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Politics
Ben McKay

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Forty years on from nz s most consequential election - Caught on Camera

New Zealand prime minister David Lange celebrates victory on election night 17 July 1984. (HANDOUT/NEW ZEALAND HERALD)

Four decades on from the election of New Zealand's fourth Labour government in 1984, new details are emerging of a chaotic and revolutionary era in Kiwi politics.

The tumult - scarcely imaginable today - still resonates.

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