New Zealand Prime Minister John Key today called a general election for September 20, when his centre-right government will seek a third term in office on a platform of strong economic management.
The popular Key said he wanted to give New Zealanders plenty of notice about when the vote would take place.
He told reporters his National party “will be campaigning strongly on its record in government and plans to continue the good progress New Zealand is making”.
An opinion poll last month gave Key’s National party 51 per cent of the vote, with the centre-left Labour Party on 34 per cent and the Greens on eight.
