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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Moral persuasion over a period of time makes a difference, but we shouldn't be naive to think that just because we raise it in a meeting it will make all those problems go away. It won't and it doesn't.
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I'm not deeply ideologically driven. I believe in good center-right politics.
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Sure I can sit around and do absolutely nothing for the next nine years and I might survive that long but it's not going to take New Zealand anywhere.
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We are a small, open economy, highly dependent on global flows. It is inevitably a demand that dramatically alters and that is reflected in what we feel here in New Zealand. So there is at its most basic level a limit to what we can do and that is true everywhere.
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The tragedy is that New Zealanders are paying with their jobs because this government has squandered the golden years.
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It would be a dark day for New Zealand if Fletcher Building relocated. We have to look at the savings industry and see if it's working properly. We have to look around the corporate tax rate.
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Australia is taking an aggressive view to attracting talent.
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Dr Cullen should take our advice and cut business taxes, as well as free businesses from red tape.
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I used to think... that people would think badly of me for various stuff they read. But now I accept it's just part of the deluge of stuff that comes every day.
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The surplus confirms that business tax cuts are affordable and so are personal tax cuts.
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I have more engagement with New Zealand than people might think. Unlike the impression I have of the American president, who sits in the Oval Office and people come to them.
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Investment is crucial. Because the truth is, you only get jobs and growth in the economy when people invest money, at their own risk, in setting up a business or expanding an existing business.
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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.
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The Government has to stop borrowing as much money; if we don't, quite frankly New Zealand will be downgraded and interest rates will go up for all New Zealanders.