Owners of leaky homes don't have to take up a "short cut deal" if they don't want to, Prime Minister John Key says.There has been criticism of the proposal, revealed in a leaked paper published by the New Zealand Herald newspaper...
The tragedy of the Pacific tsunami has deeply affected all of New Zealand, Prime Minister John Key said yesterday.People from across the community met in the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Parnell, to remember those who lost their...
Well, Rodney Hide might have said that John Key doesn't do anything, and I'm sure that is not right judging from Key's gratifying speech last month on tackling the "P" problem in New Zealand, which was clearly his own initiative.To...
Wellington - One year after John Key became the most inexperienced politician to be sworn in as prime minister of New Zealand, he is still soaring in the opinion polls - despite the apparent death wishes of some of h...
Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang and New ZealandPrime Minister John Key agreed during a meeting Monday to actively explore new ways to advance cooperation between the two countries. New Zealand was the first developed nation to sign a free trade agreement with China.
The Government is to pump an extra $20 million into marketing New Zealand as a tourism destination. Prime Minister John Key, who is also Tourism Minister, yesterday revealed the promised extra funding, which will bring New Zealand's...
Prince William is to open the New Zealand Supreme Court building in January, Prime Minister John Key announced today.He will be in the country from January 17-19 .The prince last visited in 2005 when he followed the British...
Prime Minister John Key appears to be gearing himself up to take the economy off the fiscal "life support" that has saved New Zealand from outright depression.In Tokyo this week, Key conceded that "monetary policy needs mates"...
Say cheese. It was the appropriate command yesterday as John Key and his official party posed on the steps with the management of the Hoko Cheese Plant in Nishinomiya City.New Zealand flags were abundant, as were the "haere mai"...
John Key will make a bold pitch for a free-trade agreement between Japan and New Zealand when he meets Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama late tonight in Tokyo.And the new Prime Minister's vow to end the power of officials...
Prime Minister John Key has welcomed the signing of a new trade deal with Malaysia as a significant step in relations with Southeast Asia. Trade Minister Tim Groser signed New Zealand's seventh free-trade agreement which officials believe is worth about $10 million a year to exporters. Tim Groser talks to Sibyl Mandow live from Kuala Lumpur about why we should be excited.
John Key says the signing of a free trade deal with Malaysia is another vital move towards a "step change" for the New Zealand economy.The agreement, signed in Kuala Lumpur yesterday, will boost New Zealand's kiwifruit industry,...
New Zealand is unlikely to face any upward pressure on interest rates until mid-2010 "at the earliest," but the strong New Zealand dollar is pressuring exporters, said Prime Minister John Key.
Prime Minister John Key could confound the critics if his Government develops a proposal to create New Zealand as a global finance administration centre.Right now Key faces charges that he has lost his mojo as he opts for "play...
John Key leaves today for the East Asia Summit in Thailand - his first stop in something of an Asian blitz by New Zealand to cement relationships with important new Governments.The Prime Minister will be joined in Thailand by...