This week marks forty years since Robert Muldoon's now-notorious, inebriated, snap election announcement which set in motion a seismic chain of events in New Zealand politics, the impacts of which still remain raw for many.
With strongman prime minister Rob Muldoon replaced by a Labour Party led by charismatic David Lange and finance minister Roger Douglas's introduction of "Rogernomics" imposing a commercial model on almost every facet of our nation's life.
The Spinoff Editor at Large, and co-host of the Gone by Lunchtime politics podcast, Toby Manhire, has interviewed more than 20 people at the heart of the social, cultural and economic changes that resulted from the pivotal 1984 snap election. The result is Juggernaut a six part podcast series, released weekly, with the first episode out now.
In the series, Toby Manhire dives deep into the archives, with audio of David Lange that has never been heard publicly, to tell the story of an incredible, whiplash chapter in New Zealand history.
Toby Manhire Photo: Supplied by The Spinoff
