Should the Government bail out key local companies in financial trouble?

A steep drop in demand has seen sales drop by as much as 19 per cent in key foreign markets. Photo / Glenn Jeffrey

Opinion

Prime Minister John Key has not ruled out assisting New Zealand whiteware maker Fisher & Paykel Appliances, which has announced plans to find a cornerstone investor to help dig it out of a mountain of debt.

Key said the Government did not want to become a primary banker, but it was not ruling out the option of helping Fisher & Paykel.

"Governments around the world have taken that course and we reserve the right to do so."

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