Yesterday began in Auckland doing the usual run of breakfast tv shows before I flew out to Queenstown and then on to Invercargill. 
 
In Queenstown I announced our tourism policy before an audience at a Tourism Industry Association event, including my intention to take the Tourism Portfolio should National form the next government.
 
Queenstown was an appropriate place to talk about the importance of tourism, the contribution of the industry to the New Zealand economy, and its significance in terms of celebrating this country's scenery, wildlife and people.
 
After a brief walkabout and coffee with deputy leader Bill English, I travelled on to Invercargill and a public meeting last night.
 
The media were awaiting me on arrival to discuss Labour's latest attack on me, the so-called 'neutron bomb' over the H-fee.  
 
Instead of governing and focusing on the issues New Zealanders are concerned about - like the economy and law & order - Labour has been trying to dig up dirt again on this 20-year-old issue.
 
Labour has even got their president Mike Williams on a flight to Australia to go through old court files - in the middle of an election campaign.
 
But the authorities have all had access to the same information, and agree I had nothing to do with the H-fee.
 
Labour doesn't care about that.  They are launching a last-minute attack because they have nothing to say about the future.

Well, I have.
 
Today I will be in Wellington and the Kapiti Coast talking about the issues that matter, like the economy, health, law & order and education.

John Key

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National Headlines: Keeping you up to date

Clark donkey deep in smear campaign

National Party Shadow Leader of the House Gerry Brownlee says it defies belief that Labour's self-appointed chief strategist, Helen Clark, did not know what Mike Williams was up to in Australia.

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Mood for change in mood of boardroom

National Party Finance spokesman Bill English says it is clear from the latest Mood of the Boardroom report that the country's business leaders agree that a National Government will drive economic growth.

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Labour must pull misleading ads

National Party Shadow Leader of the House, Gerry Brownlee says the verdict of the Advertising Standards Authority which has found a Labour attack advertisement is misleading is no surprise.

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Sad Mr Cunliffe seeks to scare

National Party Health spokesman Tony Ryall says David Cunliffe is so ashamed of Labour's health record that he is now resorting to desperate scare tactics.

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Desperation drips from latest smear attempt

National Party Leader John Key says Labour's latest attempt to link him to the controversial H-Fee is little more than a desperate smear less than a fortnight out from the election.

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Failed OECD target reheated as Labour policy

"Nearly ten years after promising to get New Zealand back to the top half of the OECD, the failed promise is again formal Labour Party policy," says National Party Finance spokesman Bill English.

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National announces Foreign Affairs, Trade policies

Enhancing ties and promoting free-trade agreements with Pacific and Asian nations are features of National's Foreign Affairs and Trade policies announced today.