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New Zealand Prime Minister John Key settles a defamation case with freelance cameraman Bradley Ambrose, acknowledging comments he made about the man caused him professional and personal harm.
2016-03-21

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key says his country is willing to accept some asylum seekers from the Middle East and Asia, currently in detention camps on impoverished Pacific island nations. Presently, 267 refugees in Australia for medical treatment, some accompanied by a relative, are set to be returned to Nauru’s detention camp. Australia is hesitant about the offer, concerned that it could encourage people smugglers.
2016-02-19

John Key, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, announces plans to deploy up to 143 New Zealand Defence Force personnel to Iraq on a training mission to last no more than two years.
2015-02-24

John Key, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, announces that the 2014 New Zealand election will be held on 20 September 2014.
2014-03-10

Afghanistan: John Key, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, announces that the Government will withdraw forces from Afghanistan early in 2013.
2012-08-20

The Prime Minister of New Zealand John Key warns that the container ship Rena which ran agound on Astrolabe Reef a week ago could break up as oil slicks have appeared on beaches near Tauranga.
2011-10-12

The Prime Minister of New Zealand John Key announces that a second New Zealand Special Air Service soldier has died in fighting in Afghanistan.
2011-09-28

The Prime Minister of New Zealand John Key calls for two minutes of silence on Tuesday March 1 at 12:51 pm, exactly one week after the earthquake.
2011-02-26

The Prime Minister of New Zealand calls an emergency Cabinet meeting while Bob Parker, the Mayor of Christchurch, declares a state of emergency.
2011-02-22

TVNZ "Breakfast" broadcaster Paul Henry questions Prime Minister John Key about whether New Zealand's ethnic minority Governor-General Anand Satyanand, representative of Queen Elizabeth II, is a proper New Zealander. Henry has previously described singer Susan Boyle as "retarded" and homosexuality as "unnatural", though the state-owned broadcaster defends him, furthering the controversy.
2010-10-4