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Speaker and Author of Book - Believer Conversations with Mike Moore: Peter Parussini
 
褓母社Auckland Harbourside 邀請我們下週三7月21日參加例會。
Speaker/主講人,Southern Cross Campus 的校董 Peter Parussini, 
Time:/時間:6:30pm for 7:00, 
Address/地點:NZ Royal Squadron, 181 Westhaven Dr. 
 
 
Introduction at the back of book:
 
MIKE MOORE was once described as 'World Famous, but not in New Zealand'
The untold story of a poor boy from rural Northland whose early ambition was to run the local petrol station but who went on to play a crucial role in the transformational fourth Labour Government, became prime minister and then the highest-ranked New Zealander on the global stage as the director general of the World Trade Organization, and later was an ambassador to Washington DC. 
 
Author Peter Parussini was the last person to talk in depth with Moore about his extraordinary life. Many of Moore's old friends and foes also shared their recollections with him. 
 
Believer: Conversations with Mike Moore is more than a book about politics and international diplomacy; it's a New Zealand story about overcoming odds regardless of who your parents are, where you grow up and what schools you attend. It's also about hard work, love and loyalty, determination and dedication.
 
'I saw a man who was a prolific writer, who was an incredible thinker, who was generous to the end with his ideas and intellect. I saw a man who was a true believer until the end.'  - Prime Minister Jacinda Ardem
 
 
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PE Madison的感想
 
今天清晨我在扶輪HalfMoonBay Club獲邀擔任Speaker,晚上換個角色假扶輪Harbourside Club的例會聆聽 演講人Peter Parussini 的新書作品及創作的心路歷程。
義大利與中國廣東混血的Peter, 自1980年代起以國會記者出身展露頭角,與時任總理的MikeMoore長期私交甚篤,Mike擔任紐西蘭總理的任期雖然並不長,但他隨後擔任WTO的秘書長,是Kiwi在世界舞台上少有的光榮。
 
Peter近日的著作”Believer”, 是以他做為MikeMoore的好友視角寫成的一本回憶錄,歷時前後6個月,長達10萬字。在NZ的暢銷書榜上維持了三週的Top10,Peter以他新聞記者的筆觸,對NZ當時的政壇環境的洞察,以及作為Mike長期好友的知根知底,Peter強調這本回憶錄並非從Mike本人的觀點出發,而是以他的角度側記Mike而成,作品接近完成時,Mike已因之前的中風導致左半身癱瘓健康惡化,在作品正式出版6天後不幸過世,雖然感到遺憾,但以文字將自己努力拼搏的一生記錄留在世上,也不能不說是一種福氣。
 
演講現場提問踴躍,所以我選擇會後請教:綜觀Mike的生涯,你身為作者覺得他的“光輝時刻”與“至暗時刻”各是什麼?Peter不假思索地說:他的“光輝時刻”是在WTO秘書長任內,終於完成了讓中國正式成為WTO會員的任務;而所谓“至暗時刻”,則是在工黨黨內初選時失意於HelenClark。
在Peter的筆下,MikeMoore是幼年失怙,少年失學,在圖書館苦讀忘卻對擁有完整家庭的渴望,終於靠一己的奮鬥,成為最年輕的商會領袖而進軍國會,開啓自己的人生。 他的奮鬥之路讓我想到晏子春秋中的“為者常成,行者常至”。我想,用中文表述的話,或許這是恰當的總結吧。