Title: Public lives
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.
Subjects: Politics and government, Pictorial New Zealand wit and humor, Political leadership, Cabinet officers, Prime ministers, Caricatures and cartoons
Places: New Zealand