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Full video: Tributes to former PM Jim Bolger in Parliament

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Bolger is being warmly remembered following his death yesterday. Source: 1News (Source: Other)

Former Prime Minister Jim Bolger, who led the country through significant economic and electoral change during the 1990s, has died. He was 90.

Bolger, National Party leader during his term in office from 1990 to 1997, was the longest-lived former prime minister. He held the King Country seat for over two decades.

MPs paid tribute to Bolger in Parliament today.

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