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Haurongo: Muldoon, Robert David

Last day in Parliament

Last day in Parliament

Disillusioned by the financial direction of the National government, elected in 1990, and increasingly dogged by illness, Muldoon decided to resign. This photograph of him on his last day in Parliament, 10 February 1992, shows him a tired and unwell man.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

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

Reference: EP/1992/f556/11

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. 'Muldoon, Robert David', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2010. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/21291/last-day-in-parliament (accessed 4 June 2026).