If you neglect those who are currently poor and stable, you may create more poor and unstable people. There has been a tremendous concentration of donor interest in countries that are seen as particularly fragile - but it becomes harder to mobilise money for sub-Saharan, plain poor countries.

Business can talk itself into a blue funk.

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

I only take on roles that I'm passionate about.

Economic growth which strips out the planet’s ecosystems is not sustainable

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

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?