John Key, Art Green and John Campbell. Photo / Dean Purcell, Supplied, Greg Bowker
John Key, Art Green and John Campbell. Photo / Dean Purcell, Supplied, Greg Bowker
What do journalist John Campbell, Bachelor star Art Green and X Factor contestant Joe Irvine all have in common?
They're all contenders in this year's quote of the year competition.
Organised by Massey University, the competition is open for voting in a bid to find the year's best, funniest, mostdramatic or most damning statement.
Other contenders include waitress Amanda Bailey talking about the time John Key pulled her ponytail, All Black coach Steve Hansen discussing the Rugby World Cup,
Read the quotes below, then click on the link to cast your vote.
"That's a very tantalising ponytail." - Waitress Amanda Bailey's recollection of Prime Minister John Key's statement before pulling her ponytail.
"The French love the coq." - ACT Leader David Seymour making a gaffe when answering a question about whether his silver fern pin would be replaced with a red peak flag.
"Just my arm." - Steven Hansen when asked what else he had up his sleeve during the Rugby World Cup tournament.
"I started here aged 27 in a suit I borrowed from my Dad. I could never have dreamed what would happen in the next 24 years." - John Campbell speaking to viewers on the final Campbell Live show.
John Campbell signs off from his last ever broadcast of Campbell Live on TV3.
"We've been asked to vote for the tallest dwarf." - Marketing expert Mike Hutcheson discussing the chosen four flag designs (before Red Peak was added) on TVNZ's Breakfast show.
"Squeaky sand, eh!" - Bachelor Art Green after contestant Poppy Salter passes wind on their televised first date in what became known internationally as "the fart that stopped the nation".
"I survived the Kills!" - Tweet of X factor contestant Joe Irvine after being bullied by Natalia Kills and Willy Moon on live television. Kills and Moon were sacked from the show following a public outcry.
"No man should have his wife's brain on his shirt." - A point made repeatedly by Queen's Counsel Philip Morgan in the Mark Lundy murder case retrial.
"Here's the thing - none of us get out of life alive. So be gallant, be great, be gracious, and be grateful for the opportunities that you have." - Student Jake Bailey in a speech at his senior prize-giving ceremony a week after he was told if he did not get cancer treatment he would not be alive to give the speech.
"I used to make fun of him, I said no one could catch him because whenever the nostrils flared up he took all the oxygen." - Former All Black Eric Rush paying tribute to Jonah Lomu at his memorial.
