Disco, Rob Muldoon and a career in labour - was life in New Zealand better in 1978?

October 9, 2018

Julian Lee travels back in time to see what things were like 40 years ago.

It’s only been 40 years but life in New Zealand in 1978 is almost like a foreign country compared to today.

Rob Muldoon was the Prime Minister, disco was at its height in pop culture and the All Blacks became the first rugby nation to achieve a Grand Slam on their tour of Britain and Ireland.

Like the technology, the lifestyle was simpler – but was it better than what we have now?

Seven Sharp’s Julian Lee found a time machine to go back to 1978 and answer that very question.

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