Gerry Brownlee and Clayton Cosgrove may, on the surface, have little in common but if you look back a couple of decades, they share a strong bond.
So too do Peter Dunne and Damien O’Connor. Even David Carter can put a similar claim to fame on his curriculum vitae.
All five sitting Members of Parliament attended St Bede’s College in Christchurch’s north-east – a record thought to be unequalled anywhere in New Zealand political history. Mark Blumsky, a recent former MP and Wellington Mayor, also walked its corridors as a young man. Continue reading