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In this Gallery episode David "Mr Current Affairs" Exel politely interrogates Labour Prime Minister Norman Kirk on his first 250 days in office; ranging from England's changing role in the Commonwealth to Kirk's weight loss. Dairne Shanahan comments on the PM’s image and Ross Stevens weighs in on broken election promises. Exel became Gallery host in 1971, when Brian Edwards quit after NZBC refused to screen a notorious pilot for an Edwards-fronted show (then-Finance Minister Rob Muldoon sparring with young critics Tim Shadbolt, Chris Wheeler and Alister Taylor).

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 John Veysey
 Tony Rimmer
 Ross Stevens

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 Kim Baker

Kim Baker | website

Thanks for telling us Dave. There is definitely an issue and we're looking into it.

If you turn the HTML5 video player off you should be able to use NZ On Screen's video player to watch it.

 Dave

Dave

Can't seem to view this video at present, it loads on the mac but doesn't play. Anyone else?

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