If what has happened (according to Hager) in NZ had happened in the US, it'd be Watergate. In NZ, it triggers a gurgling mass of doublethink, newspeak and spin reminiscent of Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four".
Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Brother_(Nineteen_Eighty-Four)
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