Public lives
Subtitle: New Zealand's premiers and prime ministers 1856-2003
By: Ian F. Grant.
Contributors: New Zealand Cartoon Archive.
Publisher: New Zealand Cartoon Archive; Newspaper Publishers' Association
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Wellington, N.Z
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
Subjects: Prime ministers -- New Zealand -- Caricatures and cartoons.; New Zealand wit and humor, Pictorial.; Political leadership -- New Zealand.; Cabinet officers -- New Zealand.; New Zealand -- Politics and government -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Genres: Caricatures and cartoons.
Description: Profiles New Zealands premiers and prime ministers, from Sewell to Clark, in 37 lively and informative chapters, profusely illustrated with cartoons and caricatures. Tells the personal and political stories of 35 men and two women; their political perceptions as varied as their personalities, backgrounds, education, occupations, enthusiasms and views about New Zealand and the wider world. The introduction pulls the historical strands together, assessing the most striking successes and failures in a job that has changed hugely in scope and complexity over the last 150 years.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-198) and index.