National Party caucus, c. 1979

Members of the caucus of the governing National Party pose for a photograph on the stairs of the Beehive (the Executive Wing of Parliament Buildings) around 1979. Prime Minister Robert Muldoon (at left) and Deputy Prime Minister Brian Talboys stand at the front, with MP Marilyn Waring beind Muldoon’s right shoulder.

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The 1980s

Keywords

national party

robert muldoon

1970s

beehive

Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: EP-Politics-National Party, from 1973-01
Photograph taken by Ray Pigney for New Zealand Newspapers Limited.

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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