Second National Government of New Zealand
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The Second National Government of New Zealand was the government of New Zealand from 1960 to 1972. It was a conservative government which sought mainly to preserve the economic prosperity and general stability of the early 1960s. It was one of New Zealand's longest-serving governments.
Second National Government of New Zealand
Second National Government
Keith Holyoake served 1960–1972
Jack Marshall served 1972
Keith Holyoake
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Sir Keith Jacka Holyoake, was a New Zealand politician who served as the 26th prime minister of New Zealand, serving for a brief period in 1957 and then from 1960 to 1972, and also as the 13th governor-general of New Zealand, serving from 1977 to 1980. He is the only New Zealand politician to have held both positions.
Holyoake, c. 1960
Holyoake in 1933, age 29
Holyoake (right) congratulating Walter Nash on Labour's victory in the 1957 election
Prime Minister-elect Holyoake leaving Parliament Buildings with the Clerk of the Executive Council, on the way to Government House. Photographed on 12 December 1960 by an Evening Post staff photographer.