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  Norman Kirk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Norman Eric Kirk served as Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1972 until his sudden death in 1974 and led the New Zealand Labour Party from 1965 to 1972.
Norman Kirk was born on 6 January 1923 in Waimate, a town in South Canterbury, New Zealand.
In 1953, Kirk led Labour to a surprising victory in elections for Kaiapoi's local council, himself becoming the youngest mayor in the country.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Norman_Eric_Kirk   (678 words)

  
 Norman Kirk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Norman Eric Kirk served as Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1972 until his sudden death in 1974.
Norman Kirk was born on 6 January 1923 in Waimate, a town in New Zealand's Canterbury region.
In 1954, Kirk was the Labour candidate for the Hurunui parliamentary seat.
www.encyclopedia-1.com /n/no/norman_kirk.html   (624 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Norman Eric Kirk (Australian And New Zealand History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Norman Eric Kirk, Australian And New Zealand History, Biographies
Norman Eric Kirk 1923–74, New Zealand political leader.
In the Nov., 1972, elections Kirk's party gained a parliamentary majority and he assumed the posts of prime minister and foreign minister.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/E/E-Kirk-Nor.html   (208 words)

  
 DNZB / BIOGRAPHY
Norman Kirk senior’s cabinet-making and his considerable skills as an odd-job man (he taught his son how to make concrete building blocks and how to convert old cars into pick-up trucks) produced irregular income.
The affairs of Kirk’s electorate and of the downtrodden were never far from his mind, yet, where others became bogged down in the minutiae of their electorates, Kirk demonstrated a capacity to put local issues within a wider context.
Norman Kirk seldom used the word ‘socialism’ and summed up his and the Labour government’s political philosophy as ‘a social programme which will promote the housing of our people, protect their health, and ensure full employment and equal opportunity for all’.
www.dnzb.govt.nz /dnzb/Find_Quick.asp?PersonEssay=5K12   (3172 words)

  
 Former PM's - Official website of the Prime Minister of New Zealand
Norman Kirk was born at Waimate, Canterbury on 6 January 1923.
Kirk joined the Labour Party in 1943 and in 1953 was elected the youngest Mayor in New Zealand at 30 years old.
Kirk in Government excelled in international affairs and recognised the People’s Republic of China which symbolised his departure from the foreign policy of the previous decades.
www.primeminister.govt.nz /oldpms/1972kirk.html   (354 words)

  
 Jack Marshall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
In the 1972 election, Norman Kirk's Labour Party was triumphant.
On 4 July 1974, Marshall was informed that a leadership challenge was imminent.
Marshall's decline was primarily the result of his inability to damage the highly popular Norman Kirk - Marshall's quiet style did not fit well with the aggressive tactics that National needed.
www.bucyrus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Jack_Marshall   (1114 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Kirk Norman Eric
Kirk, Norman Eric (1923-1974), New Zealand Labour Party leader and prime minister.
In his brief term in office Kirk is credited with ending discord...
Norman French Language and Literature, French dialect that developed in Normandy (Normandie) after Viking (or Norse) invaders settled the region...
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 Kirk Coat of Arms
Kirk is a topographic surname, which was given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree.
For example, a person who only moved to another parish would be known by the name of their original village, while people who migrated to a different country were often known by the name of a region or country from which they came.
The name Kirk translates as church, and indicates that the original bearer of the name lived in a village with a prominent church.
www.houseofnames.com /xq/asp.c/qx/kirk-coat-arms.htm   (1089 words)

  
 Dr Michael Bassett
Kirk was still a boy, and was often asked to clean out gutterings because his hands were small, something which his colleagues who remembered his enormous fists in later life had difficulty believing.
Kirk ate big meals and loved meat.(19) However, illnesses in youth had left him with an enlarged heart,(20) and he was prone to flouts, collapsing on one occasion at a parliamentary gathering.(21) But he soon emerged as one of the best debaters in Walter Nash’s three-year Labour government.
Norman Kirk seldom used the word “socialism” and summed up his, and the Labour Government’s political philosophy as “a social programme which will promote the housing of our people, protect their health, and ensure full employment and equal opportunity for all”.(24) Kirk constantly reverted to these themes.
www.michaelbassett.co.nz /article_kirk.htm   (4743 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS KIRK =========== == ====== ==== Don Norman 1.THOMAS KIRK Thomas Kirk was born in Ireland or VA in 1778 and died in Licking County OH in 1846.
Sarah, a daughter of William II and Jane (McCulloch) Bonar, was born Ohio County VA in 1784 and died in 1835.
1856 m.Jane Hartsock 10.JOSEPH KIRK 1.THOMAS KIRK Joseph Kirk, a son of Thomas and Sarah Louise (Bonar) Kirk, was born in Licking County OH November 21, 1818 and died in 1901.
www.rootsweb.com /~hcpd/norman/KIRK   (233 words)

  
 NZ’s ‘Ban the Bomb’ movement turns 30 -DAWN - International; July 26, 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Kirk was particularly incensed that the French, who had moved the tests to the Pacific in 1966 after losing their former site in the Sahara when Algeria gained independence, were polluting a faraway ocean in what he saw as New Zealand’s backyard.
Determined to “ensure the eyes of the world are riveted on Mururoa”, Kirk put cabinet minister Fraser Colman, father of three young daughters on board, and directed the navy to take along two newsmen (one of them this correspondent) and a TV cameraman.
Kirk admitted later that never in his wildest dreams did he envisage the international publicity the voyage obtained as the newsmen’s stories and wireless interviews with Minister Colman were featured on front pages and radio stations around the world.
www.dawn.com /2003/07/26/int2.htm   (776 words)

  
 OA Online Obituaries   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Kirk was born June 23, 1935, in Big Spring to Jacob and Leona Marion Kirk.
His first wife, Lydia Kirk, who preceded him in death, was the mother of four of his children and his wife, Janice Kirk, was the mother of his youngest daughter.
Norman had asked that any donations be made to Community Care Hospice or to the Terrace Hills Baptist Church.
www.oaoa.com /obit/obits030601.htm   (512 words)

  
 Kirk, Grayson --  Encyclopædia Britannica
As one of the great motion-picture stars of the 1900s, Kirk Douglas enthralled audiences with his trademark blazing eyes, clenched teeth, cleft chin, and hard-boiled stance.
The son of American motion-picture legend Kirk Douglas, Michael Douglas found success both as a movie actor and as a producer.
Michael Kirk Douglas was born on Sept. 25, 1944, in New Brunswick, N.J. Douglas's first successful acting role was in the television series The Streets of San Francisco (1972–74).
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9114768?tocId=9114768   (666 words)

  
 [No title]
Kirk had introduced a new, tough Anti-Monopoly Bill and had tried to redistribute income from big companies to the labour force through price regulation and a wages policy.
Kirk had also rejected plans to build a second aluminium smelter near Dunedin and was preparing the Petroleum Amendment Bill to give more control over New Zealand oil resources.
Kirk had found out that Hunt Petroleum, drilling in the Great South Basin, had discovered a huge resource of oil comparable in size to the North Sea or Alaskan North Slope.
www.netti.fi /~makako/mind/opal.txt   (7863 words)

  
 I, Mudd #41
Kirk changes his approach and asks him, "All right, I'll listen, what are you telling?" "Merely that you might as well start enjoying yourselves, it's really a very, very nice place.
Kirk and his crew are shown to their quarters, where they begin to question Norman about the androids' makers.
Kirk asks if some of the makers survived, but is told that they died over the stretch of time.
www.fortunecity.com /lavender/hoskins/85/ep-41.htm   (1924 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Kirk Norman Eric   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Kirk, Norman Eric (1923-1974), New Zealand Labour Party leader and Prime Minister of New Zealand (1972-1974).
In his brief term in office, Kirk is...
In the 1950s and 1960s the work of Carl Giles, André François, and Ronald Searle, each in their very different ways, became very influential both in...
uk.encarta.msn.com /Kirk_Norman_Eric.html   (104 words)

  
 Norman Kirk Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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He surprised officials by studying issues intensely, often emerging with better knowledge of his options than the people funcioning as advisors.
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 Dec 2001 Rural Bulletin - Norman Kirk Memorial Trust - Changes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Starting from next year's funding round, the Norman Kirk Memorial Trust will no longer accept direct applications from individuals seeking funding assistance for their studies.
Established in 1976, the Trust seeks to promote the welfare and progress of the people of NZ and the South Pacific, especially those who have the capacity to benefit from further education, study or training, but who need financial assistance in realising their potential.
The Trust was set up to commemorate the life of the late Norman Kirk, Prime Minister of NZ from 1972 to 1974.
maf.govt.nz /MAFnet/publications/ruralbulletin/dec-2001/dec2001-13.htm   (307 words)

  
 The Eugene O'Neill Newsletter
More than that, Norman discovered, in the very face of death after a near-fatal car accident, that O'Neill helped him to establish the courage to live--courage to live a life of meaning.
What is also remarkable about Norman's poem is the presence of Griffey, an alcoholic Irish porter who kept his (and Norman's) booze submerged in his mop bucket (to elude the authorities) at the hospital where Norman recovered.
Griffey revealed to Norman that he was one of "a handful" who saw O'Neill buried at Boston's Forest Hills Cemetary, which the aforementioned hospital borders.
www.eoneill.com /library/newsletter/v_2/v-2b.htm   (770 words)

  
 kirk norman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Kirk, Norman Eric (1923-1974), New Zealand Labour Party leader and...
century, the nave and chancel of the Kirk are Norman, and a fine doorway survives within a 16th...
Kirk Norman offers a range of clothing for sale or...
www.medicinewheel.co.uk /kirk-norman.html   (437 words)

  
 Kirk Air Company
Norman Kirk realized the need first, as a contractor employee he helped build and test the very first Cleanroom Units.
It is largely due to Norman Kirk's early vision and dedication to providing quality service that has earned
Our number one priority has been to provide the highest level of service, be it routine daily maintenance, or emergency 24 hour service.
www.kirkair.com   (247 words)

  
 Developments in Military Medicine
Major General Norman T. Kirk took office as Surgeon General of the Army on 1 June 1943.
The task of assembling the final statistics on the wartime operations of the Medical Department is still unfin­ished, and the figures cited here are, therefore, provisional.
The establishment of special general hospitals for prisoners of war in the zone of the interior reflected the success of the United States armed forces overseas.
history.amedd.army.mil /booksdocs/wwii/DvlpmntsinMilMed.htm   (6792 words)

  
 Five-Minute "I, Mudd"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Kirk: Of all the possible recurring characters, why did it have to be you?
Kirk: I thought you said your purpose was to serve man!
Kirk: Well, as per your last request, I figured I'd leave you stranded on this planet....
www.fiveminute.net /startrek/imudd.html   (437 words)

  
 The Token
Under the sub-heading, 'Nugan Hand, the CIA, and the Political Landscape of New Zealand and Australia' the report says, 'In 1974 and 1975, the governments of both Australia and New Zealand were changed in dramatic, unprecedented developments.
In 1974, the anti-communist Labour Party Prime Minister of New Zealand, Norman Kirk, (an "old-style" non-Fabian Laborite according to many New Zealanders) died very suddenly under suspicious circumstances.
Kirk had made a series of similar nationalist-leaning type moves for the New Zealand economy at the same time.'
www.biblebelievers.org.au /radio036.htm   (2084 words)

  
 Writers in Oklahoma   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
I've lived "the writer's life" as a media relations manager, an editor, and a journalist.
I'm currently Acquisitions Editor for regional (Oklahoma) titles for the University of Oklahoma Press in Norman.
I formerly held the same position at PennWell Publishing, where I was responsible for soliciti...
www.writers.net /writers/state/37/40   (503 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Music: Groovin'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Turns out Norman Brown, Kirk Whalum, and Rick Braun have the last laugh and a damn good time.
While they may be three of the most distinct stylists in smooth jazz, they had to turn up the pots to cook with bassist Christian McBride and drummer Gregory Hutchinson.
Rick Braun and Kirk Whalum have been a round a lot longer than their labelmate (except now Braun and Whalum are both gone from Warner Bros.) Norman Brown.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000069DIV?v=glance   (1173 words)

  
 ★ Manapouri Power Station Information Article - NZ History
In the 1972 general election Manapouri was a significant election issue, and the Labour Government of Norman Kirk was elected on a platform that included a strong endorsement of the Save Manapouri ideals.
The first surveyors mapping out this corner of New Zealand noted the potential for hydro generation in the 178 metre drop from the surface of the lake to the Tasman Sea at Doubtful Sound.
In 1973 the Prime minister Norman Kirk, honours his party’s pre-election pledge not to raise the levels of the lakes.
www.mkiwi.com /New+Zealand+information/Manapouri_Power_Station.html   (1418 words)

  
 Rick Braun's Guestbook   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
You, Kirk and Norman were fantastic and I can't wait to catch you again.
It was off the hook.....Rick, Norman and Kirk put on an outstanding show.
How about Boney James or Dave Koz or Peter White or Kirk Whalum, etc., etc., etc. The list goes on and on, and I'm sure the 'right ones' will be at your side when you record.
www.rickbraun.com /cgi-bin/guestbook/guestbook.cgi?start_number=520   (2039 words)

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