Mr Asia

Today's question is: Who is Mr Asia? I picked up a local bulletin titled "Deadline" from the Real Groovy record store this morning. A photo exhibition in Dunedin motivates a rambling article on the Moyle Muldoon affair from the 70s and 80s. The article is impossible follow, but I can glean that it's about heroin trafficking, members of parliament, and Radio Hauraki. I should have a clearer grasp of what happened once I read the Wikipedia article on the radio station. The most mysterious character is Mr Asia who reappears throughout the article. I have no idea who this refers to, but I like the nickname. The other alias I like is "The Bookie from Te Puke." I hope Te Puke rhymes with bookie but I think it rhymes with buka. It's another piece of history that I'll have to ask the New Zealanders about.