I'm not into power for the sake of it.

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.

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

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

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

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?

People are optimistic about the future.