Can a Politician be an Historian?

*Can a Politician be an Historian?*

A witness -- and participant -- in the political upheavals of the 1980s, whose effects we still feel today, is the historian Dr. Michael Bassett. He came from an academic background and returned to it after the most atypical Labour Government in New Zealand's history lost office in 1990.

Looking back from this distance we can see the two towering Prime Ministers of that era -- Muldoon and Lange -- both as tragic figures.

Dr. Bassett will be this week's guest In Conversation with Noel Cheer on Triangle/Stratos Television, helping us to understand what drove those confused years.

Stratos Television, Nationwide: Monday July 11th at 8:00pm (repeated July 13th at 6:30am and July 15th at 12:30pm). Stratos is found on Sky Digital Channel 89 and Freeview (satellite and HD) Channel 21. Stratos is found also on Telstraclear Cable Channel 89 in Wellington, Kapiti and Christchurch and on the streaming television website ecasttv.co.nz

Triangle Television, Auckland (UHF Channels 41, 42 and 52): Wednesday July 13th at 7:00pm (repeated July 15th at 12:30pm)

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