MIKE MOORE AND THE GANG OF FOUR

"On occasions when I had to visit Wellington I would visit my old friend Bob Tizard, in an effort to ascertain what was behind many government announcements and decisions. He told me that on many occasions caucus members were unaware of a decision until it appeared in the press. When I asked how this was possible he told me that caucus and cabinet had been supplanted by a gang of four members: Roger Douglas, strongly supported by Mike Moore, Richard Prebble and Michael Bassett. China had arrested their Gang of Four: perhaps something similar should have occurred in New Zealand, where the ringleader was rewarded with a knighthood." A Lifetime in Politics: The Memoirs of Warren Freer