Well, to me, it is about setting the policies that make it as easy as possible for the residents of this land to have happy and satisfying lives.

It means ultimately, that every single person in this country, be they a natural citizen or not, should be able to look back on whatever portion of their lives that they spent in NZ and be able to honestly think to themselves on their death bed “I feel that I have had all of the choices and opportunities open to me in life.”

Whether they have made the right choices and taken their opportunities is not for the state to measure, but the state can play a part in providing equality of opportunity and freedom of choice by legislating where necessary, and removing barriers and rules where possible.

This means that we need, as a state to put our focus on some…