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Matthew Hooton: Judith Collins takes aim at the wrong target
29 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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National Party leader Judith Collins. Photo / Mark Mitchell
NZ Herald
OPINION: At least Don Brash had a sense of theatre. His venue was the Orewa Rotary Club, already infamous for Sir Robert Muldoon s annual economic decrees. A scholarly looking paper was prepared, complete with footnotes. The media were primed that one of the world s most admired monetary economists had applied his mind to the Treaty of Waitangi.
On the night, Brash delivered his predecessor Bill English s talking points, except that he meant it. No one much cared until the liberal elite reacted, driving the story along.
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