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‘A new mu’umu’u or pareu shirt will not hide what’s underneath’
Tuesday 4 November 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Minister Mark Brown’s Pre-budget rambling in the paper on October 2 was like stoking a heap of rubbish with wet, green banana leaves – plenty of smoke but no spark of fire.
Dear Editor, Minister Mark Brown’s Pre-budget rambling in the paper on October 2 was like stoking a heap of rubbish with wet, green banana leaves – plenty of smoke but no spark of fire.
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