Go to home page - New Zealand History online

Pages tagged with: norman kirk

Stopping the 1973 tour - 1981 Springbok tour
Keeping sport and politics separate was becoming increasingly difficult. In July 1969 HART (Halt All Racist Tours) was founded by University of Auckland students with the specific aim of opposing sporting contact with South Africa.
Waitangi Day 1970s
Waitangi Day, a public holiday from 1974, briefly became New Zealand Day in the 1970s. Increasingly, it became a focus for Maori protest activities.
Unofficial prime ministerial houses
From 1935 to 1975 our prime ministers lived in a serie of 'unofficial' houses
Impact of the Vietnam War in New Zealand - NZ and the Vietnam War
It is difficult to assess which side had the better of this debate during the Vietnam War
Norman Kirk Springbok tour cartoon
In this Nevile Lodge cartoon, which appeared in the Evening Post in 1973, the new prime minister, Norman Kirk, and his deputy, Hugh Watt, are discussing the problems the new Labour government faces.
Norman Kirk
In 1972 Norman Kirk broke National’s 12-year-long grip on the Treasury benches and became Labour’s first New Zealand-born PM.
Labour Party TV commercial, 1969
This 1969 cinema/television advertisement for the Labour Party emphasised the leadership qualities of Norman Kirk.
Death of Norman Kirk
Leader of the Labour Party since 1965 and Prime Minister from late 1972, 'Big Norm' died suddenly at the age of 51. He was the fifth New Zealand PM to die in office.
Norman Kirk

Photograph of Norman Kirk in 1971.

© Crown Copyright. All text is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 New Zealand Licence. Commercial re-use may be allowed on request. All non-text content is subject to specific conditions.
This site is produced by the History Group of the New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Meet the NZHistory.net.nz team