John Key and John Banks chose to stage a public event in a venue open to the public, for their intended mutual political benefit.
A scrum of journalists attended, as they had hoped. They wanted publicity.
Now they are bleating (or at least Steven Joyce is bleating on their behalf) that recording the bits of a meeting in a venue open to the public, but that journalists were muscled out of, was unethical or illegal.
Suck on a big turd, National and ACT! You wanted publicity from this meeting. It cuts both ways.
g.blog 
They shouldn’t be hiding talks like this from the public. just causes problems with trust. if they did need to hide stuff ffs, do it out of public view.