The good tempered despot.

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Year
1962
Reference
155526
Media type
Audio
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Rights Information
Year
1962
Reference
155526
Media type
Audio
Categories
Documentary radio programs
Nonfiction radio programs
Radio programs
Sound recordings
Duration
00:33:44
Broadcast Date
1962
Credits
RNZ Collection
New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation (estab. 1962, closed 1975)
Fisher, F. M. B. (Francis Marion Bates), 1877-1960, Speaker/Kaikōrero
Collins, J. W., Speaker/Kaikōrero
HENDERSON, A. G., Speaker/Kaikōrero
Paul, J. T. (John Thomas), 1874-1964, Speaker/Kaikōrero
Clarke, F. A., Speaker/Kaikōrero
Jacobsen, Carl, Speaker/Kaikōrero
Scholefield, Guy H. (Guy Hardy), 1877-1963, Speaker/Kaikōrero
Hackett, Robert, Speaker/Kaikōrero
Berry, L. S., Speaker/Kaikōrero
Ashman, C. T., Speaker/Kaikōrero

A documentary about and recollections of Richard John Seddon.

One time staff member of the Christchurch Press L. S. Berry, recalls Seddon on the West Coast.
Robert Hackett, one time editor of the Auckland Weekly News, recalls Seddon.
Labour politician, John T. Paul, recalls him speaking and his concern for the working man.
Guy Scholefield, a historian, comments on Seddon's contribution to New Zealand.
Other speakers include F.M.B. Fisher, F.A. Clarke, C.T. Ashman, Mrs. Ethel Kern (?), S. Preston, Mr. Cohen, J.W. Collins, M.K. Chambers, A.G. Henderson, Carl Jacobsen, R.M. Hackett and L.S. Berry.