John Key on Hardtalk, round two

By Celsias Team

Posted on May 18, 2011. Listed in:

Our story last week on John Key’s uncomfortable interview with Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur generated a healthy dose of commentary from Celsias readers. In that interview, Sackur put Key under a flaming hot spotlight with regards to the clean and green image on which New Zealand, somewhat inaccurately, markets itself with. That was part one of the Hardtalk interview and now we’ve managed to find part two.

In part two, Sackur doesn't let up. He probes into the Crafar farms investment scenario as well as New Zealand's trading relationship with China. New Zealand's anti-nuclear stance and its impact on our relationship with the US is also scrutinised.

Check it out below.

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3 comments

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MireFlores

Mr Key did well against some racist, biased and overtalked comments by the interviewer. Does Sackur think it OK to sell to Europeans and Pop Singers, but not to Chinese who would provide investment and markets for our products?

Written in May 2011

Virginia L. 20°

What phrase/term can we come together under that focuses all the 'single issues' into a broader paradigm? I'm calling it The Great Renewal.
Every paradigm has 6 components: language, behaviors, policies, laws, institutions and organizations.
Whatever your passion is begin to say to others: 'I am working on X as part of The Great Renewal.'
It's time to work toward a paradigm shift rather than just fight against.

Written in May 2011

Chris

Key did okay but it was nice to see an interviewer who had done some research and was prepared to put him on the spot - we won't see that from any NZ journo.
BTW, John Key has always been a strong royalist - he brought back knighthoods when the rest of the National cabinet was totally ambivilant about the issue.

Written in May 2011