February 1, 2009 3:17pm by David Farrar

Bid for John Key’s cast

The PM’s Office have placed an auction on Trade Me for John Key’s broken arm cast. It has been signed by John, Kevin Rudd and most of the Pacific premiers.

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The money from the winning bid will go to The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ, which operates blindness prevention programmes in the Pacific. There are an estimated 5,000 blind people in the Solomon Islands, mainly needing cataract surgery.

The winner will also get to have morning tea with the Prime Minister.