Honouring former Prime Minister Jim Bolger

Some sad news today that former Prime Minister Jim Bolger has died. He led the country throughout much of the 1990s, through a time of great economic change, he oversaw the first of many Treaty of Waitangi settlements and led New Zealand's first MMP Government. Many political leaders have today been sharing their memories of him, Prime Minister Christoper Luxon says Bolger was "a towering figure in New Zealand's political life", while Ruth Richardson, who was of course Finance Minister during those tumultuous years, said her tribute to him is "when he faced the fire, he didn't flinch."But of course, he was more than a political leader, Jim Bolger was a husband to Joan, the father to nine children and grandfather to 18 grandchildren. Jesse had the chance to have a lovely long conversation with Mr Bolger when he joined me on our Bookmarks segment in 2021.