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    David Lange

    Seven years and one stomach-stapling operation after entering Parliament in 1977, David Lange became PM at the age of 41.

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New Zealand soldier killed in Timor-Leste

2000 New Zealand soldier killed in Timor-Leste

Private Leonard Manning became New Zealand's first combat death since the Vietnam War. Manning was part of New Zealand's contribution to a United Nations peacekeeping force in the fledgling nation of Timor-Leste (East Timor). more...

External links

  • Timor-Leste (NZ Defence Force)
  • East Timor (NZ Army)
  • Obituary for Private Manning (Scoop)
  • Death of Private Manning (Beehive)
  • Eulogy for Private Manning (Beehive)
  • Peacekeeping (Te Ara)
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