Never look back' is my philosophy.

I have no beliefs of a religious kind.

We need innovation. We need great ideas that can be simply and effectively produced all over the place.

I think it's inevitable that New Zealand will become a republic and that would reflect the reality that New Zealand is a totally sovereign-independent 21st century nation 12,000 miles from the United Kingdom.

I deeply detest social distinction and snobbery, and in that lies my strong aversion to titular honours.

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

I don't know that you're ever going to persuade New Zealanders that they're not going to own their own homes and I'm not going to try.