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Eyewitness News - Devaluation
Television (Full Length Episode) – 1984
This Prime Minister outgoing, beaten, has, in the course of one television interview tried to do more damage to the New Zealand economy than any statement ever made.– David Lange
What happened that Monday night was political drama played out in front of anyone who had a television set.– David Lange, My Life p 176
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