AUGUST 74' THE DEATH OF A PRIME MINISTER

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Year
1985
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F57711
Media type
Moving image
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Rights Information
Year
1985
Reference
F57711
Media type
Moving image
Item unavailable online
Series
TUESDAY DOCUMENTARY
Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories
Television
Duration
0:58:33
Production company
TELEVISION NEW ZEALAND
Credits
Reporter: Ian Johnston
Researcher: Researcher Susan Fowke
Camera: Vaughan Scott
Editor: Sue Malcolmson
Producer: David Harry Baldock
Director: David Harry Baldock

August '74 - The Death of a Prime Minister.
Ian Johnston steps back 11 years to consider the death of New Zealand’s Prime Minister, Norman Kirk. Cabinet members who sat with Kirk before his death discuss the state of affairs as his illness came to a head. Chronicles Kirk’s medical history and his physical decline in public view.

Interviews: Dr. Martin Finlay, Matt Rata, Fraser Coleman, Patrick Millan, Wallace Rowling, Bob Tizard, Warren Page, Warren Freer, Sir Robert Muldoon, Dr. Guy Hallwright, Margaret Hayward, Jim Robertson, Yvonne Dixon, Dr. Bob Kirk, Athol Catermole, Kevin Meates, Ron Iremonger, Tom Duffy, Gray Nelson, Hilton Wells, Rex Willing, Peggy Finlay, Joe Walding, Tony Howan, Dr. Tom O’Donnell, Jonathan Hunt, Hugh Watt, Stephan Brown, Don Wilson, Mick Connolly, Chris Moore, Bob Harvey, Maurice Gestro