The National Government's flagship partial asset sales policy will end in the next month with the sale of Genesis Energy, given there is little left worth selling, Prime Minister John Key said yesterday.
Key confirmed the Genesis sale would happen in the next month or so, in line with previous indications, which allows the final stage of the unpopular programme to be completed well before this year's election.
"Just as we did before the last election we're making our position on share sales clear to New Zealanders before we go to the polls later this year," he said.
"We've achieved what we wanted with the share offers in energy companies and Air NZ. We're now returning to a business-as-usual approach when it comes to [state-owned enterprises]."
Key underlined that the Genesis float would be the last asset sale under his Government either before or after the election.