I have no beliefs of a religious kind.

Someone's got to break the glass ceiling, and once it's broken, everybody else comes clamouring up behind.

In the end, there will always be a fundamental difference of perspective between New Zealand and Australia on defense, whoever is in government.

I think the penny has dropped that the All Blacks aren't automatically just going to be the best team in the world.

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.

We need a lot of thinking and ideas. We need all the innovators, particularly with the new sustainable technologies - how do we get them to affordability so that people can generate clean energy?

In terms of protecting ourselves, the main issues are around how do we protect our borders [from illegal migrants and livestock and plant diseases], how do we protect our fisheries?