Wednesday, 21 November 2012, 7:00 pm Speech: Federated Farmers The real ‘lucky country’ Speech by Bruce Wills, President of Federated Farmers, to Federated Farmers National Council, Wellington In recent days the International Herald Tribune has penned an expose supposedly blowing the lid on New Zealand’s ‘clean green 100% Pure' brand’. I wish to recap what I told the journalist. I said to him New Zealanders don’t do moderation very well. As a people, we tend to be most critical of ourselves. It means we often see ourselves as the very best at something, or the very worst. International visitors I meet are confounded by the level of self-criticism...
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