Barry Soper shares personal insights and critiques from his decades-long coverage of 12 New Zealand prime ministers in a new book that reveals behind-the-scenes stories and evaluations of leadership.
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Chris Soper is a name and certainly a voice that's recognisable across New Zealand. After decades in the beehive, Soper's put pen to paper outlining his time covering 12 prime ministers from Muldoon to Luxon. He blends personal stories, policy critiques and behind the scenes tales like Muldoon's drunken schnapps election call, Longy's antics in Africa and Bulger's... management as former PM John Key wrote in one of the books forwards Barry knew and still knows where the bones are buried the other forward is penned by Helen Clark today on the front page Barry Soper joins us to discuss how political reporting has changed over the years and where he thinks it's headed
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