 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - John Key akatungamirira National Party kukunda muna November 2008. Key akava Prime Minister weChishanu Hurumende yeNyika iyo yakapinda muhurumende pakutanga kwekupedzisira kwe2000s recession. Muna February 2011, kudengenyeka kwenyika kukuru muChristchurchCanterbury, nzvimbo yechitatu pakukura mumaguta munyika, yakakanganisa zvakanyanya hupfumi hwenyika uye hurumende yakaumba Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority mukupindura. Munyaya dzezvematongerwo enyika, Key akazivisa kubviswa kwevashandi veNew Zealand Defence Force kubva kuhondo yavo kuAfghanistan, uye vakasaina Chiziviso cheWellington neUnited States. 