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Herald columnist, Garth George was impressed when he met John Key, he said that Key is sociable, charming, good-natured, and humorous. He is open-faced and talkative both in private and in public. Advisers would say he is talkative to interviews with reporters because he usually answers as many questions as they want to ask, no matter how repetitive (Roughan 2014, p. 182). Being a prime minister for 8 years, he has done amazingly awkward moments as a leader. In December 2012, he performed the Gangnam Style dance at the Edge radio station, explaining his unique moves, he said, 'We 're not Korean, that 's the problem '. Key also became well-known internationally for pulling a waitress 's ponytail, an act which attracted global …show more content…

It should also be noted that in his speech, his main reason for stepping down from the position is his family, citing his wife has endured for a decade of a lot of long, lonely nights and his children have suffered an “extraordinary level of intrusion” (Hunt & Roy 2016).

3.3 Conscientiousness
Being a prime minister has been John Key 's ambition and losing his father at age 7 could have been difficult financially. However, he was able to finish a Bachelor of Commerce degree in accounting and became a successful currency trader, before moving to Singapore, London, New York and back to New Zealand where he decided to pursue his political aspiration. Highly ambitious at a very young age, persistent in obtaining an important degree, hardworking to secure detailed goal and a very obvious energetic person - unmistakable mark for high score in conscientiousness. Key has been in Parliament for 14 years, 10 years as National Leader and eight of those years as prime minister. Some of the main events of his post are the global financial crisis, he was credited with bringing the country out of recession through the tax-cutting program and free trade deals; he was praised in handling the devastating Christchurch quakes promising the city would not be forgotten and that it would rise again; the Pike River incident and the Rena Disaster to name a few (BBC News 2016). In a tribute paid, Opposition Leader Andrew Little cited

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