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Keith Holyoake at his Pipitea St house
Prime Minister Keith Holyoake photographed leaving his house in Pipitea Street, Wellington
Keith Holyoake shifting house
Prime Minister Holyoake helps out moving furniture into his new home
Unofficial prime ministerial houses
From 1935 to 1975 our prime ministers lived in a serie of 'unofficial' houses
Keith Holyoake
‘Kiwi Keith’ Holyoake, the first officially designated deputy PM (1954) was our third-longest serving leader.Although criticised for sending troops to the Vietnam War, he is now seen as ‘the most dovish of the hawks’, doing the bare minimum to keep America happy.
Keith Holyoake
Prime Minister Keith Jacka Holyoake (1904-1983) speaking at an election campaign meeting at Palmerston North, 28 November 1969.
National Party poster, 1960
This National Party poster emphasises the perennial election themes of leadership and honesty.
'Kiwi Keith' begins 12-year reign as PM
The National Party, led by Keith Holyoake, swept into power, defeating Walter Nash's Labour Party, which had held office for the previous three years
Interview with Prime Minister Keith Holyoake, 1963
Keith Holyoake appears in a National Party television interview in 1963.
Film clip: unveiling parliamentary centenary plaque, 1956
Film clip of the unveiling of a plaque to commemorate 100 years of parliamentary government in New Zealand
Borneo Confrontation cartoon
President Sukarno of Indonesia threatens a surprised-looking looking Tunku Abdul Rahman, the president of Malaysia
The impact of ANZUS - NZ and the Vietnam War
New Zealand and other American allies came under increased pressure to provide combat assistance. An unenthusiastic Holyoake responded to American entreaties in December 1964 by pointing to New Zealand's commitments in Malaysia, where its forces were involved in Confrontation.
Anti-Vietnam War protests in Queen Street, Auckland
A civic reception for 161 Battery on its return from Vietnam was disrupted by protesters who accused New Zealand soldiers of being murderers and threw red paint symbolising the Vietnamese blood they had on their hands.
Governor-General Keith Holyoake
In 1977 former prime minister and minister of state Sir Keith Holyoake became the oldest person ever appointed as New Zealand's Governor-General
Muldoon and Holyoake cartoon
In 1977 National Business Review cartoonist Bob Brockie captured the public disquiet over the constitutional propriety of Prime Minister Muldoon appointing a serving minister (Sir Keith Holyoake) Governor-General.
Sir Keith Holyoake
Sir Keith Holyoake, Governor-General from 1977 to 1980, is wearing Masonic regalia
Sound: working in the House of Representatives
Hear MPs John A. Lee and Keith Holyoake discuss working in the House.
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