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Biography: Muldoon, Robert David

Delivering the budget

Delivering the Budget

Prime Minister and Finance Minister Rob Muldoon delivers the 1982 Budget, surrounded by his colleagues. By this time there was growing opposition to Muldoon and his economic policies within the government, but an attempt to replace him as leader failed.

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

Reference: EP-NZ Obits-Muldoon-007

Photograph by Ray Pigney

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. 'Muldoon, Robert David', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2010. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/21289/delivering-the-budget (accessed 4 June 2026).