Health and education are always issues.

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.

Of course I have an opinion on many things but I don't micromanage.

People are optimistic about the future.

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

In terms of having views and being prepared to express them, yes, I think New Zealand's had a leadership role in a lot of things.

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