Eh?

I'm just not going to write out cheques that New Zealand can't afford

Eh? That wouldn't be the same as the cheque you regularly write to overseas lenders to the tune of $250M each month? Borrowing a $1Billion every month for easily fixed unnecessary gummint spending?

Or the same as the $1.7B cheque recently written for your mates at SCF?

Obviously your definition of affordability differs to mine Mr Key.