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Haurongo: Lange, David Russell

Memorial service, 2005

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June Mulgrew, Sir Edmund Hillary and then Prime Minister Helen Clark were amongst those who took part in a memorial service for David Lange after his death in August 2005. Listen to an excerpt from the service, in which entertainer Gary McCormick reads a message from the governor general. The event was broadcast nationally.

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Reference: 32895

Image: New Zealand Herald, 200805HOSNMLANGE23.JPG, by Nigel Marple

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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/speech/28136/memorial-service-2005 (accessed 29 June 2026).