Former New Zealand PM David Lange
Posted: Saturday, August 13th, 2005 7:49 pmFormer Prime Minister David Lange died at 10pm last night at Middlemore Hospital in south Auckland. His brother Peter and son Roy were at his side.
David Lange had been in hospital receiving dialysis after his kidneys had failed due to complications arising from diabetes. He lapsed into unconsciousness on Friday. …
In 1984, David Lange led the Labour Party to victory in a snap election over National’s Robert Muldoon. The two politicians were great adversaries and David Lange often referred to his rise to become Prime Minister as opportunistic: saying that he would not have become leader had Muldoon not been there.
It was accurate that David Lange represented the hopes of a polarized nation where those who supported a unilateralist, some would say almost totalitarianist’s approach to leadership, followed Muldoon. Lange balanced this with good humour, charisma and a consensus style of leadership. … Read full obituary
