Season 1, Episode 2: The Nation Is at Risk
Lange's 1984 victory comes with a cluster of economic and constitutional crises. Roger Douglas launches a revolution, to transform NZ's creaking economy to one of the most unregulated in the world.
Juggernaut 2: The Story of the Fourth National Government
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Show Notes
Victory for Lange in 1984 comes with a cluster of crises – economic and constitutional. In a pair of spellbinding TV interviews, the bellicose outgoing PM Rob Muldoon refuses to devalue and Lange responds, enraged. The deputy PM, Jim McLay, summons senior ministers, who plot a high-wire response. Out of the maelstrom, Roger Douglas launches a revolution, to transform New Zealand’s creaking economy from the developed world’s most regulated to its most market embracing.
Including new and exclusive interviews with Jim McLay, Richard Harman, Roger Douglas, Richard Prebble, Stephen Mills, Hekia Parata and Margaret Wilson.
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Juggernaut was made with the support of NZ On Air.
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