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    Putins in the ranks

    Mar 06, 2022 4 minutes
    JANE CLIFTON

    It was tempting to respond to the Government’s hoopla about the free trade break-through between New Zealand and Britain with a query about where the rest of the deal was.

    It clears roadblocks over the next decade or so, making access easier for our exporters, and no one’s going to sneer at greater availability of British whisky, gin and Jaguars. Still, on their side, the deal makes no economic difference, and on ours, “handy” and “painless” are the boldest adjectives that can fairly be summoned.

    However, the alleged vacuum-bombing of Ukraine by Russia lent an urgent perspective to the agreement. In so brutally

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