TY  - BOOK
AU  - Logan,Mary
TI  - Nordy: Arnold Nordmeyer : a political biography 
SN  - 1877448338
AV  - DU420.34.N67 L64 2008
U1  - 324.29307092 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Wellington, N.Z.
PB  - Steele Roberts
KW  - Nordmeyer, Arnold.
KW  - Legislators
KW  - New Zealand
KW  - Biography
KW  - Politicians
KW  - Politics and government
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 458-478) and index
N2  - 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
ER  -