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NZBC Network News - Prime Minister Norman Kirk's Death
Television (Full Length) – 1974
We have not our great leader any longer. But the challenge is there to follow the example that he set. And I am determined that the party and the Government to which I belong will follow the same course that was set by the late Norman Kirk.– Deputy Prime Minister Hugh Watt
Messages of shock and sympathy have been pouring in from all over the world today following Mr Kirk's sudden death.– Newsreader Bill Toft
President Ford describes Mr Kirk as an eminent leader who will be sorely missed because of his sense of justice, and zeal in the pursuit of peace.– Newsreader Bill Toft
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