Nobody owns water and that is not up for negotiation - Prime
Minister John Key and Deputy Prime Minister Bill English made
their position clear yesterday as they battled more potential
strife on the proposed part-sale of state-owned energy
companies.
The Prime Minister has defended some of the Government's most
controversial actions at his annual Waitangi Day breakfast -
including mining, asset sales and the Crafar Farms sale to a
Chinese company.
Prime Minister John Key says the tradition of
politicians going to Te Tii Marae should continue, despite
calls for the annual visit to be scrapped after he was
shouted off the marae by protestors yesterday.
The Government is reviewing the cost of the chauffeur-driven
BMW service for ministers as part of its savings drive,
briefings to incoming ministers revealed this week.