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
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I want to leave New Zealand in better shape than I found it. I know the job of prime minister is not forever and I'm going to do the best I can every day to make that difference.
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I believe the future of our country can be really great.
bit life
You get out of life what you put into it. I think you need a bit of luck but you also make a bit of luck. I think that if you're a pretty decent person you'll get back what you put in.
The world, whether we like it or not, will become more and more borderless.
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I guess I'm reasonably confident in all honesty. But I definitely don't think I'm arrogant. I'm pretty down to earth, I mean I'm genuinely down to earth.
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I have always thought, genuinely thought, that elections are like world cups. They sometimes look easier from the outside and they are very difficult when you are in the middle of them.
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Sunday night I always cook if I can - if I'm home, I always cook.
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If I had terminal cancer, I had a few weeks to live, I was in tremendous amount of pain - if they just effectively wanted to turn off the switch and legalise that by legalising euthanasia, I'd want that.
equality
We live in a world where equality is pretty important.
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I think what happens when you are prime minister is no day is the same and every day you are under pressure. And there is always so much happening that the days just flash by and flash into weeks.
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I think it is only natural that people have anxiety about the economy because the economy is real. It is their job, their ability to service their mortgage and look after their family. And in the final analysis, nothing is more important than your capacity as a breadwinner or an earner to provide for those that rely on you.
bit hard might push time
From time to time I might push a little bit too hard and I have got to be a bit more careful.
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I engage with a lot of journalists, some of them have history and some of them don't, that's not my concern. My concern is to make sure I represent the views I want to represent on those shows.
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That approach is like letting the inmates run the jail. Reviews like this should be done independently of departments.