Well of course New Zealand isn't anti-American.

We need innovation. We need great ideas that can be simply and effectively produced all over the place.

Any serious shift towards more sustainable societies has to include gender equality.

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.

Of course as a small country you're not necessarily in the strongest negotiating position unless you're negotiating with other small countries.

I felt really compromised. I think legal marriage is unnecessary and I would not have formalised the relationship [with husband Peter Davis] except for going into Parliament. I have always railed against it privately.

New Zealand and SA should take this dimension into account, the skills South Africans are presently contributing to New Zealand.