Kia ora,
She was a bit late but I understood that. She’s been very busy with interviews all day but she looked bright and eager to talk.
‘Laura,’ I said, ‘ National has brought you out of the closet and into the light simply because we’re close to an election. How do you feel about that?’
She smiled enigmatically (well, you choose the adverb then) – ‘Happiness is having good health and a bad memory,’ she said, quoting Ingrid Bergman.
‘What is the point of you coming out every three years and then disappearing as soon as Election Day is over?’
‘Point?’ she said, ‘we’re in it for the knee-jerk reaction. That is the point.’ She looked into the distance reflectively (see above).
‘Laura,’ I said, ‘what about justice?’
‘Who?’ she said, ‘I don’t know anyone of that name. A new List MP perhaps?’
I decided to try another tack. ‘Have the police made any comment?’
‘What’s it got to do with them?’
Renée
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