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Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Volume 37, Number 25. 25th September 1974

The Totara

The Totara

Kis ora, e Roger ma,

Despite Norman Kirk's supposed failings as a politician , he was great as a man. I say this from personal experience because I will never forget the impression he made when he conducted a class on a visit around Parliament. His policy was patience. It was not too much trouble to listen to the small man.

I agree that sentiment, especially of the false kind, can be carried too far. Let us not forget that the news media hounded Mr Kirk almost until the day he died.

Apart from the petit blanc, there is a considerable sector of the community who is bourgeois and whose interests have to be catered for. Failure to do this alienates this sector as the Labour Government in Britain have, in the past, found to their cost.

On the Malaysian Issue, Mr Kirk was justified in minding his own business. It is too easy to be an armchair critic without knowing the facts especially if your own country is democratic. Other countries have enough barriers to economic progress without the addition of dissenting political factions.

Na Ani