National leadership races of days gone byKent Blechynden/Stuff John Key, Bill English, and Don Brash have a storied history of leadership races. ANALYSIS: As many a pundit has pointed out, this has been the first open National Party leadership competition in decades. Don Brash resigned in 2006 following a loss to Helen Clark in the 2005 general election. Relative newcomer John Key looked set to take the leadership, but it looked like former leader Bill English would be running again, with a faction of 10-14 MPs. So it might pay to watch who comes second in the National race on Tuesday.

Source: Stuff February 26, 2018 22:43 UTC