Sounds like it to me:
Prime Minister John Key will be offered $4781 by Lucy Lawless and Jim Salinger today in an attempt to get him to a climate change conference in Denmark next month.
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Mr Key said he was comfortable sending Environment Minister Nick Smith to represent New Zealand.
His attitude has not gone down well with Greenpeace, which has been running a “Key to Copenhagen” fundraising drive involving cake stalls, sausage sizzles and donations.
Dr Salinger, a climate scientist, and actress Lawless have been tasked with presenting the proceeds to Mr Key, and plan to visit Parliament early this afternoon with the cheque and a boarding pass to Copenhagen.
Giving John Key money to try and change policy sounds very much like a bribe to me.
I guess it’s ok though – it’s for the planet and all that.