For those of you needing a transcript:
Paul Henry: Finally, it’s almost time, is it, to choose a Governor-General?
John Key: Yeah, it is, what happens is we have to choose, because the current Governor-General, Sir Anand Satyanand, his term finishes in the middle of next year.
PH: Is he even a New Zealander?
JK: Ah, yes, he’s a New Zealander.
PH: Are you going to choose a New Zealander who looks and sounds like a New Zealander this time?
JK: Well, in fact, every Governor General since Porritt has been a New Zealand-born New Zealander.
PH: Hmmm, yeah, so are we going to for someone who’s more like a New Zealander this time, though? Will you go …
JK: (interrupting) We could choose you
PH: (continuing) with someone who you look at, on a …
JK: (interrupting) I’m open to invitations
PH: (continuing) I’m going to tread very carefully here because I do want this job, not this time around, though. I appreciate, because I don’t want to spoil our friendship.
