For the first time since Key became PM, a journalist actually did her job.

Which is not: to turn up at the appointed time, get the approved pictures, and pass on the prepared statement, complete with prepared jokes. That’s public relations.

It is: to ask the questions the Prime Minister doesn’t want, when he doesn’t want to answer them.

Suddenly the famous smile was gone, and he wasn’t talking.

Let’s hope a few more reporters take a leaf out of her notebook.

It turns out, Copenhagen is not a pointless photo-op after all. It’s actually a defining moment in history that requires the presence of world leaders like Obama and most of all, John Key. Ignore all previous comments from our decisive Prime Minister, they were taken “out of context”.

Radio Live/3 news reckon he’s ready to go. Watch this space.

“Brown and Rudd, who are natural political allies on the centre left, joined forces on a series of fronts at this year’s meeting. They worked closely on climate change and persuaded the 53 Commonwealth members to accept a $22.5bn (£13.6bn) climate change finance package.

British officials regarded the blocking of Sri Lanka and the climate change package as triumphs. They were particularly pleased that Stephen Harper, the centre-right Canadian prime minister, who is regarded in London as an “outlier” on climate change, signed up to the package.

But Harper only accepted the package in a one-to-one meeting with Brown, shortly before a banquet on Friday hosted by the Queen. Brown told Harper he should drop his concerns about the cost of funding climate change initiatives in the developing world because it would end up costing more if the $22.5bn package, covering 2010-13, was rejected.

Brown then asked Harper to persuade John Key, New Zealand’s centre-right prime minister, who also had doubts. Harper agreed and succeeded.”