John Key at age four. FAMILY COLLECTION

George Key in London before meeting Ruth. FAMILY COLLECTION

Ruth Key (rear) with her children (from left) Liz, Sue and John around 1969, the year their father died. FAMILY COLLECTION

John, aged 12, at his sister Liz’s wedding at Riccarton House, Christchurch, 1974. FAMILY COLLECTION

John and Bronagh Key after their wedding at Elizabeth House, Christchurch, on 1 December 1984. FAMILY COLLECTION

John, 31, an Auckland currency trader, with his mother Ruth on her 70th birthday, November 1992. FAMILY COLLECTION

Enjoying London. John and Bronagh in the city where he led foreign exchange trading for Merrill Lynch from 1996 until 2000. FAMILY COLLECTION

Home for a holiday. John with daughter Stephie and son Max at Omaha Beach, north of Auckland. FAMILY COLLECTION

National’s new leader visits McGehan Close in Auckland after highlighting its social problems, 3 February 2007. HERALD ON SUNDAY

Acknowledging applause at the National Party’s conference in Wellington, 14 August 2011. NEW ZEALAND HERALD

Cycling for tourism, Key crosses a suspension bridge in the Arrow Gorge at the opening of the Queenstown Trail, October 2012. PRIME MINISTER’S STAFF COLLECTION

High drinks. Celebrating Bronagh’s 50th birthday on the flight home from a Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Sri Lanka, November 2013. PRIME MINISTER’S STAFF COLLECTION

Palace guests. Stephie, Bronagh, John and Max at Balmoral Castle for a weekend with the royal family, September 2013. PRIME MINISTER’S STAFF COLLECTION

Key with nine-month-old Harry Baxter at Mission Bay, Auckland, during the 2011 election campaign. NEW ZEALAND HERALD

Cheeky. The Prime Minister is greeted at Auckland’s Big Gay Out in Coyle Park, Point Chevalier, Auckland, February 2013. HERALD ON SUNDAY

At the Chunuk Bair memorial on the Gallipoli Peninsula, Anzac Day 2010. PRIME MINISTER’S STAFF COLLECTION

Our darkest day. Key prepares to go on evening television news bulletins from Christchurch after the earthquake on 22 February 2011. PRIME MINISTER’S STAFF COLLECTION

A ‘pull aside’, diplomats call them. Key grabs a moment with President Barack Obama at a Nuclear Security Summit in South Korea, March 2012. NATIONAL PARTY PHOTO

Inner circle. Key with senior cabinet ministers Steven Joyce (left) and Bill English in the meeting room adjoining the Prime Minister’s office in the Beehive. PRIME MINISTER’S STAFF COLLECTION

Key in a ‘dirty politics’ media stand-up outside Turangawaewae Marae during the 2014 election campaign. NEW ZEALAND HERALD

Key and his wife Bronagh are farewelled with a guard of honour as he leaves Parliament for the last time as Prime Minister. NEW ZEALAND HERALD