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Merv Norrish in later life. Norrish had a lengthy career as a diplomat. Lange said no such undertaking had ever been given, and the fallout led to a policy rift between New Zealand and its superpower ally. There was one problem with the claim that Lange had lied – and that was Norrish. He was the other person at the meeting, and he would later back Lange’s version of events. In 2013, Sir Geoffrey Palmer, who succeeded Lange as prime minister, published his memoir, in which he confirmed that Norrish had backed Lange’s account. During a diplomatic career that began in 1949, Norrish was ambassador to Brussels when Britain was attempting to join the European Economic Community (EEC), witnessed the opening of New Zealand’s first embassies in the Middle East, the decolonisation of Western Samoa, the Cuban missile crisis, the cancellation of the 1973 Springbok tour to New Zealand, the ban on nuclear ships, which led to the demise of the Anzus alliance, and t
Among her other achievements, Leov is a two-time finalist in the Play It Strange songwriting competition as well as composing for theatre and screen, arranging, live performance, and mentoring young creatives. Leov said the commission was a significant achievement which ranked with a New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Todd Corporation
Young Composer award in 2018, where her orchestral piece was workshopped and recorded by the NZSO. The song she has composed – an a capella piece entitled
Call of The Ocean – will debut on June 19 when it is sung by the Nelson Bays Harmony Chorus at a concert at the Nelson Centre for Musical Arts.