting a tourism destination, 24 February 2004

The Design of Cultural Identity
Speech to Victoria University Design Conference
16 June, 2003

Edge Of Knowledge
Speech to Knowledge Wave 2003, Auckland 
February 19, 2003

Global Edge
Speech to Investment New Zealand Regatta 2003, Auckland February 10, 2003

Golden Weather
Speech to Long Bay College Prizegiving, North Shore, Auckland, November 14, 2001

Nothing is Impossible
Speech to Waikato Management School Recruitment Evening, Waikato University, Hamilton 16 October, 2001

At the Edge - Vision for New Zealand

Speech to the Resource Management Association Law Conference
Auckland, October 2000
    
Inspiration
Speech to the 2000 Compaq Educational Conference
Auckland, April 2000

Risk, Risk Anything!
Speech to the Graeme Bringans Education Trust,
Auckland, November 1999

The New Zealand Edge
Speech to the MBA Association,
Auckland, July 1999

No One Ever Told Us We Couldn’t eh!
Speech to the Secondary Principals Conference, Christchurch, July 1999

 

New Zealand On The Edge
Speech to the Tourism Industry Association Conference, Auckland, August 1998
- Audio version
- Video version

View from the Edge | Gateway to America | Tommorrow is Overdue 
Love for the Family Abroad | Islands at the Center and Edge | Principals  
Every World Needs an Edge | The Design of Cultural Identity | The NZ Edge  
Edge of Knowledge | Global Edge | Golden Weather | Nothing is Impossible 
Vision for New Zealand | Inspiration | Risk, Risk Anything | Tourism


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