I think thats what all New Zealanders who are fair-minded want - a good chance for everybody to get ahead, whether its education or housing.

Ive been really clear that my first job as leader of the Labour Party and co-leader of the labour movement is to engage with our base.

I want to get down to the nuts and bolts of what is actually going to change to lift New Zealands economic performance.

Those who are flexible in thought, will inevitably succeed.

Socialisms not a word that I use. I say social democracy because I dont think the government needs to own all the means of production.

If theres a sustainable job that will create sustainable value, people will hire for it.

Ive worked as a diplomat before I became a politician.

It's Better to Have Something Than Nothing..

My mom wouldn't let me buy clothes she didn't like, so I dressed like a middle-aged woman in high school.

I’m restless. Things are calling me away. My hair is being pulled by the stars again.

I am like a lemon. I'm pressed for more juice. When I have fun, there's still juice. I am not dried up.

After being Turned Down by numerous Publishers, he had decided to write for Posterity.

Do you want to be happy? Forget yourself and get lost in this great cause.

By 1988, I was living in New York myself.

I hate that word blog It sounds like a large accumulation of snot

A good marriage is each for the other and two against the world.

The first essential for an attack is the will to attack.