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

I only take on roles that I'm passionate about. Life is too short to do things that you're not happy with.

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.

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.

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

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

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.