Donovan’s World

‘E whakaae ana te Pirimia ki te korero o tana Minita o te Manatu Aorere, i a ia e ki ana i tenei Whare i te 13 o Hakihea i te tau kua hipa mo nga take whakawhitiwhiti korero ki nga tangata whenua o te ao. Anei pea te whakautu pai ki a matou ko te kawanatanga e korero ana ki te tangata whenua, kua whakaae mai tetahi, nga tangata whenua nei hei minita mo nga take o tawahi. Mena ae, ko wai ma te hunga i wananga nei tenei korero?’

Te Ururoa Flavell

I am having a little problem understanding that question.

Helen Clark

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‘The member’s a nasty, grumpy, old man.’

Jonathan Hunt (about Robert Muldoon after Muldoon had told Hunt that he ate too much)

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‘I have much pleasure in informing members that [the]Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly of the Parliament of Tasmania, is present in the gallery.’

The Speaker, New Zealand House of Representatives

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…we should encourage children to drink water rather than

the fizzy alternatives…’

Barbara Stewart

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‘It is archaic, part of the first-past-the-post

era, and should be done away with.’

Rod Donald

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‘What sort of signal does this bill give to the community?

It gives a terrible signal.’

Jackie Blue

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‘I sometimes wonder whether I am a victim of my own success as a popular and competent Prime Minister’

Helen Clark

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‘Is the Minister aware that under the Police Act it is illegal

to impersonate a police officer…’

Keith Locke

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