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David Lange and Geoffrey Palmer

David Lange and Geoffrey Palmer

Deputy Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer is seen beside Lange in the House of Representatives in 1989, the day after Lange resigned as prime minister. Palmer became prime minister soon after. Lange was attorney general outside Cabinet for Palmer’s ministry until the defeat of the Labour government in 1990.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1989/2951/25-F

Photograph by Ray Pigney

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Barry Gustafson. 'Lange, David Russell', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2010. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/20411/david-lange-and-geoffrey-palmer (accessed 29 June 2026).