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The 1984 Leaders' Debate
The 1984 Leaders' Debate
Television (Full Length) – 1984 News/Current Affairs
Politics
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The calling of the 1984 snap election
Frost Over New Zealand - The Leaders
NZ's previous political leaders interviewed by David Frost
Robert Muldoon: The Grim Face of Power - Part One
Controversial documentary about Sir Robert Muldoon
Face to Face with Kim Hill - David Lange
David Lange looks back on his career
Someone Else's Country
Doco examining the reforms instituted by Labour after...
Johnstone's Journey - Settling for Suburbia
Documentary series presented by Ian Johnstone
Fourth Estate - Programme 21
Media coverage of the 1987 election
Robert Muldoon: The Grim Face of Power - Part Two
Controversial doco about Muldoon
Bob Jones
Bob Jones’ New Zealand Party contested this snap election
The Men on the Hill: Keith Holyoake
Keith Holyoake interviewed by Austin Mitchell
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Analysis of a later Leaders' Debate
The 1975 Leaders' Debate
Muldoon in an earlier leaders' debate
Campaign
Documentary about a 1996 election campaign
Johnstone's Journey - A Century of Wendelkens
Hosted by Ian Johnstone
Six days out from the 1984 snap election, PM Sir Robert Muldoon and Leader of the Opposition David Lange face off across a table in a TVNZ leaders’ debate chaired by Ian Johnstone. A tired Muldoon, on the back foot since calling the election two weeks earlier, attempts to claim the high ground of experience in office and on the international stage; but he is no match for Lange’s deftness and gravitas — and his parting shot of "I love you, Mr Lange" is a startling admission of defeat and one of the more remarkable moments in NZ political history.
I love you, Mr Lange– Sir Robert Muldoon’s parting shot
Availability
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