Chopper Key -- it wasn't the flight it was the cover-up My view is that Key is not going to be caught by the use of the helicopter but by the hamfisted attempt on his part and that of Bill English to cover it up. They knew it looked awful as they were cutting expenditure and attempted to bury it. Update: for those without broadband, the Hansard is below: 8. Hon PETE HODGSON (Labour -- Dunedin North) to the Prime Minister: At what precise time and date were the "security related" meetings of 11 December 2009, that he referred to yesterday, diaried? Hon BILL ENGLISH (Deputy Prime Minister) on behalf of the Prime Minister: To the best of the Prime Minister's recollection, the meeting was arranged during the afternoon of 11 December 2009. Hon Pete Hodgson: Can he confirm that when he referred to "security-related meetings" he was referring to issues of national security or international security; and if he was not referring to matters of national or international security, what was he referring to? Hon BILL ENGLISH: Yes. Hon Pete Hodgson: If he had travelled by car from Hamilton to Auckland, as previously arranged, would he have arrived on time for his security-related meetings? Hon BILL ENGLISH: It has never been the Prime Minister's practice to talk publicly about security matters, and he does not believe that it is in the public interest to do so now. Hon Pete Hodgson: I raise a point of order, Mr Speaker. Straightforwardly,