The Pacific had great hope that when the former President Mitered decided to halt nuclear testing, we had put behind us the issue of nuclear states testing their weapons in our Pacific region.

New Zealand's taken some very significant decisions in relation to defence in the last two years.

It is important to remember that the Pacific Ocean covers a quarter of the world's surface and that each Pacific country has its own cultural, historical and ethnic identity.

Equality and development will not be achieved however if peace is not understood from women's' point of view.

The Platform for Action gives due emphasis to the fact that women globally have continued to have insufficient access to the resources necessary to achieve economic independence.

Peace is a fragile thing. It takes courage to secure it. It takes wisdom to maintain it.

With the adoption of the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women, the international community sent out a clear message that gender based violence will not be tolerated.

The world has been gradually reducing its nuclear arsenals. Testing must stop so that progress on the destruction of nuclear weapons may begin.

By and large, women in New Zealand are fortunate compared with some other countries, including many in our own region. But there is still progress to be made.

Hollow commitments to action in the future are insufficient. Deferring difficult issues must not be tolerated. Our children and grandchildren expect us to speak and act decisively.

NGOs have a significant role to play, alongside governments, in improving the status of women.

The kingdom of God is within you.

Judo was one of those sports where they give you guidelines but then try to tell you to develop your own style.

To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science.

There are few things more amusing in the world of politics than watching moderate Republicans charging to the right in pursuit of greater glory.

For to interpose a little ease, Let our frail thoughts dally with false surmise.

She wept for the hurt that he owned, a hurt she could never hope to remove.

The summit is not the only place on the mountain.

I feel like writing about a time when I was probably, and think all of us are, the happiest before the obligations start in.

Trust your instincts. Intuition doesn't lie.

Man can only find meaning for his existence in something outside himself.