John Key
John Key
John Phillip Keyis the 38th Prime Minister of New Zealand, in office since 2008. He has led the New Zealand National Party since 2006...
NationalityNew Zealander
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth9 August 1961
thinking multicultural-society people
I think for the most part people are proud of the bicultural foundation New Zealand is built on and the fact that we are a multicultural society.
debt needs reliance
New Zealand as a whole needs to save more, spend less and reduce our reliance on foreign debt.
party responsibility support
We also need to remember the enduring principles on which the National Party is based – individual responsibility, support for families and communities, and a belief that the State can't and shouldn't do everything.
government environmental records
We should always measure a government's environmental rhetoric against its environmental record
helping-others trying saint
I'm not claiming I'm a saint, but I have a genuine, genuine belief in trying to help others.
sex fruit firsts
I read a review on the Herald, it says it takes 40 minutes to get to the first sex session apparently and the whole movie only contains 11 minutes of forbidden fruit,
stupid impossible-things leader
It would be stupid of me to rule out ever being the leader because that's an impossible thing to rule out. I can't predict future events.
doubt world osama-bin-laden
While his removal will not necessarily bring an immediate end to terrorist activity, I have absolutely no doubt that the world is a safer place without Osama Bin Laden.
personality decision instinct
Your personality as the prime minister feeds through to what you emphasise, and what you don't, how you'll handle a situation - whether you've got the combination of intelligence or instincts to adapt and to make good decisions.
granted given goodwill
We have been given the trust and goodwill of New Zealanders. I do not take that trust for granted, and I never will.
children office poverty
Our opponents say more children are living in poverty than when we came into office. And that's probably right.
gang longer using
If you don't look for them you won't find them. The razor gang is no longer using a razor, it is using a toothpick.
believe deeply good politics
I'm not deeply ideologically driven. I believe in good center-right politics.
again compete countries economy faster global growing running starts stop stronger time transform
We don't tell New Zealanders we can stop the global recession, because we can't. What we do tell them is we can use this time to transform the economy to make us stronger so that when the world starts growing again we can be running faster than other countries we compete with.