2014 Quote of the Year finalists announced!   5 Dec 2014

Public voting for the best New Zealand quote uttered in 2014 opens at 5am on Friday December 5.

Please find attached an embargoed media release about Massey University’s annual Quote of the Year competition. From David Cunliffe’s apology for being a man, to the punch line from an anti-drink driving advert and an emotional tirade by Internet Party press secretary Pam Corkery, it has been another strong year for the witty one-liner. The 10 shortlisted quotes will now be put to a public vote.

Massey speech writing specialist Dr Heather Kavan, who runs the competition and is on the judging panel that compiled the shortlist, is available for interview and can be contacted directly on (06) 359 4422.

To vote for the 2014 Quote of the Year go to: http://bit.ly/quote-2014.

The shortlisted finalists for the 2014 New Zealand Quote of the Year are:

I'm sorry for being a man. (David Cunliffe’s unusual apology at Labour's domestic violence policy launch at a Women's Refuge forum)

We think it’s, um, pretty legal. (Steven Joyce asked by reporters about the use of a song for the National election campaign that sounded very similar to one by Eminen)

You work in news you puffed up little shit!...When will you glove puppets of Cameron Slater just piss off? (Internet Party press secretary Pam Corkery at a campaign event, when the media kept asking for an interview with Kim Dotcom)

It was all steam and no hangi. (Te Tai Tokerau MP Kelvin Davis describing Internet-Mana after it failed to deliver on the hype on election day)

He could probably survive shooting little kittens in his garden with a shotgun. (Kim Dotcom on how little impact Dirty Politics had on Prime Minister John Key’s approval ratings.

I play politics like Fijians play rugby. My role is smashing your face into the ground. (Whale Oil blogger Cameron Slater after Nicky Hager's book Dirty Politics was released)

I did not have textual relations with that blogger. (Spoof of John Key's initial denial that he had received texts from Whale Oil blogger Cameron Slater tweeted by Lloyd Burr of RadioLive)

It terrifies me how much of our economy is stuck inside a dairy cow. (Comedian Te Radar talking to farmers at Fieldays)

Get past the breath-taking PR snow job. (Former CERA communications adviser Tina Nixon describing the press conference to announce the resignation of chief executive Roger Sutton after a sexual harassment complaint)

No more beersies for you. (Tagline in this year’s Health Promotion Agency advertising campaign to reduce harmful alcohol consumption.)

ENDS

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