Almost exactly 39 years ago, New Zealand was thrust into the international spotlight by its then-prime minister David Lange.
Lange had agreed to appear at the Oxford Union to argue in the affirmative to the moot: 'The Western nuclear alliance is morally indefensible'. This is the scene where he gave the iconic line about smelling the uranium on the breath of his opposition.
One of the members of his team was New Zealander Dr Jeya Wilson.
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A Sri Lankan New Zealander studying a PhD in international relations at Oxford at the time, she's since gone on to have a remarkable career, working for the World Health Organisation, as chief executive of World Heart Federation in Switzerland, and establishing the world's first HIV and business centre.
She joins Emile Donovan.
