Jenny Shipley

"Most New Zealanders are colourful and determined people, ambitious, forward looking, energetic and productive, caring and compassionate."

"We can't look back nostalgically as some are wont to do, to failed remedies of the past. We must keep up, keep going, keep progressing."

"Government programmes are making a positive difference, not a negative one. We must ask the right questions and expect answers."

"The Government knows that New Zealanders need a sense of certainty and security about their publicly funded health services. We all need to know that publicly funded services will be there when we need them."

"We have a record. We intend to deliver."

"Let this year be one where parties say what they stand for, not against. Let's get rid of the whingeing and weak criticism which occurs for the sake of it."

"The way to solve it is not necessarily becoming more liberal but rather trying to find ways that both educate, treat people who are clearly ill and deny access where that's possible."

"I don't think that we should try and beat history."

"This is an extraordinary set of circumstances that currently prevail. I think we must wait and see what occurs."