360:. He graduated with an economics degree and became a member of the New Zealand Association of Economists. From 1972 to 1974, he worked as an economist in the Labour Department, Wellington. During 1974â75 he travelled overseas in Asia and Europe. From 1976 until 1978, he was a field officer for the
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898:"Former MP loses fraud appeal"
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539:Minister of Trade and Industry
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