Nordy : Arnold Nordmeyer : a political biography / Mary Logan.
Material type: TextPublisher: Wellington, N.Z. : Steele Roberts, 2008Description: 486 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1877448338
- 9781877448331
- 324.29307092 22
- DU420.34.N67 L64 2008
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 324.29307092 NOR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A470661B |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 458-478) and index.
A member of the first Labour government in the turbulent 1930s, Arnold Nordmeyer played a major role in shaping the social security system we have today, and was a groundbreaking Minister of Health. In 1958, as Minister of Finance, he delivered the controversial 'Black Budget" which was to be Labour's nemesis - though Nordmeyer himself has been vindicated by history. This sympathetic biography traverses a 20th-century political landscape where Savage, Lee, Fraser, Holland, Nash, Holyoake and Kirk loom large. Throughout it all Nordy stands out as a humble, principled and astute politician who made a profound contribution to this country.
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