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Biography: Muldoon, Robert David

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Premiers and Prime Ministers

More information and short biographies about New Zealand premiers and prime ministers are available in this NZHistory feature.

Robert Muldoon

NZHistory’s entry on Muldoon.

Robert Muldoon interview

Simon Walker’s famous interview with Muldoon, from a 1976 episode of the news programme Tonight, on the NZ On Screen site.

Bibliography

Clark, Margaret, ed. Muldoon revisited. Palmerston North: Dunmore, 2004.

Gustafson, Barry. His way: a biography of Robert Muldoon. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2000.

Johansson, Jon. Two titans. Muldoon, Lange and leadership. Wellington: Dunmore, 2005.

Jones, Bob. Memories of Muldoon. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press, 1997.

Moon, Paul. Muldoon: a study in public leadership. Wellington: Pacific Press, 1999.

Muldoon, R. D. The rise and fall of a Young Turk. Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1974.

Templeton, Hugh. All honourable men: inside the Muldoon Cabinet, 1975–1984. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 1995.

Zavos, Spiro. The real Muldoon. Wellington: Fourth Estate Books, 1978.

How to cite this page

Barry Gustafson. 'Muldoon, Robert David', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2010. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/139731/sources (accessed 4 June 2026).