Well in the end the world can crank itself up to sanctions, as it has with Zimbabwe, another sad case.

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

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

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.

Innovation applied across the board of development is having a huge impact, and can have more. All sorts of technology can provide shortcuts, can overcome obstacles which once seemed insuperable.

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.