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Biography: Lange, David Russell

Farewell speech

Farewell speech

David Lange delivers his valedictory speech to the House of Representatives in August 1996. Disillusioned and suffering ill health, Lange left Parliament before the general election of that year.

Using this item

Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1996/2417D/1-F

Photograph by Melanie Burford

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

How to cite this page

Barry Gustafson. 'Lange, David Russell', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2010. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/20410/farewell-speech (accessed 29 June 2026).