Back in the early days of my political career, I was called Socialist Cindy. I just hate the nickname Cindy.
Copied to Clipboard
Copied to Clipboard
I might be at the odd press conference with a little bit of spill on me because I'm not going to hide the imperfections of parenting. I don't think anyone needs that.
Copied to Clipboard
Copied to Clipboard
I do find it slightly offensive that everyone thinks that every New Zealander starred in either 'Lord of the Rings' or 'The Hobbit.'
Copied to Clipboard
Copied to Clipboard
I am a thinker, and I do muse over things a lot and am constantly assessing whether I am doing enough or what I should be doing more of to make sure I am not letting anyone down.
Copied to Clipboard
Copied to Clipboard
The fact I'm the third female Prime Minister, I never grew up believing my gender would stand in the way of doing anything I wanted.
Copied to Clipboard
Copied to Clipboard
I definitely try not to get too caught up in putting too much of a gender or age assessment on everything - I've just got to get on with it.
Copied to Clipboard
Copied to Clipboard
How great it would be for us all to have the pride of knowing that we, as a country, are one of the best countries to be a child.
Copied to Clipboard
Copied to Clipboard
Ultimately, I do want us to be a transformative government. I want, when we've left, for people to say we're not just clean-green anymore: we're carbon neutral, or we're striving to be.
Copied to Clipboard
Copied to Clipboard
Things like promoting healthy behaviours, including nutrition and activity, and beginning that at school is so critical. We used to have a healthy eating, healthy action plan, elements of which really were dumped by the last government, so we're trying to rebuild a bit of a program of action in that space.