I think that generally New Zealand is respected for the positions it takes because it thinks them through.

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

Girls can do anything. We do do anything and we expect to be treated as equals.

Never look back. Move on. Aim high. Etc.

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.

I think that generally New Zealand is respected for the positions it takes because it thinks them through.

As New Zealanders, we've been in on the United Nations from the very beginning, played a role in the drafting of the charter - it means a lot to us that those processes are followed.