After Labour's victory in the Mt Roskill byelection the party's leader Andrew Little quipped then Prime Minister John Key had forgotten "the purpose of an election campaign is to win votes, not selfies". Hardly a selfie was taken when Prime Minister Bill English met students at Victoria University in Wellington today. The Prime Minister was a few minutes into a conversation about the disruptive effect of automation on primary industries when his press secretary tapped his shoulder to suggest he move on. "The retirement age - it makes sense, I've studied tax, it makes sense that it has to go up. The conversation was lighter when the Prime Minister stopped to talk to Masters student Jack Gradwell, who was manning a Red Cross stall in the quad.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 09, 2017 00:37 UTC