Eyewitness News - Snap Election Setup

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Eyewitness News - Snap Election Setup

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In one of New Zealand politics’ more notorious episodes, Prime Minister Rob Muldoon, his slim majority in tatters, announced a snap election for July 1984. National Party president Sue Wood was beside him, but he'd already ignored her advice that the party isn’t ready for the polls. It was widely suggested that Muldoon was drunk (reporter Rob Neale can’t resist a “high spirits” jibe), or perhaps he believed his own invincibility. But it was the beginning of the end for an era Muldoon had domi...

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1984

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parliament / politics / rob muldoon / thea muldoon / new zealand party / social credit / david lange / geoffrey palmer / election campaign / election

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