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WORLD, Page 55World NotesNEW ZEALANDLange's Little Fantasy Thing
David Lange walked away from New Zealand's top political job
on his own terms, abruptly announcing his resignation as Prime
Minister last August. Now serving as the country's Attorney
General, Lange, 47, evidently thought he could terminate his
marriage in similar fashion. Two weeks ago, he issued a statement
that he and his wife of 21 years, Naomi, had separated. There
would, he said, be no further comment.
Fat chance. In New Zealand last week there was practically
nothing but comment. Naomi complained in a newspaper interview that
her husband had developed a "fantasy thing" for his 37-year-old
speechwriter, Margaret Pope. Then David's 80-year-old mother Phoebe
piped up, pronouncing herself "so angry I could behead him with my
crutch." For his part, Lange declared that he planned to live with
Pope and joked of his mum's dismay that she was "writing a soap
opera called Lays of Our Dave."