Third Labour Government of New Zealand information
Government of New Zealand, 1972–1975
Third Labour Government
Ministries of New Zealand
1972–1975
Date formed
8 December 1972
Date dissolved
12 December 1975
People and organisations
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Prime Minister
Norman Kirk (1972–1974) Bill Rowling (1974–1975)
Deputy Prime Minister
Hugh Watt (1972–1974) Bob Tizard (1974–1975)
Member party
Labour Party
Opposition party
National Party
Opposition leader
Jack Marshall (1972–1974)
Robert Muldoon (1974–1975)
History
Election
1972 general election
Predecessor
Second National Government of New Zealand
Successor
Third National Government of New Zealand
The Third Labour Government of New Zealand was the government of New Zealand from 1972 to 1975. During its time in office, it carried out a wide range of reforms in areas such as overseas trade, farming, public works, energy generation, local government, health, the arts, sport and recreation, regional development, environmental protection, education, housing, and social welfare.[1][2] Māori also benefited from revisions to the laws relating to land, together with a significant increase in a Māori and Island Affairs building programme.[3] In addition, the government encouraged biculturalism and a sense of New Zealand identity. However, the government damaged relations between Pākehā and Pasifika New Zealanders by instituting the Dawn Raids on alleged overstayers from the Pacific Islands; the raids have been described as "the most blatantly racist attack on Pacific peoples by the New Zealand government in New Zealand’s history".[4] The government lasted for one term before being defeated a year after the death of its popular leader, Norman Kirk.
^Labour in Power: Promise and Performance: evaluations of the work of the New Zealand government from 1972 to 1975, edited by Ray Goldstein & Rod Alley
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