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Sir Michael Hardie Boys, governor-general from 1996 until 2001, opens Parliament after the first MMP (mixed-member proportional representation) election in 1996. A former lawyer and Appeal Court judge, he was well qualified to handle the constitutional aspects of his new position.
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