Janet Elsdon Mackey, JP (née Craig, born 14 June 1953) is a New Zealand politician. She is a member of the Labour Party.

She was first elected to Parliament in the 1993 elections, winning the seat of Gisborne. In the 1996 elections, she won the newly created seat of Mahia, and in the 1999 elections and 2002 elections, she won the seat of East Coast. In 2003, she was joined in Parliament by her daughter, Moana Mackey. Before entering politics, she was a real estate agent.

She announced her intent to retire before the 2005 elections, and did not stand for re-election.

Her father, Elsdon Craig, is a Scottish-New Zealander, and the nephew of Elsdon Best, and her mother, Zeta Brown, is from Northern Ireland. Mackey is a Justice of the peace.

She has two other children who are all younger than her daughter Moana; Erin Wahine Waimarie (b. 4 December 1979) who is a chef, and Turei Elsdon (b. 20 December 1982).

Gerald Norman "Jerry" Springer (born February 13, 1944) is an American television presenter, best known as host of the tabloid talk show The Jerry Springer Show since its debut in 1991. He is a former Democratic mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio,news anchor, and musician.

Springer was born in Highgate tube station in London, England, while the station was in use as a shelter from German bombing during World War II and grew up on Chandos Road, East Finchley. His parents, Margot (née Kallmann; a bank clerk) and Richard Springer (owner of a shoe shop), were Jewish refugees who escaped from Landsberg an der Warthe, Germany (now Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland). His maternal grandmother Marie Kallmann, who was left behind, died in the gas trucks of Chelmno extermination camp. His paternal grandmother, Selma Springer, died at the Theresienstadt concentration camp. In January 1949, Springer immigrated with his parents to the United States, settling in Kew Gardens, Queens, New York and attended Forest Hills High School. He and his sister Evelyn were raised in a small four-room apartment. One of his earliest memories about current events was when he was 12 and watching the 1956 Democratic convention on television where he saw and was impressed by John F. Kennedy. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Tulane University in 1965, majoring in political science. He earned a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from Northwestern University in 1968.

Bobby Mackey is a classic country singer whose career has spanned 40 years. His musical style can be described by his loyalty to Hank, Haggard, Jones, Owens, Twitty and Paycheck and is the foundation for his musical success.

Bobby Mackey's was opened in September 1978 in Wilder, KY along the Licking River, (and next to the very same railroad track that Bobby worked in his youth). "Come for the ghosts, stay for the music" became a popular quote as the club's popularity began to rise. Bobby Mackey's has been featured on network television shows such as Ghost Adventures (Travel Channel), Most Terrifying Places in America / My Ghost Stories (Biography Channel), and even Jerry Springer. USA Today Quotes Zak Bagans of Ghost Adventures as saying Bobby Mackey's is "one of the 10 most haunted places in America."

Bobby Mackey's co-written 1988 song, "Johanna", about one of the supposed ghosts that haunts his nightclub has been downloaded by fans of the paranormal millions of times over.

Bobby's Most recent single "The Jones Boy", in collaboration with his producer "The OMEB", was written by Bobby Mackey about country crooner George Jones. Bobby says this is not a tribute song but a song about the man and his music as he turns 80 in September 2011.