Colin Moyle
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Colin James Moyle was a New Zealand politician. A member of the Labour Party, he served as a Member of Parliament from 1963 to 1976 and again from 1981 to 1990. He was a Government minister in the Thi
Moyle in 1985
Moyle in 1972
The Moyle Affair captured national headlines for months
Roger Douglas
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Sir Roger Owen Douglas is a retired New Zealand politician, economist and accountant who served as a minister in two Labour governments. He is most recognised for his key involvement in New Zealand's
Colin Moyle
…South Auckland electorate of Manukau. In 1969 the Mangere electorate was created in the same general area, and Moyle moved his candidacy there, allowing Roger Douglas to take over Manukau. Moyle was elected for Mangere in the 1969 election, and would hold the electorate for another eight years. He was soon appointed…
Douglas as a cabinet minister
Labour Prime Minister Norman Kirk (pictured in 1972) appointed Douglas as Postmaster-General in his Cabinet; this was Douglas's first ministerial role.
Labour leader David Lange (pictured) was an early supporter of Douglas's reforms, but became unsettled by the mounting social cost of Rogernomics.
Douglas at Lincoln University, 2008