Legacy of the Bolger years, from Muldoon to Shipley

The Press | November 5, 1997| | Copyright

Jim Bolger's career has encompassed some of the greatest social and political changes in New Zealand history. What will he be most remembered for?

Jim Bolger's political career began in the Muldoon years when in his role as Minister of Labour he presided over the abolition of compulsory unionism and laid the foundations for the Employment Contracts Act. This marked him out as a loyal functionary in a National government intent on dominating the political arena for decades.

Bolger was often accused of riding to power on Muldoon's coat- tails but observers believe that he simply played a careful ...

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