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Hot Topic Hawke’s Bay
Right of Centre
3 mins to read
5

Keep calm, mourn, carry on

OPINION: The business of politics and Arden’s response to another significant ‘event’.

NBR columnist Brigitte Morten speaks with Jonathan Mitchell.

Brigitte Morten Wed, 14 Sep 2022

Politics is how you react to events. And anecdotally Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has more than her share of events – the March 15 Mosque shootings, White Island, Covid. But while the latest event is somewhat expected – Her Late Majesty was 96 years old – it is nonetheless another

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