Time: Wednesday 6th April at 12.15 – 1.15pm
Place: Te Wharenui meeting room, ground floor, Radio New Zealand House, 155 The Terrace, Wellington
This talk outlines how Peter Fraser handled the greatest crisis New Zealand has ever faced and, in doing so, became New Zealand’s greatest Prime Minister. Despite an autocratic nature and an indifference to administrative skills, he managed the home front and early military disasters with notable calm and won the respect of both Churchill and Roosevelt for his ability to work with our wartime allies. Through the day-to-day emergencies he never lost sight of the ultimate aim of the war and made a notable contribution to the post-war world and the establishment of the United Nations.

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