Zealand Quotes

Well of course New Zealand isn't anti-American.

In terms of having views and being prepared to express them, yes, I think New Zealand's had a leadership role in a lot of things.

The most scared I'd ever been was the first time I sang at a rugby match, Australia versus New Zealand, in front of one hundred thousand people. I had a panic attack the night before because people have been booed off and never worked again... just singing one song, the national anthem.

When I was a child in the 1940s and early 1950s, my parents and grandparents spoke of Britain as home, and New Zealand had this strong sense of identity and coherence as being part of the commonwealth and a the identity of its people as being British.

That was the big effect Lord of the Rings had on me. It was discovering New Zealand. And even more precious were the people- not at all like the Australians.

New Zealand is the only country I know well enough to write about. It can sometimes lead to complications.

New Zealand's Daniel Vettori is a very good bowler.

We prepared to go ashore to publish for the first time in New Zealand the glad tidings of the gospel.

I'd come back after having served as ambassador to New Zealand and found that I had real concerns about the direction in which this country was headed.

New Zealand's taken some very significant decisions in relation to defence in the last two years.