Helen clark

Fortunately New Zealand doesn't have land borders so we are able to be somewhat more rigorous on who gets in and out of our country than perhaps some people.

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.

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...

I've been round Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, and China in the last few months and the message that I've been taking is that New Zealand is building an up market dynamic into a connected economy. And that...

We don't want to deal with a separatist party.

People are optimistic about the future.

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

In terms of having views and being prepared to express them, yes, I think New Zealand's had a leadership role in a lot of things.

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.