Mike “MOD” O’Donnell is a professional director, facilitator and a regular columnist. He is also the chairperson of the NZ Cyber Security Advisory Committee.
OPINION: Some say it was too cute. Others say a woke moment of generation X bonding. But I reckon the exchanging of vinyl LPs by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese was a stroke of genius.
This was the first visit by a foreign leader to see the new prime minister on Australian soil. And while the trajectory was always going to be positive, it was made more so but a supposed “chance” exchange of records.
I suspect there was no chance in it. Rather, a muso-obsessed Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade staffer had noted both PMs were rock music aficionados, made the suggestion and orchestrated it brilliantly. In fact, it was brilliant to a level of detail that’s noteworthy.
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