Checkpoint. 1994-07-14, [Ruth Richardson resigns].

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1994
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31940
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Year
1994
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Audio
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Nonfiction radio programs
Radio news programs
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Radio programs
Sound recordings
Duration
01:30:00
Broadcast Date
14 Jul 1994
Credits
RNZ Collection
Richardson, Ruth, 1950-, Interviewee, New Zealand National Party
National Radio (N.Z.) (estab. 1986, closed 2007), Broadcaster

Extensive coverage in Checkpoint and Today in Parliament of Ruth Richardson's announcement that she was resigning as MP for Selwyn, sparking a by-election. She had been Finance Minister in the National government until the previous year, 1993. Also, extensive coverage in Mana News of the death of pioneering Māori television broadcaster, Ernie Leonard.