“I'm not deeply ideologically driven. I believe in good center-right politics.”
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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.
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.
We have been given the trust and goodwill of New Zealanders. I do not take that trust for granted, and I never will.
New Zealand needs to balance its environmental responsibilities with its economic opportunities, because the risk is that if you don't do that - and you want to lead the world - then you might end up getting unintended consequences.