The Men on the Hill: Keith Holyoake (First Episode)

Some tend to be a little more equal than others.

– Keith Holyoake responds to whether he has an 'inner circle' in caucus

Chairman of Directors of the Board that runs the biggest business in New Zealand, the Government.

– Keith Holyoake describes the role of Prime Minister

The picture I get is of ‘Team Government’ with the Prime Minister as co-ordinator?

– Austin Mitchell sums up Holyoake's explanations of his role

The people are the masters, and they decide every three years at election time.

– Keith Holyoake replies to the question: 'who governs?'

It would be faster if you were a dictatorship of course! I suppose scientifically that dictatorship is the way … but we reject that entirely. It [democracy] is slower. Yes, the more people that take part, it means that we take that much more time in making decisions … but generally speaking this is adequate in a democracy.

– Keith Holyoake discusses the speed of democracy versus dictatorship