Sage advice from Gary

Amanda Riddell
Oct 3, 2024
1 min read

Updated: Oct 4, 2024

He said something recently that caught my ear: 'It's some people's job to talk about New Zealand to the rest of the world.' I'm explaining NZ to NZers as well: my lyrics about migrants seem to have struck a chord.

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