Key's campaign trail gets messy

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Thu, 17 Nov 2011 7:00p.m.

John Key visited a school on the campaign trail

John Key visited a school on the campaign trail

John Key was on the campaign trail in Whangarei today – he visited a family centre and a highly successful boat building company, Circa Marine.

Cute kids and a Kiwi business success story – it’s classic campaign trail stuff, but today was a bit of a shambles.

The difference is that Mr Key’s under siege and, highly unusually for him, he's lost a bit of his confidence and ease.

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25 Nov 2011 03:24a.m.

jan.. wrote:

Key a bloodshed terrorist..

19 Nov 2011 12:48a.m.

bruce wrote:

Insightful stuff TV3.

18 Nov 2011 03:16p.m.

smurf king wrote:

I am the True Smurf King. I will denounce the imposter leading my little smurflettes down the path of danger and deviance

18 Nov 2011 08:40a.m.

erik wrote:

where is the real questions campbell? Like winston when will you pay back the $158,000 you stole from taxpayers. Goff, what else do your new billboards plan to leave us as well as the debt they promise to leave. hilary do you know how to count? I'll give you a quick lesson, $400 million ECE funding under labour. $1.2 billion ECE funding under national, that isn't a cut. guessing you failed basic math. what the government did do was decide that ECE areas where people were not wealthy deserved more funding than areas that were, and that areas where they did not have enough teachers shouldn't be closed but should receive extra funding to get the teachers they needed.

18 Nov 2011 06:58a.m.

Miss Molly wrote:

What's up with the small group of young Key persons following him around in the campaign bus applauding him where ever he goes? What a crack up!!!

17 Nov 2011 10:00p.m.

matty wrote:

This article is so thin and pathetic, that no one put their name to it. Come on TV3, pick up your act.

17 Nov 2011 09:47p.m.

hilary wrote:

he cuts early education funding and has the cheek to smile and laugh with them.
a callous man

17 Nov 2011 08:43p.m.

johnmillan wrote:

Key is full of joy acting like a little child again,but their parents better keep a close eye on their kids,they might all get painted blue.