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Neil Finn: "I will not be a nice little icon"

10 May 2007
"I will not be a nice little icon who just shakes hands and smiles at the camera," says Neil Finn in today's NZ Herald (10 May 2007). In a recent interview with Real Groove, Finn was quoted as saying…

"I will not be a nice little icon who just shakes hands and smiles at the camera," says Neil Finn in today's NZ Herald (10 May 2007). In a recent interview with Real Groove, Finn was quoted as saying "It sort of sickens me to see Helen Clark getting up at the music awards and taking the bows". With the likes of Ray Columbus and Howard Morrison leaping to the defence of the Prime Minister, Finn has written a column to explain - and justify - his comments.