Thank you for inviting me here today- thank you for the interesting and intriguing invitation.
I bring Best Wishes from the Hon John Key, Prime Minister who is well aware of the St Thomas’s Young Enterprise schemes - he really enjoyed the time he was able to support one of the schemes. And has followed the St Thomas success in this arena ever since. And I will make sure he knows about this one.
I said it was an interesting and intriguing invitation- the invitation was interesting because we know that whatever Enterprise NZ projects St Thomas’s do - they do it well.
Over years they have come up with some fabulous products – several have been to do with cars, and monitoring anti-social road user behavior, There has been books, cookies, hats – or sorts and they have often been recognized in the Young Enterprise awards. But there is another dimension to the businesses that the boys of St Thomas’s set up.
They also have a social responsibility component - in making their Salam biscuits they brought young people of different religious groups together. The book they wrote was aimed at breaking down racial barriers and encouraging better literacy. The hats and clothes were made of eco friendly materials. So what social dimension will the product we are seeing today have?
Intriguing because the “commercial sensitivity” around the product. We can only guess what it might be…..
I looked at the name Oceanic Fusion- with all the excitement around the All White and their representations of Oceania – I thought it was a great name and good timing.
The Fusion- which that hints of exciting and interesting results. Like the Asian pacific fusion food that New Zealand is getting known for?
So Oceanic Fusion you have caught my imagination - and I am looking forward to hearing more about your business.
Congratulations to the team involved in their project- it’s a always a big effort creating their companies, and congratulations to St Thomas’s for supporting such an active, exciting and successful programme.
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