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Have your say: Honesty, John

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Prime Minister John Key. Photo / Michael Cunningham

Prime Minister John Key. Photo / Michael Cunningham

Which hat will John Key wear when he has a referendum on the proposed new flag design for New Zealand?

Will it be in his "capacity as PM?" or "I will treat this as a one off binding referendum" (not the PM's style) or "a firefighter putting up a smoke screen to divert a larger fire from spreading?"

Which ever hat he wears it will be one with a hidden agenda, that is for certain! Some honesty would not go amiss, John.

Marie Kaire
Ngararatunua
Whangarei

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