TY - BOOK AU - Bassett, Michael, TI - New Zealand's prime ministers: from Dick Seddon to John Key SN - 9781927305294 AV - JQ5841 .B35 2017 U1 - 923.2 23 PY - 2017/// CY - Mangawhai, Northland, New Zealand PB - David Ling Publishing Limit KW - Prime ministers KW - New Zealand KW - Biography KW - History KW - lcgft N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Richard John Seddon -- William Hall-Jones -- Joseph George Ward -- Thomas Noble Mackenzie -- William Ferguson Massey -- Francis Henry Dillon Bell -- Joseph Gordon Coates -- George William Forbes -- Michael Joseph Savage -- Peter Fraser -- Sidney George Holland -- Walter Nash -- Keith Jacka Holyoake -- John Ross Marshall -- Norman Eric Kirk -- Wallace (Bill) Edward Rowling -- Robert David Muldoon -- David Russell Lange -- Geoffrey Winston Russell Palmer -- Michael Kenneth Moore -- James Brendan Bolger -- Jennifer Mary Shipley -- Helen Elizabeth Clark -- John Phillip Key N2 - "Collective biographies have been written for Britain's and Australia's Prime Ministers, and for America's Presidents. Until now New Zealand has had no comparable overview. Based on extensive, careful archival research, interviews with recent Prime Ministers, many of their colleagues, and with their opponents, this major work is the product of decades of appreciative and insightful observation. It is essential reading for anyone interested in New Zealand politics."--Back cover ER -