The joint Helensville/Te Tai Tokerau candidates meeting at the Kumeu Baptist Church will be the only local meeting Mr Key attends and his arch rivals Laila Harre, the Internet leader, and Hone Harawira, the Mana leader, had hoped to use it as a platform to tackle him.
Raw: Key at Helensville debate
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