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.

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.

People are optimistic about the future.

Business can talk itself into a blue funk.

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

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?

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