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Russel's history lessons ring hollow


OPENING SALVO: It is 1976. Sir Robert Muldoon is prime minister. ABBA tops the charts. The All Blacks tour South Africa, prompting a 28-nation boycott of the Montreal Olympics where John Walker and the Black Sticks win gold. li'l Russel Norman is a nin

Matthew Hooton
 Sat, 08 Jun 2013

It is 1976.

Sir Robert Muldoon is prime minister.  ABBA tops the charts.  The All Blacks tour South Africa, prompting a 28-nation boycott of the Montreal Olympics where John Walker and the Black Sticks win gold.  In the US, president Gerald Ford leads July’s bicentennial celebrations but

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