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Labour wants Kiwibank guarantee from National

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Thu, 24 Nov 2011 6:10a.m.

Labour Party leader Phil Goff

Labour Party leader Phil Goff

Days out from the election the asset sale debate continues, with Labour asking for John Key’s signature.

The National leader is choosing to ignore the latest stunt by Labour over asset sales; they have asked him to sign a pledge vowing not to sell Kiwibank.

Mr Key says National won’t sell it, but he’s refusing to sign Labour’s pledge.

Party leader Phil Goff is rallying the troops anyway.

“We own Kiwibank and it’s going to stay that way.”

Mr Goff says National can’t be trusted not to sell the state-owned bank.

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28 Nov 2011 08:50a.m.

Verrnon L Morgan wrote:

Why would anyone want to buy Kiwibank when the overriding reason most people joined Kiwibank in the first place, is beacuse it is a fully New Zealand owned bank. Most of Kiwibank's customers would quit and find another New Zealand owned bank and the "purchaser" would be left with an empty vault to gaze despondently into.
It is our bank Key, not yours, so keep your greasy paws off.
VLM

24 Nov 2011 12:04p.m.

Bruce wrote:

After all.. Key and National did say just prior to the 2008 election "We will not sell KiwiBank in our FIRST term".