Geoffrey Palmer, the hardworking, loyal deputy who became PM when David Lange resigned dramatically in August 1989, knew that Labour was doomed. ‘What I got from Lange was a hospital pass.’
Geoffrey Palmer
Personal details
Full Name:
Geoffrey Winston Palmer
Prime Minister:
8 Aug 1989–4 Sept 1990
Age on becoming Prime Minister:
47
Electorate:
Christchurch Central
Political Party:
Labour
Biography
Articles
Housing the Prime Minister
Almost 150 years after the government purchased the first official premier's residence on Tinakori Road, Wellington, the address of Premier House remains the same. But in the intervening years the building has been extended, renamed, abandoned and refurbished. Read the full article
Page 4 - Vogel House and Premier House
Since 1975 the official prime minister's residence has been at Vogel House and, since 1990, Premier
Main image: Geoffrey Palmer
Environment Minister, Geoffrey Palmer (later Sir), holds the petition signed by the inhabitants of the sea who ask for protection. The petition was delivered from out of the ocean by four divers, 3 August 1989.
