Thursday, 8 April 2004, 11:24 am Press Release: ACT New Zealand
Rat Sighted Swimming Towards Sinking Ship
ACT New
Zealand Rural Affairs Spokesman Gerry Eckhoff today advised
New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters to reflect on the
words of his namesake, before committing to keeping the
Labour Government's seabed and foreshore legislation
afloat.
"In the 1920s, former British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill observed that there had been few
instances in history `of a rat swimming towards a sinking
ship'," Mr Eckhoff said.
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