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New Zealand P.M. had shares in uranium mining

“New Zealand goes to the world and says that it’s nuclear free, we can’t really have our Prime Minister investing in a uranium mining company,”

Key criticised over shares in uranium mining company 3 News NZ By Adam Hollingworth 14 Feb 2010

The Prime Minister is divesting his shares in a company which mines for uranium.

The Australian gold mining company in which Mr Key has held shares has merged with a uranium mining company, but he claims he didn’t know.

The National Party has held a nuclear-free stance for more than two decades and the opposition says Mr Key should have made it his business to know what he’d invested in…………..

Green MP Russel Norman says the shares are not a good look.

“New Zealand goes to the world and says that it’s nuclear free, we can’t really have our Prime Minister investing in a uranium mining company,” he says.

Key criticised over shares in uranium mining company – Story – Politics – 3 News

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