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The 1984 Leaders Debate

Television (Full Length) – 1984

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Thumbnail image for The 1975 Leaders Debate

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Robert Muldoon in an earlier leaders debate

Thumbnail image for Eyewitness News - Snap Election Setup

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The calling of the 1984 snap election

Thumbnail image for 2002 Leaders Debate - Debate Three

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A later leaders Debate

Thumbnail image for Face to Face with Kim Hill - David Lange

Face to Face with Kim Hill - David Lange

David Lange looks back on his career

Thumbnail image for Robert Muldoon: The Grim Face of Power - Part One

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Controversial documentary about Sir Robert Muldoon

Thumbnail image for Frost Over New Zealand - The Leaders

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Thumbnail image for Fourth Estate - Programme 21

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Thumbnail image for Bob Jones - Doing God's Work?

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Bob Jones’ New Zealand Party contested this snap election

Thumbnail image for Johnstone's Journey - Settling for Suburbia

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