NIUE ISLAND, NIUE - JULY 08: New Zealand Prime Minister John Key poses above the sea on July 9, 2009 in Alofi, Niue. The Prime Minister is on a four day visit to Tonga, Samoa, Niue and the Cook Islands for the first time in his role as Prime Minister of New Zealand. Getty Images logo Getty Images 12 months ago

NIUE ISLAND, NIUE - JULY 08: New Zealand Prime Minister John Key poses above the sea on July 9, 2009 in Alofi, Niue. The Prime Minister is on a four day visit to Tonga, Samoa, Niue and the Cook Islands for the first time in his role as Prime Minister of New Zealand.

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  5. AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - JULY 25: (L-R) NZTA Chief Executive Geoff Dangerfield, Prime Minister John Key, Transport Minister Steven Joyce and Auckland City Mayor John Banks cut ribbon to open the new SH20 Manukau Bridge on July 25, 2010 in Auckland, New Zealand. The Manukau Harbour Crossing project involved doubling the traffic capacity of SH20 to provide four traffic lanes in each direction across the Manukau Harbour.
  6. New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key (R) and his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Tan Dung (C) review an honour guard during an official welcoming ceremony held at the presidential palace in Hanoi on July 12, 2010. Key is on a three-day official visit said he anticipated a big boosts to ties with communist Vietnam from a new round of regional trade pacts.
  7. New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key (L) and his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Tan Dung listen to their countries' national anthems during a welcoming ceremony at the presidential palace in Hanoi July 12, 2010. John Key is in Hanoi on a three-day visit to Vietnam from July 10 to 12.
  8. New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key (R) and his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Tan Dung (L) chat while walking in the garden of the presidential palace in Hanoi July 12, 2010. John Key is in Hanoi on a three-day visit to Vietnam from July 10 to 12.
  9. New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key reviews a guard of honour during a welcoming ceremony for him at the presidential palace in Hanoi July 12, 2010. Key is in Hanoi on a three-day visit to Vietnam from July 10 to 12.
  10. New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key (2nd L) and his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Tan Dung (2nd R) conduct a bilateral meeting at the government office in Hanoi July 12, 2010. John Key is in Hanoi on a three-day visit to Vietnam from July 10 to 12.
  11. Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, front left, gestures as he and his New Zealand counterpart John Key, right, walk to a meeting room for talks in Hanoi, Vietnam on Monday July 12, 2010. Key is on a three-day visit to mark the 35th anniversary of diplomatic relations with Vietnam and is aiming to boost bilateral relations.
  12. New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key attends a wreath-laying ceremony at the mausoleum of the late Vietnamese revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi July 11, 2010. Key is in Vietnam for a three-day visit from July 10 to 12.
  13. BEIJING - JULY 07: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao stands waiting to greet visiting New Zealand Prime Minister John Key ahead of a meeting at the Great Hall of the People on July 7, 2010 in Beijing, China. The New Zealand Prime Minister was in China to hold talks with Premier Wen Jiabao and address his desire to increase trade between the two countries.
  14. New Zealand prime minister John Key (C) is shown the way by China's vice president Xi Jinping during a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guest house in Beijing on July 7, 2010.
  15. New Zealand Prime Minister John Key (R) walks to his seat after shaking hands with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) before their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing July 7, 2010.
  16. New Zealand Prime Minister John Key delivers a speech during the South Korea-New Zealand Business Councils Joint Meeting at a hotel in Seoul July 6, 2010. Key arrived in South Korea on Sunday for a four-day visit.

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