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Rob Muldoon shows his genial side in a meeting with comic character Spider-Man and children on the steps of Parliament in May 1978. Muldoon’s populist appeal was based on his championing of ‘the ordinary bloke’ against elites, and he gained a wide and loyal following.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)
Reference: EP/1978/1694/11A
Photograph by Alan Stevenson
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