The almost egomaniacal nature of Mr Key is really starting to show loud and clear right now. We have his pet project the flag $26 million, now he is willing to support the millions of dollars that it will cost to lease a panda or two. Lovely creatures they may be, but Wellington hospital needs a scanner much more than it needs to lease a panda or two.

This tossing of money around to meet ones pet projects has to stop and more money spent on the real needs of the community.

Most people who need assistance from the government or council would never be able to afford to go and see the pandas as it won't be cheap to go and see the pandas.

It is too much that a couple of councillors and the PM would love to see the pandas here.
I guess we all would apart from the anything between 50 and a 100 million all up to lease them and house and feed them. The food pandas eat does not grow in New Zealand.

A Bourne, Tauranga