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Ive worked as a diplomat before I became a politician.
I've worked as a diplomat before I became a politician.
Those who are flexible in thought, will inevitably succeed.
Motor racing's less of a sport these days than a commercial break doing 150 mph.
If theres a sustainable job that will create sustainable value, people will hire for it.
If there's a sustainable job that will create sustainable value, people will hire for it.
Someone said to me, "How's your rabbit food?" I said, "Fine." ... "How's your vulture food?"
I have never commented on a caucus issue or a shadow Cabinet issue, and I'm not about to start now.
No one has a monopoly on our unending story of nationhood; no one has the manual for our nationhood.
The investigators are gathering evidence all the time and they've put together a package of evidence.
A just cause should need no interpretation yet flounders when confronted by self- interest and corruption.
I want to get down to the nuts and bolts of what is actually going to change to lift New Zealands economic performance.
I want to get down to the nuts and bolts of what is actually going to change to lift New Zealand's economic performance.
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.
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.
I've 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.
Socialism's not a word that I use. I say 'social democracy' because I don't think the government needs to own all the means of production.
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.
I think that's what all New Zealanders who are fair-minded want - a good chance for everybody to get ahead, whether it's education or housing.
I do not believe it is all about the leader. I think it's about the team, too. So we have one mission; we have one team; we are working to victory.
I've said in the primary race repeatedly that a Labour Party that I lead would be a true red Labour Party, be very clear about its social democratic roots and its social democratic agenda.
I have picked the very, very best deputy that I could. David Parker is a fantastic guy. Hes a person who I trust absolutely. Hes got a wonderful sense for policy. He will be great on organisation, and I know that I could not have a better deputy.
I have picked the very, very best deputy that I could. David Parker is a fantastic guy. He's a person who I trust absolutely. He's got a wonderful sense for policy. He will be great on organisation, and I know that I could not have a better deputy.
I support a constitutional conversation, as the Labour Party does, which will allow New Zealanders to evolve a more mature and stable constitutional form, but that's not something that I, as Labour Party, would want to impose, either on the party or on the public.
You're damn right we need a rational code of morality and ethics. But not much progress can be made in that direction while we've still got a majority ranting about gods, devils, souls, and absolute morality, and using an ancient book written by ignorant nomads as a guide.
If a country develops an economic system that is based on how to pay for the war, and if the amounts of fixed capital investment that are apparent are tied up in armaments, and if that country is a major exporter of arms, and its industrial fabric is dependent on them, then it would be in that country's interests to ensure that it always had a market. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is clearly in the interests of the world's leading arms exporters to make sure that there is always a war going on somewhere.