Story: Premiers and prime ministers

'New Zealand's darkest day'

Jenny Shipley and rugby captains

Sir Francis Henry Dillon Bell

Richard Seddon's cabinet

John Key's cabinet, 2008

Helen Clark distributing money

Anno Domini 2000

Seddon and King Togia of Niue, 1900

Ceremonial implements

Image-making: Michael Joseph Savage

Image-making: Embroidery of 'Mickey' Savage

Image-making: Joseph Gordon Coates, 1919

Image-making: Gordon Coates stained-glass window

Harry Atkinson

Ties of empire: Imperial War Cabinet

Ties of empire: the pen of peace

Visiting the troops

Norman 'Big Norm' Kirk

Keith Holyoake, 1965

Controlling the media

David Lange

'Muldoon on Muldoon'

Premier House, 1880

Premier House

Barbecue at Premier House

Prime Minister's Department

Heather Simpson

Statues of leaders