It's really crazy that we have a PM who is a prolific and procient liar when it comes to his ready ability to break pre-election promises once the votes are counted in favour of say this 'current government'. I guess the "Cusp of Something Special' that Key was quoting prior to the last election was the hopeful fact he would tread on off back to his beloved US(and Hawaii).We all know Key loves the US more than he hates and despises NZ and NZers.Not too long ago Key smirked like a traditional village idiot when he said there was no housing crisis in Auckland.
But for some bizarre reason that probably only confirms his total insecurity Key MUST appear on tv regularly making statements that give me(and probably many others in NZ)the impression he truly deems himself as having the total monopoly on intelligence.But all in all the Key obsession to appear on say the Paul Henry Show shows how deeply insecure he is as a person.
John Key cannot tell the truth even if he fell over one(being totally honest with NZers(or as he abhorrently calls us New Zillanders))on a dark night. Instead he hastily(and Bill English does this often as well)blames a previous government for HIS(John Key and the Key government)problems. To Key: blaming a previous Labour government for YOUR MISTAKES since 2008 has gone way past its USED BY DATE. Be an adult for a change and stop blaming someone else for YOUR FAILURES.
And stop thinking a piece of fabric with some symbols on it that will cost NZ taxpayers over $26million in an already decided(as to the new flag that will have National Party blue in it)referendum will 'make NZ billions' is nothing short of usual John Key bullocks. We all know you didn't give a stuff about the Pike River 29 let alone their families because you reneged on a promise to "get the guys out(of the mine) and then denied giving their families $3million in compensation.
All these actions by John Key shows he is totally unacceptable as a New Zealand representative. He is an abysmal failure. But one should expect that from an American.

Most definitely time for Key to open the door and walk out. And his National party should follow.

Winston Peters will look good in office as he is, at this point, the obvious choice to take over. Every other candidate will look lost in the deep end with no waka... or paddle. Whichever you prefer.

Kia ora bro.

you seemed to have changed the wording of this story ...did John Key's "dirty politics" guys pay you a visit about the original version ?

Clearly

So, its a pity that they only asked rich business men/women. had they asked the people, you would have found out that the majority of us wanted him gone in 2009. However, its a pity not everyone voted otherwise he wouldn't be P.M. now.

Look at the flag debate, 12% want it changed, 88% don't. Key says his Government listens to the people.... which "people" are we talking about? Rich Chinese who are buying up Auckland and who also happen to donate to Nationals coffers?

lets not stop at Key... lets dump the entire failed National government.

Those who want Key gone are growing in number, daily. This article is no surprise. Neither it is a surprise that it is no longer available. It has been removed.

My god....Key ? Bridges ? Bennett ? No way !
ABSOLUTELY all as shifty as each other !

Paul Bennefitt? Hahahahahaha. 'business leader's? Morons.

Paula Bennett? lolololol. A vile, spiteful woman who has nothing but contempt for average Kiwis and knows all and f*ck all.

Funnily this morning on TV1 the report was John Key was favoured by the business community of NZ, apparently we are getting crossed wires?

again!!!!

Notice they want a "new John Key" presumably because his "brand has been damaged" other than that he seems to have done exactly what they wanted, so they want a new puppet to further their business as usual agenda...

"What do these clowns take us for?!!!

Running NZ into foreign ownership/debtorship has always been the agenda - John Key was groomed for this ... He was dropped from nowhere into the National Party/NZ politics, then BAMN he was PM! Now that our farmers are being threatened by bank foreclosures and potential sales to foreign interests/China - as has been devastating farming dynasties in Australia - suddenly "Big Business" don't think that John's doing a good job anymore, and he's being excused!

Come on New Zealand - John Key's a "money-man" - an assassin specifically - he knows exactly what he's been doing!!

Key's National Party government HAVE NOT BEEN SERVING NZ and its people - they've been serving themselves! Look at Judith Collins bottling and selling NZ water via Oravida to the Chinese - see her selling and shipping millions of dollars worth of NZ Swamp Kauri to the Chinese!!!!

... John Key had knowledge about the "man-made" HAARP assault/earthquake on Christchurch (the same applied to Fukushima, Japan), and he has indebted New Zealand to foreign interests/control! WTF? People in Christchurch were killed, and have been suffering! Christchurch was devastated and will cost billions to rebuild! John Key is corrupt - he's complicit, and he needs to be brought to account!

This is a man, a Prime Minister who has fulfilled what's been asked of him by Corruption, currying FAVOURS with Global Elites, and gaining SUBSTANTIAL BANK OF AMERICA PROFITS-PLUS in the process!!

He and his party have been undermining the NZ economy for years, and they all need to be brought to account and answerable to the people in courts - particularly regarding knowledge relating to the Christchurch earthquake/s!

Even if they don't get jail time, NEW ZEALAND DESERVES TO SEE JOHN KEY, AND ASSOCIATED MINISTERS BROUGHT BEFORE THE PEOPLE SPECIFICALLY - CALLED TO ACCOUNT AND ANSWERABLE TO THE PEOPLE IN THE COURTS.

P.S.

KIWIS PLEASE BE AWARE that John Key's initiated flag-change isn't about cosmetics ... NZ is registered as a Corporation and Key's flag-change is an attempt to UNDERMINE AND INVALIDATE NZ'S Constitution/Treaty of Waitangi - Our Sovereignty in preparation for the TPPA and potential Corporate takeover ... yes, seriously.

John Key and senior Ministers have also been meeting with iwi behind closed doors over recent months, which is concerning Maori as well, so please be aware of what's going on behind the scenes, and what's in play here ... KEEP NZ'S CURRENT FLAG GUYS - IT'S SAFE-GUARDING NZ'S SOVEREIGNTY...

When I was shown how long this comment was, I had to post a comment simply to tell you that there are enough books in the fuckin' library.

I couldn't agree with you more,I believe this is a criminal act, puppets to the zionist bankers and conglomerates,Hes done his work here,$100 billion in dept,money earning assets sold,privatisation,more taxes,union busting,TPPA,MSM ruled by political party,spying on the public and the most dangerous is Police and judicial system becoming swayed by political bias.

Let's not stop there guys it's the entire government which needs to be removed!

Cthulhu is clearly disappointed with Key's performance on the Trans-Pacific Partnership and Solid Energy - a key element of the climate disruption initiative, The loss of mineral extractors - central to agricultural and aqua-cultural toxification. He thoroughly failed to promote the National Front to mainstream political status, and barely kept ACT viable.

This is not how Cthulhu how destroys worlds, Key's performance is definitely sub par.

The new blasphemy law doesn't even explicitly ban criticism of Cthulhu, perhaps the most serious omission of all. Key is clearly not the team player Cthulhu thought he was.

Typical leftist rhetoric from the humanist branch of the worshipers of Cthulhu.

Dread Cthulhu cares not for mortal politics, nor the environment or climate change. The toxcity of the oceans will not rearrange the stars. And only when those harbingers in our night sky reach their blasphemous syzygy will Cthulhu rise and plunge us into eons of total darkness and despair.

Close your mind to the mortal world and you will hear his eldritch susurrations echo in the deepest recesses of your mind. He will come to you only while you slumber, the fitful uneasy rest of someone who has seen too much, but understands so little. Only by baring your soul to him completely and smashing the flimsy shackles of human sanity will you truly understand the insignificance of your existence.

'Ia! Ia! Cthulhu Fhtagn!

The facts here are simply reported as objectively as possible. Cthulhu is exploiting The Flying Spaghetti Monsters allergies to BS. While Cthulhu care's nothing for humans, they are sometimes "useful" especially the weak minded fascist ones.

quick before he sells us all out with the TPPA

PS also closed my business when GST went up, I was burnt out trying to cover all my costs. it was my little protest - do you think that Government noticed?

He lied to the Pike River families and the New Zealand public,and has watered down the Safety Reform Bill that was a recommendation from the Commission of Inquiry into the disaster, that he has to go.

NZ has $500 billion debt atm - $100 billion of it is government debt. I thought that the banker might understand how banks create our money supply, but not the interest to pay it - so we pay our interest with our real work and real money, but there will never be enough to pay back the debt therefore we will have to sell all our assets - our land our farms our businesses our children our SOE's our houses - and to whom? the banks who create the money in the first place - mmmm - not happy :(

you got it to a tea there Tracy,nothing money taking assets and land

Paula Benefit or Simon Bridges? Is that really the best they can drum up?

All the sudden Cunliffe isn't looking so bad eh?

Bridges is just another mini-Key along with JLR.

Bennett is just a pig of a woman and has nothing but scorn for the people of NZ - that scorn appears to be a compulsory trait for this current government.

The funny thing is, you and I both know Bennett would be a freak in the sheets.

I'd hit that!

Oh bro that's a disgusting thought - spew!

Hahaha... I guarantee you'll look at her differently now. Mmmm...

As a small business owner, I say that he should go. The rise in GST nearly finished our small PRIMARY HALTH CLINIC. The failure to keep ACC subsidy payments in line wioth inflation.1.9% after waiting for seven years means that the public are now paying twice for this provision. Our sector is being slowly but surely removed from the provision landscape!

Maybe those 'business leaders' could start thinking about the state of the environment and figure out how they will contribute to the survival of the human species...make that all species. We need a mindshift from the status quo. And journalists such as Fran O'Sullivan could help.

I as a member of the public say time for the banker to go he is a traitor and has sold Nz out to the highest bidder.

He's done his job- destabilised disemboweled and destroyed nz for his multinational club to walk in now and pick the last flesh from our bones.Rot in Hades Jkey

I think the grooming could let up a bit, in favour of brainstorming a credible growth strategy. Key & English have delivered nothing but debt.

I think you mean Simon Power. And pony-tail gate, not pony-gate. And has Fran O'Sullivan replaced Liam Dann as Business Editor?