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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-1047/
- Published: 2024-09-12T18:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-09-12T18:29:59.000Z
- Description: Born in Australia, Malcolm moved to New Zealand as a child and attended Wellington College where his classmates nicknamed him “Aussie”. The name stuck with him his whole life.
- Author: Cam Slater
- Tags: Face of the Day, Politics, NZ Politics

> Former cabinet minister and America’s Cup campaign director Anthony “Aussie” Malcolm has died, following a short illness. He was 83 years old.  
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> Malcolm served in the Muldoon Government, working as a Cabinet minister with varied portfolios – including railways, health and immigration.  
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> He had come to Parliament after training as a social worker and then ran an advertising company. Post-Parliament, he turned his passion for yachting into a fourth career, managing New Zealand’s first challenge for the America’s Cup.  
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> His family confirmed his death, following his cremation, on Thursday. A statement from his daughter, Jo Malcolm, said close family and friends had been with him in Whangārei, during his final moments.  
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> Born in Australia, Malcolm moved to New Zealand as a child and attended Wellington College where his classmates nicknamed him “Aussie”. The name stuck with him his whole life.  
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> In 1975, Malcolm defeated Labour’s Mike Moore to win the Eden electorate for the National Party, a seat he would hold for three terms. His political career came to an end in 1984, when Labour reclaimed the seat in a landslide election.  
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> Sad to see Aussie Malcolm has passed away.  
> 1\. I learned some of my best campaigning tricks from working on his campaigns as a kid.  
> 2\. My Mum used to tell him off all the time.  
> 3\. I well remember the time we'd gone out putting graffiti on his own signs in election campaigns, with…
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> — Cam Slater (@kaiviti\_cam) [September 12, 2024](https://twitter.com/kaiviti%5Fcam/status/1834058935105716471?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=goodoil.news)