Story: Premiers and prime ministers
Page 6. External links and sources
More links and websites
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
This site has information about the role of the department, current cabinet members and the New Zealand Honours registry.
Politics collection – NZ On Screen
An excellent collection of politics-related documentaries, interviews and even cartoons and a music video, from NZ On Screen. Includes material on a number of prime ministers.
Premiers and prime ministers
This page on NZhistory.net.nz has historical information about former leaders of New Zealand.
More suggestions and sources
- Bassett, Michael. Tomorrow comes the song: a life of Peter Fraser. Auckland: Penguin, 2000.
- Grant, Ian F. Public lives: New Zealand’s premiers and prime ministers 1856–2003. Wellington: New Zealand Cartoon Archive, 2003.
- Gustafson, Barry. His way: a biography of Robert Muldoon. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2000.
- Gustafson, Barry. Kiwi Keith: a biography of Keith Holyoake. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2007.
- Gustafson, Barry. Michael Joseph Savage. Wellington: Reed, 1968.
- Johansson, Jon. Two titans: Muldoon, Lange and leadership. Wellington: Dunmore Publishing, 2005.
- Johansson, Jon. The politics of possibility: leadership in changing times. Wellington: Dunmore, 2009.
- Sinclair, Keith. Walter Nash. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 1976.
How to cite this page
Gavin McLean, Premiers and prime ministers, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/209106/sources (accessed 4 June 2026).
Story by Gavin McLean, published 7 May 2012, updated 1 December 2016.