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Winston Peters at 80: the populist’s populist clocks up 50 years of political comebacks

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Winston Peters turns a venerable 80 on April 11, but he showed no sign of retiring as New Zealand’s archetypal populist during his recent state of the nation speech. He especially enjoyed the hecklers, gleefully telling them one by one to get out.

As ever, his detractors became extras in the Winston Peters show – something...

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