Season 1, Episode 6: Breakup
About this episode
The episode explores the deepening rift between Prime Minister David Lange and Roger Douglas over tax reforms and political strategies.
The Lange-Douglas relationship frays further as the prime minister unilaterally pulls the pin on a flat tax package signed off by cabinet. A furious Douglas flies back from Europe, but the split only deepens, as Lange declares it’s time for radical reforms to pause and calls for a “cup of tea” and the two Beehive offices go to war, with Douglas loyalists putting the blame on Lange’s lover, Margaret Pope. Something has to give, and soon it does. New and exclusive interviews with Roger Douglas, Stephen Mills, Richard Prebble, Geoffrey Palmer, Hekia Parata, Gary McCormick and Margaret Wilson. Click here for full details of archive material used in this series Juggernaut was made with the support of NZ On Air. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
More episodes of Juggernaut 2: The Story of the Fourth National Government
- Episode 6: The Prime Minister Is Not a Person
- Episode 5: The Seven Generations Fight
- Episode 4: One for a Party, One for a Person
- Episode 3: Bugger the Pollsters
- Episode 2: The Mother of All Budgets
- Episode 1: A Decent Society
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