Afghanistan is one of the poorest countries on earth. Security issue or no security issue, there would need to be a focus on it.

Afghanistan is one of the poorest countries on earth. Security issue or no security issue, there would need to be a focus on it.

It is a very small minority point of view and I think, through continuing to set the tone of tolerance, acceptance, and diversity, you just have to further marginalize such people. Hopefully one day nobody will think that way.

Equity, dignity, happiness, sustainability - these are all fundamental to our lives but absent in the GDP.

I think that generally New Zealand is respected for the positions it takes because it thinks them through.

Grounded in international human rights, gender equality doesn’t just improve the lives of individual women, girls, and their families; it makes economic sense, strengthens democracy, and enables long-term sustainable progress.

Fortunately New Zealand doesn't have land borders so we are able to be somewhat more rigorous on who gets in and out of our country than perhaps some people.