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Biography: Lange, David Russell

Rogernomics

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As prime minister, David Lange became increasingly uncomfortable with the far-right economic principles promoted by Roger Douglas. Listen to him discuss his thoughts on ‘Rogernomics’ in the late 1980s.

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Image: Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685), EP/1986/3948/17-F by Merv Griffiths

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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/speech/20402/rogernomics (accessed 24 June 2026).