Fourth Labour Government of New Zealand

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The Fourth Labour Government of New Zealand was the reformist centre-left administration of the 1980s that radically transformed the country’s economy and social policy through market liberalisation and progressive legislation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Government of New Zealand
Labour government
conflictWithinGovernment disputes over pace of economic reform
country New Zealand
endedAfterElection 1990 New Zealand general election
endTime 1990
financeMinister Roger Douglas NERFINISHED
followedBy Fourth National Government of New Zealand NERFINISHED
foreignMinister Russell Marshall NERFINISHED
formedAfterElection 1984 New Zealand general election NERFINISHED
governorGeneral Dame Catherine Tizard NERFINISHED
Sir David Beattie NERFINISHED
Sir Paul Reeves NERFINISHED
headOfGovernment David Lange NERFINISHED
Geoffrey Palmer NERFINISHED
Mike Moore NERFINISHED
ideology social democracy
implementedPolicy Rogernomics NERFINISHED
introducedLegislation New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987 NERFINISHED
introducedTax Goods and Services Tax NERFINISHED
legislatureStatus majority government
locationOfGovernment Wellington NERFINISHED
monarch Elizabeth II NERFINISHED
notableFor economic liberalisation
market-oriented reforms
social policy reform
partOf history of New Zealand
policy deregulation of financial markets
floating of the New Zealand dollar
monetary policy reform
nuclear-free New Zealand policy NERFINISHED
public sector restructuring
removal of agricultural subsidies
state-owned enterprise corporatisation
tariff reduction
tax reform
politicalPosition centre-left
precededBy Third National Government of New Zealand NERFINISHED
reasonForEnd electoral backlash to economic reforms
rulingParty New Zealand Labour Party NERFINISHED
significantEvent 1984 New Zealand constitutional crisis NERFINISHED
implementation of nuclear-free policy and ANZUS tensions
socialPolicy Homosexual Law Reform Act 1986 NERFINISHED
anti-discrimination measures
expansion of Māori rights recognition
startTime 1984
timePeriod 1980s

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Prime Minister David Lange inOfficeDuring Fourth Labour Government of New Zealand
subject surface form: David Lange
NZLP governingPeriodsInclude Fourth Labour Government of New Zealand
subject surface form: New Zealand Labour Party
New Zealand public sector reforms of the 1980s implementedBy Fourth Labour Government of New Zealand
Phil Goff partOf Fourth Labour Government of New Zealand