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Biography: Beetham, Bruce Craig

‘Give New Zealand a go!’

Bruce Beetham explains the Social Credit party’s position in a political broadcast before the 1981 election, when it won 20.7 per cent of the vote.

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Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision

Reference: F46773

Leaders party political broadcast 1981 – Social Credit. Courtesy Social Credit NZ. From material preserved and made available by Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision.

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Neill Atkinson. 'Beetham, Bruce Craig', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2020. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/47335/give-new-zealand-a-go (accessed 4 June 2026).