Thursday, 02 June 2016 17:36

Forget the names

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Deputy Prime Minister Bill English admitted he isn’t a regular speaker at dairy events.

This task mostly falls to Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy and Science Minister Steven Joyce. So during the question and answer session at a recent DairyNZ Farmers Forum in Hamilton, English faced some questions he found curly. Asked one farmer, “Mr English we know you are one of the three men who make all the key decisions in the Government...?” Replied English, “Who are the other two?”

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