Link to source Nzherald.co.nz 23rd April 2007 By Fran O’Sullivan
Surprise, surprise -John Key is pushing for a shared currency with Australia.
Should we have a shared currency with Australia?
Half of New Zealanders want a common trans-tasman currency, says a poll issued last night in Australia.
The UMR poll reveals 49 per cent of New Zealanders favour a shared dollar, against 41 per cent of Australians.
That is a dramatic change since 2000 when only 29 per cent of New Zealanders supported such a change.
But Prime Minister Helen Clark warned today that a common transtasman currency would mean New Zealand adopting the Australian dollar.
“The convergence of trying to bring the two together could be quite rough on the smaller party,” she said.
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