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01 / belief
“I think New Zealand is about, as you know, one of the most analyzed or overanalyzed countries in every area of reform.”
02 / belief
“In my view, the governance issues here and in most of sub-Saharan Africa mean that these problems won’t be solved for the next 25 years at least.”
03 / belief
“I think fundamentally, we’d had quite an entrepreneurial society. People went to New Zealand; Indigenous people went to New Zealand.”
04 / belief
“Auckland has some of the least affordable housing in the world, I think number five, last time I looked.”
05 / belief
“Quite a lot, I would say: Not prejudging people. Not believing in stereotypes. Really, really doing your homework and understanding issues deeply — and the history of issues, and how history has shaped how people think and how they behave — before you judge them or let alone try and influence them.”
06 / belief
“I think countries that have been successful, they have wave after wave of reform, change, innovation and they’re good at it.”
07 / belief
“You can make it just for the elite in a shopping mall, or you’re going to have a variety of formats where you accommodate everybody. We go out of our way, and it’s very unusual how we think about that.”
08 / belief
“I’m trying to understand, and I’m trying to help my team to understand, the best way to manage and work with people in Africa. Because I think we thought we knew a lot, but I think there’s some things we don’t understand as well as we might.”
09 / belief
“Flowers — it’s a massive success story, but I think there’s more that can be done there as well.”