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[labellementeuse]

Oh, my god.

David Lange died last night.

I was born under his Labour government. So to be honest, I barely remember anything about him as Prime Minister; but he was undeniably one of the most personally influential leaders NZ has ever had, and also my second-favourite former PM (Peter Fraser is my favourite). Also, his policies on nuclear weapons have really, they've shaped the country, it's part of our national identity.

Oh, my god. I'm just... stunned. Shocked.

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I knew he was dying. But I didn't think it would be quite this soon (actually, I thought he'd hang on till after the election at least)- he did</i. just give that interview, which can't be the kind of thing you do when you think you only have, what three weeks to live? it might be interesting to see how this affects the polls. To be honest.