I think for the most part people are proud of the bicultural foundation New Zealand is built on and the fact that we are a multicultural society.

We have been given the trust and goodwill of New Zealanders. I do not take that trust for granted, and I never will.

We should always measure a government's environmental rhetoric against its environmental record

We also need to remember the enduring principles on which the National Party is based – individual responsibility, support for families and communities, and a belief that the State can't and shouldn't do everything.

While his removal will not necessarily bring an immediate end to terrorist activity, I have absolutely no doubt that the world is a safer place without Osama Bin Laden.

Osama Bin Laden was responsible for the deaths of thousands of people, including New Zealanders, in several different parts of the world.

I'm not claiming I'm a saint, but I have a genuine, genuine belief in trying to help others.