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Revolution - 1, Fortress New Zealand

Television (Full Length Episode) – 1996

He [Robert Muldoon] left and locked me in… I got locked in parliament for two hours trying to get someone to let me out. It was sort of like the perfect ending really wasn't it?
– Then National Party President Sue Wood, describes what happened after Muldoon lost the 1984 election

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