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Biography: Powles, Guy Richardson

Guy Powles discussing New Zealand society in the 1960s

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Hear Guy Powles, interviewed by Michael King in late 1979. He discusses New Zealand society in the 1960s, and the start of his work as New Zealand's first ombudsman. (6 min 24 sec)

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Sound Archives / Ngā Taonga Kōrero

Reference: TX1731

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Colin Aikman. 'Powles, Guy Richardson', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2000, updated November 2010. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/speech/42/guy-powles-discussing-new-zealand-society-in-the-1960s (accessed 4 June 2026).