Kinnock welcomes Maori entertainers
NZPA staff correspondent London The British Labour Party leader, Mr Neil Kinnock, rushed to the rescue of the Patea Maori Club on Wednesday after overzealous Westminster security guards tried to keep the 32-member group from entering the House of Commons. After finding out that only six of New Zealand’s cultural ambassadors were allowed up to his office, the
British Opposition leader bounded down to the grand entrance and declared to the waiting Maoris, “Sorry, there’s been a cock-up.” The group had hoped to deliver a message from the New Zealand Prime Minister, Mr Lange, to the British Prime Minister, Mrs Margaret Thatcher. But the word from Mrs Thatcher’s office was that prior engagements made this impossible. Mr Kinnock had agreed to accept a similar message.
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Press, 9 February 1985, Page 5
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