“Rowling… N.Z. Becoming A Police State”

Description

This image was published in the November 5th, 1978, edition of the Tribune weekly newspaper with the caption: “Mr Rowling and his wife arriving in Palmerston North last week to open Labour’s election campaign.”

An excerpt from the article read: “New Zealand’s leadership is now assuming all the hallmarks of a totalitarian regime, the Leader of the Opposition, Mr Bill Rowling, told the ‘Tribune’ in Palmerston North last week. The newspaper’s editor had asked the Labour Party’s leader for his opinion of a statement by the Member for Hamilton West, Mr. Minogue. The MP claimed earlier in the week that successive legislation is leading New Zealand into the situation of a ‘police state’. Mr Rowling agreed with Mr Minogue’s contention – but said all the MP was doing was ‘going the rounds of the cocktail circuit beating his gums about this’.”

This image forms part of the Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection. Unfortunately, only negatives between April and December 1978 are held.

Identification

Archive

Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection

Relation

2017-20

Date

November 5, 1978

Digitisation id

2025N_2017-20_Tribune_043329-0020

Format

B&W negative

Held in

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