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Special Edition - 1 Year In

beehive.govt.nz — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:43:59 +1300

John Key | Prime Minister

Click here to watch my latest video diary on YouTube BOOSTING TRADE Last weekend I was in Singapore for the APEC Summit, and I had the chance to catch up with US President Barack Obama and Canadian P...

Boosting Tourism

beehive.govt.nz — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:21:12 +1300

John Key | Prime Minister

Click here to watch my latest video diary on YouTube. BOOSTING TOURISM It was fantastic to visit Kaikoura yesterday for the first time as Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism. I was in town with loc...

No. 4

beehive.govt.nz — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:49:46 +1300

Bill English | Finance

LOWER UNEMPLOYMENT PEAK EXPECTED Unemployment data this week is expected to show a lift in the number of jobless. However there are some glimmers of hope on the horizon. In the Budget in May, Treasu...

No.59 - Lifting Education Standards

beehive.govt.nz — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:14:27 +1300

John Key | Prime Minister

Watch my latest video journal here. LIFTING EDUCATION STANDARDS I had fun this morning meeting the children at Glen Taylor School in Auckland with Education Minister Anne Tolley. We were there to laun...

No.58 - "Tackling P"

beehive.govt.nz — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:34:52 +1300

John Key | Prime Minister

Watch my latest video diary here. The Prime Minister amid the devastation at Lalomanu following the tsunami in Samoa (see article below) See more photos from the PM’s visit here. TACKLING P P, or ...

Key Notes No.57

beehive.govt.nz — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:58:44 +1200

John Key | Prime Minister

Click here to watch my latest video diary. NEWS FROM NEW YORK We’re having a very busy week in New York. The 64th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations is an opportunity to meet wi...

No.3

beehive.govt.nz — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:21:33 +1200

Bill English | Finance

THE ECONOMY MOVES ON TO FIRMER FOOTING This week I've been encouraged by signs the economy is stabilising. Official statistics show New Zealand outperformed expectations in the June quarter and inched...

No.56

beehive.govt.nz — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:33:11 +1200

John Key | Prime Minister

Click here to watch my latest video diary on YouTube BOOSTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SCHOOLCHILDRENMany parents get their children involved in school holiday activities. Things like sports training, lifesa...

No.2 - 27 August 2009

beehive.govt.nz — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:37:36 +1200

Bill English | Finance

RETAIL DEPOSIT GUARANTEE - THE NEXT PHASE This week I outlined the future of the Retail Deposit Guarantee Scheme. The current scheme ends on October 12, 2010. That scheme was put together in the mids...

No.55

beehive.govt.nz — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:21:12 +1200

John Key | Prime Minister

Click here to watch my latest video blog. ENCOURAGING SPORT IN SCHOOLS Often, politics can seem like a tug-of-war. And once in a while it actually is. I had fun out on the sportsfield with the childr...

No.54

beehive.govt.nz — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:08:41 +1200

John Key | Prime Minister

Watch my latest video diary - click here BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Young New Zealanders are being particularly hard hit by this recession. 18- to 24-year-olds are the fastest growing ag...

No.1 - 30 July 2009

beehive.govt.nz — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:37:33 +1200

Bill English | Finance

A WARM WELCOME Welcome to the first instalment of my monthly newsletter. The aim is to inform you - New Zealand businesses and individuals - about the Government's economic plans and get your comment...

No.53

beehive.govt.nz — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:32:12 +1200

John Key | Prime Minister

Watch my latest video diary here. STRENGTHENING TIES WITH THE PACIFIC We had a busy but successful trip to Tonga, Samoa, Niue, and the Cook Islands last week - and our delegation had some very ...

No.52

beehive.govt.nz — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:07:30 +1200

John Key | Prime Minister

Watch my latest video diary here. TRANSFORMING TAMAKI I had a great time yesterday visiting the Tamaki Transformation Programme in Auckland and meeting pupils from Pt England School. The Programme is...

No.51

beehive.govt.nz — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:34:40 +1200

John Key | Prime Minister

Check out and comment on my latest video diary here on YouTube. ALL BLACKS V FRANCEIt was great to see so many school rugby captains - girls and boys - from secondary schools around Wellington at the ...

No.50

beehive.govt.nz — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:56:13 +1200

John Key | Prime Minister

Watch my latest video journal here. GETTING NEW ZEALAND ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY The 2009 Budget gets New Zealand on the road to recovery. It puts in place policies to ensure our economy emerges stron...

No.49 - 22 May 2009

beehive.govt.nz — Fri, 22 May 2009 17:23:12 +1200

John Key | Prime Minister

Flat Stanley makes another call The Prime Minister with Flat Stanley from the children of Room 10, Te Awa School, Napier. The Flat Stanley project involves schoolchildren reading and writing about Fl...

No.48 - 08 May

beehive.govt.nz — Fri, 08 May 2009 15:34:05 +1200

John Key | Prime Minister

OUR ECONOMIC PROSPECTS I know that things are hard for many of you at the moment. You may be worried about your job or the jobs of your friends or loved ones. You may be losing customers or having to ...

No.47 - 23 April 2009

beehive.govt.nz — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:21:17 +1200

John Key | Prime Minister

TWITTER I'm now on Twitter - a free social networking website that lets you keep in touch with what I'm up to. We're still in the set-up phase, but I already have over 600 "followers". I'll get more ...

No.46 - 09 April

beehive.govt.nz — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:11:06 +1200

John Key | Prime Minister

THREE DAYS ON THE ROADOne of the best things about my job is the huge variety of things I get to do, and the huge variety of people (and animals) I get to spend time with.Last Thursday as part of the...

No.45 - 26 March

beehive.govt.nz — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:28:30 +1200

John Key | Prime Minister

Watch my latest video journal on YouTube - click the image, or here. LOOKING ON THE BRIGHT SIDE Every day that I am on the road, I talk to people who are concerned about the economy and what the futur...

No.44 - 12 March 2009

beehive.govt.nz — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:53:35 +1300

John Key | Prime Minister

I've enjoyed reading your comments about the Job Summit. It was a really useful day and it sparked some great ideas. Now we're focusing on putting the best of these into action. Yesterday I announced ...

No.43 - 26 February 2009

beehive.govt.nz — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 15:19:56 +1300

John Key | Prime Minister

THE WORLD'S MOST HEARTBREAKING AND REWARDING JOBS Every now and then I get to do something that is really special, something that brings home just how lucky most of us are and how amazing this country...

No.42 - 23 January 2009

beehive.govt.nz — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:42:26 +1300

John Key | Prime Minister

THE NEW YEAR Watch my first video diary for 2009 here. I hope you've had a great start to the year. I really enjoyed watching President Obama's inauguration on Wednesday morning. It was an amazing mo...