Group asked for advice
Sir,—When the present Prime Minister was elected to govern New Zealand in 1975 he emphasised that the Holyoake style of consensus government was definitely finished. Nor would he be pushed around by pressure groups. Last week Mr Muldoon invited the farmers to tell him what they wanted to replace supplementary minimum prices. Are we now to expect the Prime Minister to ask all trade unionists to write to him telling what they want after the wage freeze ends on June 22? Will he invite our teachers to tell him how they want their. employment problems solved? Will he be asking Marsden Point riggers for advice on how to resolve the problems up there? Will he be asking construction workers to tell him how future hydro dams should be constructed? As our Prime Minister asserts
he is never inconsistent we can obviously look forward to him issuing many other invitations for advice from interest groups. Or is it really a case of someone finding the kitchen too hot?—Yours, etc.. ROBERT C. WHITE. February 4. 1983.
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