In this Eric Heath cartoon from 27 November 1972, new Prime Minister Norman Kirk is the barman kicking out the defeated Jack Marshall and his deputy, Robert Muldoon. Kirk’s deputy Hugh Watt holds up a sign announcing that the ‘bar’ is ‘under new management’.
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The 1970s
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RELATED TO POLITICAL CARTOON, 1972
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10 April 1973
Labour government cancels Springbok rugby tour
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2 September 1979
Ivan Mauger wins a record sixth world speedway title in Katowice, Poland
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2 September 1972
New Zealand’s rowing eight win gold in Munich
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7 November 1970
Aoraki/Mt Cook face conquered by hippies
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13 May 1936
NZ National Party founded
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22 April 1936
Rātana and Labour seal alliance
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26 November 1960
'Kiwi Keith' begins 12-year reign as PM
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30 November 1949
Election of first National government
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30 July 1979
Carless days introduced
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7 July 1916
NZ Labour Party founded
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13 August 2005
Death of David Lange
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14 September 1938
Social Security Act passed
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18 September 1937
First state house opened in Miramar
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1 October 1986
Goods and Service Tax Act comes into force
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14 June 1984
Muldoon calls snap election
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25 March 1940
John A. Lee expelled from Labour Party
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6 December 1935
First Labour government takes office
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31 August 1974
Death of Norman Kirk
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Mabel Howard
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Iriaka Rātana
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Nevile Lodge
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David Low
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John Key
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Helen Clark
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Jenny Shipley
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Jim Bolger
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Mike Moore
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Geoffrey Palmer
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Robert Muldoon
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Wallace Rowling
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John Marshall
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Keith Holyoake
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Sidney Holland
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John A Lee
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David Lange
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Harry Holland
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Michael Joseph Savage
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Walter Nash
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Norman Kirk
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The 1970s
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