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The Fish and Chip Brigade

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The Fish and Chip Brigade

After being snapped eating fish and chips late one evening in 1980, these four Labour politicians (from left), David Lange, Michael Bassett, Roger Douglas and Mike Moore, became known as the Fish and Chip Brigade.

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Maggy Wassilieff, Seafood – Favourite Kiwi fare, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/5099/the-fish-and-chip-brigade (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 2 March 2009.