IS JOHN KEY A KEY?
NEW ZEALAND’S FORMER PRIME MINISTER JOHN KEYS, WHO RESIGNED IN 2O16 UNEXPECTEDLY, AND OBAMA.
https:// www.smh.com.au/world/new-zealand-prime-minister-john-key-resigns-20161205-gt3z12.html
NEW ZEALAND OF ONE OF THE ‘FIVE EYES” and under Key’s leadership was caught gathering intelligence via 5 EYES for other countries.
https:// www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/mar/05/new-zealand-spying-on-pacific-allies-for-five-eyes-and-nsa-snowden-files-show
Obama visited New Zealand last month for a 3 day visit with ‘leaders’ and kept a very low profile.
http:// www.foxnews.com/world/2018/03/20/former-president-obama-arrives-in-new-zealand-for-3-day-trip.html
Obama’s trip was arranged by AIR NEW ZEALAND, where John Keys now works.
Key and Obama played golf together in Hawaii in 2014 and it is understood a rematch is on the agenda for Obama's New Zealand visit - likely in Key's favorite spot of Queenstown.
The visit will likely carry a stiff price tag for Air NZ. According to US media Obama was securing about $400,000 in speaking fees alone in the the United States.
Obama has often promised to travel to New Zealand but did not do so while he was in office.
Key and Obama were elected within a week of each other in 2008; both had holiday homes in Hawaii and they spent five hours on the golf course in 2014 in Hawaii as well as rubbing shoulders at international summits.
Last year there was a false alarm of a visit after security detail were spotted in Queenstown - but that turned out to be for a meeting of Five Eyes intelligence officials.
Just before Obama's presidency ended, the then US Ambassador to New Zealand Mark Gilbert said Obama did intend to visit but possibly after he left office.
http:// www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11987689
Keys did visit Obama at White House (pic)