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John Phillip Key (born 9 August 1961) is the 38th and current Prime Minister of New Zealand and leader of the New Zealand National Party.After a career in foreign exchange Key entered the New Zealand House of Representatives in 2002 representing the Auckland constituency of Helensville, a seat that he has held since then. In 2004 he was appointed Finance Spokesman for National and eventually succeeded Don Brash as the National Party leader in 2006. Key led his party to victory in the November 2008 general election.
Aucklands population growth, as evidenced in the 2001 census, led to the creation of a new electorate called Helensville, which covered the north-western corner of the Auckland urban area. Key beat long-serving MP Brian Neeson (whose own Waitakere seat had been rendered ...
About 250 National Party delegates are expected to give Prime Minister John Key a hero\'s reception at the party\'s two-day mainland conference in Timaru... , positive
Prime Minister John Key faced up to the families in Greymouth today, who called on him to keep a promise to do whatever it takes to get the 29 bodies out.
He told them he would do what he can but that does not actually mean a recovery mission is any closer to happening.
Sonya Rockhouse lost a son in Pike River.
She says Mr Key promised to help get the body out and wants him to keep his word.
“He stood up in front of the families and said that the Government would do whatever it could for a recovery of the men, no matter what the cost. I expect him to stand by that commitment he ...
Prime Minister John Key is betting March quarter gross domestic product data due on Friday will be better than the Reserve Bank of New Zealand is forecasting.The central bank thinks the economy shrank by 1 percent in the March quarter in its fifth consecutive quarterly contraction."The advice I've had is that it is likely to be a lower number than that," Mr Key said on Radio New Zealand today."Why? Because the building and construction sector is holding up so well," he said.The average forecast for the March quarter in a Reuters poll is for a 0.7 percent contraction.New Zealand politicians do ...
The tourism industry is being hurt by swine flu as travellers in some countries put holidays on hold, Prime Minister John Key said on Monday.Statistics New Zealand said on Monday that in the year to May, 1,001,880 visitors arrived from Australia - the first time the number has topped a million.However, the news elsewhere was not so good with numbers down from each of the five largest sources of visitors after Australia.Travellers from Britain were down 27,300 or 9%, from Korea down 25,500 or 28%, from Japan down 22,100 or 19%, from the United States down 21,200 or 10% and from China down ...
Key Notes: Budget issue John Key | Prime Minister
Building momentum and delivering on our promises
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Funding boosts to help vulnerable children - PM John Key | Prime Minister
Prime Minister John Key today announced Government funding to expand Fonterra and Sanitarium’s KickStart Breakfast programme, and a grant to KidsCan to boost a variety of the charity’s initiatives.
“By teaming up with Fonterra and Sanitarium, and deepening our support for KidsCan, we are building on the existing strengths of these organisations, while keeping the costs to taxpayers down,” says Mr Key.
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Meth plan continues to show results John Key | Prime Minister
Prime Minister John Key today released the latest Indicators and Progress Report for the Government’s Tackling Methamphetamine Action Plan, and says while the picture of methamphetamine (P) supply in New Zealand remains a complex one, the efforts of law enforcement agencies are continuing to produce positive signs.
“When the Government began this plan in 2009, New Zealand had one of the highest prevalence rates of P use in the world, with 2.1 per cent of the population using the drug. The latest data shows this rate has more than halved to 0.9 per cent.
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Budget 2013 John Key | Budget 2013
Budget 2013
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