Key retreats from TVNZ land deal statements
Prime Minister John Key has backed away from statements to Parliament about SkyCity hatching a land deal with TVNZ to make room for the larger convention centre he wanted.
NZ First leader Winston Peters had called it a "secret side deal" in questions to Parliament yesterday.
Mr Key also pulled back from comments about a possible "commercial deal" between the state broadcaster and SkyCity tresor paris. His spokesman said the Prime Minister had now been told no sale agreement had been made and it was "a commercial matter between the parties" microsoft office 2007 product key.
The confusion arose after Mr Key told Parliament the casino had worked out it needed more land to build a large convention centre. The larger design came after Mr Key's instruction to "think outside the box" resulted in a design for much larger convention centre.
Mr Key told Parliament yesterday he was aware "if SkyCity was to build a larger convention centre than the original one they wanted, at some point I was aware that they would need to acquire land" chan luu bracelets.
He said: "It is pretty straightforward. SkyCity, after it decided it would be prepared to enter an expression of interest process to have a larger convention centre tiffany and co, went off to its architects lululemon sale. Its architects designed such a thing, realised they needed more land, worked out who owned the land, and approached Television New Zealand tiffany blue nikes."
Mr Key was quizzed over how an approach could be made without the TVNZ board being aware of it. He responded: "I cannot speak for the Television New Zealand board Microsoft office 2010 product key, but I am finding it reasonably hard to believe that Television New Zealand entered a commercial agreement with Skycity to sell land that it owned, and it did so without its board knowing."
Mr Peters said TVNZ's board had heard nothing of land being sold and asked if Mr Key had promised the casino he would "privatise TVNZ's assets" as part of the deal.
Mr Key responded by saying a lack of knowledge might show "board process needs to be improved ヴィトン 財布, and maybe the mixedownership model would work for it" lululemon. He added there were no plans to sell TVNZ or change its structure.
TVNZ's chief executive Kevin Kenrick told Parliament's Commerce Committee that he was not aware of any talks with Government ministers or SkyCity about the land owned by TVNZ chan luu.
However, he said after reports in the Herald about the possibility SkyCity would need TVNZ land, TVNZ commissioned a preliminary study by an architect on how TVNZ could better use its current building space.
"If you believe this is something that will come to a point of decisionmaking, then you have to prepare yourself."
He would not rule out selling the land if an offer was made, but did not think it would require the broadcaster to relocate completely. He said as yet there were no costings on any changes that would be needed if TVNZ was to fit into a smaller space.
TVNZ spokeswoman Megan Richards told the Herald on a number of occasions last year there had been no approach by SkyCity for the land and no deal had been done.
Today vivienne westwood, she said the position had not changed microsoft office 2010 product key. "We have had no approach from SkyCity. We have no commercial arrangement with SkyCity. If we were to be approached by SkyCity we would have to consider it on its merits."
She said there were portions of land which TVNZ might consider it could sell and others which it would not. She said SkyCity had historically expressed an interest but not in recent years and never in relation to the proposed International Convention Centre vanessa bruno.
The casino's desire for land emerged in the AuditorGeneral's report into the proposed deal. In August 2010, theneconomic development minister Gerry Brownlee asked the casino if it was able to get more land for a bigger convention centre pandora beads.
The report linked the bigger design to the Gambling Act changes the casino wanted, stating: "SkyCity recalls the Minister indicating at the meeting that the Government's willingness to consider regulatory reform depended on SkyCity meeting the requirements of a bigger convention centre on a larger site casque beats."Related：