New Zealand Prime Minister John Key resigns to 'leave on my own terms'

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New Zealand Prime Minister John Key in Fiji this year. (AAP file image)
John Key has resigned from his role as Prime Minister of New Zealand, in a shock announcement after eight years in the top job and months out from a national eleciton. 
Mr Key, 55, said it was the right time for him to step down and the decision was his alone. 


"I have certainly seen a lot of leaders leave, probably not on their own terms and, by any definition, I am leaving on my own terms," he said in a media conference today.
"It is nicer when you leave on your own terms."
Mr Key said the job had meant an extraordinary level of sacrifice, intrusion and pressure for his family as well as opportunities. 

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key in Fiji this year. (AAP file image)
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key in Fiji this year. (AAP file image)
He  said his wife Bronagh had been "amazingly supportive" and did not pressure him to stand down.
"Look, if I really want to stay for a full fourth term, she would back me, but I just feel it has been a decade of a lot of nights home alone for her," he said.
"It is the right time for me to come home."

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