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PRIME MINISTER

	
	
PROCLAMATION
	
	
	

B e it known by all and singular that the Wizard of Christchurch, Living Work of Art at the National Gallery of Victoria and the Robert MacDougal Art Gallery in Christchurch, and Cosmologer of the University of Melbourne, formerly known as Ian Brackenbury Channell; is hereby appointed the first Wizard of New Zealand, entitled to wear the appropriate regalia and be required to carry out the duties of national Wizard, namely to protect the Government, to bless new enterprises, cast out evil spities, upset fanatics, cheer up the population, attract tourists and in particular to design and promote a new and improved universe which puts New Zealand on top of the world both physically and metaphysically.

G iven under my hand, the Sixth Day of October, in the Year of Our Lord 1990, Sesquicentennial year of the Dominion of New Zealand.

	
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The Right Honourable Mike Moore
Member of Parliament
Prime Minister of New Zealand.

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