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- Title
- Joe Bennett's Guide to the Corridors of Power
- Content partner
- NZ On Screen
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- NZ On Screen
- Description
In this 2001 documentary, popular columnist Joe Bennett goes behind the scenes of the “sausage factory” of Kiwi politics in Wellington – from The Beehive to The Green Parrot Cafe. Exploring the machinations of power in New Zealand, Bennett meets press secretaries, lobbyists, and spin doctors, from Helen Clark’s Chief of Staff Heather Simpson to press gallery reporter Barry Soper. The documentary marked a further collaboration between director Richard Riddiford and Bennett, after Jafas, where ...
- Format
- Video
- Date created
- 2001
- URL
- https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/joe-bennetts-guide-to-corridors-of-power-2001
- Related subjects
- mike munro / press secretary / prime minister / peter dunne / deborah morris / bill english / mark sainsbury / one network news / rick barber / richard prebble / michelle boag / mai chen / chris ryan / insurance council / paul plummer / chris wikaria / merepeka raukawa-tait / women's refuge / klaus sorensen / nicky hager / al morrison / barry soper / ian templeton / paul jackman / sam fisher / jim anderton / elinore wellwood / john pagani / jane young / winston peters / alliance party / national party / labour party / united party / heather simpson / dover samuel / marian hobbs / pravda / nz on air / new zealand on air
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