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 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.

Our opponents say more children are living in poverty than when we came into office. And that's probably right.

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

Your personality as the prime minister feeds through to what you emphasise, and what you don't, how you'll handle a situation - whether you've got the combination of intelligence or instincts to adapt and to make good decisions.

I read a review on the Herald, it says it takes 40 minutes to get to the first sex session apparently and the whole movie only contains 11 minutes of forbidden fruit.