Critics have claimed the use of such a rare pepe would result in the flag having no value, Key responded with the following statement.
"The people of New Zealand have decided on this idea and I as a prime minster have committed to making their choices matter! I may be the prime minster but I must listen to the public on some matters that will affect New Zealand long after I have gone."
Key dismissed questions about the sudden rise of mining companies driving trucks and drilling equipment into national parks as nothing more than company holidays. Apparently something else was passed hurriedly. Some think this has something to do with the sudden oil platforms swarming into areas all over New Zealand. DOC has also being taking to court my Julia Rinehart who is suing on damages due to there refusal to let her open open cast mines in the Tasman area and Coromandel Peninsula.