* During a public appearance with an Irish Prime Minister, Bolger ( who tended to mirror those he was talking to ) spoke in an Irish accent.

The National Party was performing strongly — its leader, Jim Bolger, spoke repeatedly of " the Decent Society ", saying that the reforms were doing significant damage to the social fabric of the country.

At a conference on the " Bolger years " in 2007, Bolger recalled speaking to the Queen about the issue of New Zealand becoming a republic: " I have more than once spoken with Her Majesty about my view that New Zealand would at some point elect its own Head of State, we discussed the matter in a most sensible way and she was in no way surprised or alarmed and neither did she cut my head off.

On 21 March 1996, Hardie Boys was appointed by Queen Elizabeth II on the advice of her Prime Minister, Jim Bolger, as the Governor-General of New Zealand.

Initially, there were concerns about whether Peters would be able to work with Bolger, the National prime minister who had previously sacked him from Cabinet, but the two did not seem to have any major difficulties.

Other best selling authors who have written extensively about the Northside include Dermot Bolger and Booker Prize winning author Roddy Doyle, who set several novels in the fictional Northside area of Barrytown.

The Ballymun Trilogy is a series of three plays about the process of change in Ballymun, written by Dermot Bolger and staged by the Axis Art Centre located close to the original site of McDonagh Tower.

Jack feels terrible about stealing from the Welches, but cannot bring himself to apologize, which infuriates Mr. Bolger.

Meanwhile, Chuck Bolger is about to be arrested for the statutory rape of a girl named Tina Flood, who is pregnant, possibly by him.

Uthacalthing also plants evidence about the Garthlings in his diplomatic cache — which is, after being disturbed by Fiben Bolger, stolen by the Gubru.

Prime Minister Jim Bolger initially attacked the report produced by the Commission of Inquiry, arguing that the platform failed " essentially because it lacked about $ 20 worth of bolts to hold it together ".

* Peltenburg, Edhsr J. and Bolger, Diane R. ( 2003 ) The Colonisation and Settlement of Cyprus: Investigations at Kissonerga-Mylouthkia, 1976-1996 P. Åström, Sävedalen, Sweden, ISBN 91-7081-119-9 ( about Late Bronze Age settlements in Cyprus )

Phil Bolger designed a rudimentary solution to the problem of hull slap at anchor, which effects flat bottom boats, by making a 3 foot long, oval shaped anti-slap pad of multiple layers of ply about 2 inches deep, which were then rounded into a shallow arc.

The second was recorded by Ethel Merman and Ray Bolger and released in 1954 by Decca and incorporates the tale about the lake's name according to Daly.

Bolger voted pro-life whenever the issue came up in a conscience vote.

Jim Bolger, Prime Minister 1990 – 1997 and leader of the National Party, raised the republic issue in 1994.

** The New Zealand general election is won by the New Zealand National Party, and its leader, Jim Bolger, becomes prime minister.

Modern dory designers include Phil Bolger of Gloucester and John Welsford of New Zealand.

The 727 that carried New Zealand Prime Minister Jim Bolger was known as Spud One.

The first female New Zealand Prime Minister was Jenny Shipley, who replaced Prime Minister Jim Bolger in mid-1997.

Examples of this practice are the meetings in New Zealand in 1990 and 1995, when Sir Geoffrey Palmer and James Bolger respectively were acting Lords President.

The University is governed by a Council, headed by the University ’ s Chancellor, who is currently former New Zealand prime minister Rt Hon James B Bolger ONZ.

In March 1994 the Prime Minister of New Zealand Jim Bolger made statements supporting a move towards a New Zealand republic.

Shipley grew increasingly frustrated and disillusioned with the cautious pace of National's leader, Jim Bolger, as well as what she saw as the disproportionate influence of coalition partner New Zealand First.

While Bolger had been able to maintain good relations with New Zealand First, and its leader, Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters, the alliance became strained after Shipley rose to power.

The Prime Minister, Jim Bolger, defended the move in his memoirs on the grounds that he had been badly misled in the runup to the 1990 election as to the actual state of the New Zealand economy.

Upon winning the 1990 election, Bolger and Richardson quickly became aware of two unrelated financial crises: firstly, that the Bank of New Zealand required an immediate injection of capital to avoid insolvency as a result of the poor performance of a NZ $ 2. 8bn loan portfolio in Australia, and secondly that the outgoing finance minister David Caygill's projection of a modest fiscal surplus was inaccurate, and that the country instead faced a fiscal deficit of NZ $ 5. 2bn if action were not taken immediately.

After that election, the Bolger administration went into coalition with Winston Peters and New Zealand First.

James Brendan " Jim " Bolger, ONZ ( born 31 May 1935 ) was the 35th Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1990 to 1997.

Bolger entered politics in 1972 as the New Zealand National Party Member of Parliament for the King Country electorate.

Following an unsuccessful election in 1987, National under Bolger went on to win the biggest landslide in New Zealand history in 1990.

Bolger opposed electoral reform, but despite his party's opposition held a referendum on whether or not New Zealand should change from the British-style electoral system of ' first past the post ' to one of proportional representation.

During the 1994 Address-in-Reply debate, Bolger argued in favour of a New Zealand republic.

In 1996 New Zealand had its first election under MMP, and Bolger became caretaker Prime Minister until a coalition with a majority in parliament could be formed.

Both Bolger and Labour leader Helen Clark sought the support of New Zealand First, which held the balance of power in the new House.

Virginia O ' Brien, a comic actress known for her deadpan style of singing, was pregnant at the time The Harvey Girls was filmed, and as a result some of her scripted scenes with Ray Bolger were never filmed, because her condition was becoming difficult to hide, while others that were filmed were cut from the final print.

In March 1994 the Republican Coalition of New Zealand was formed to promote the move to a republic and Prime Minister Jim Bolger suggested to the 44th Parliament in the Address In Reply debate that New Zealand should become a republic by 2001.

The National government of Jim Bolger proposed the establishment of an elected Senate when it came to power in 1990, thereby reinstating a bicameral system, and a Senate Bill was drafted.

Bolger was out of the country at the time, and when he returned he found that he did not have enough support in his caucus to remain as party leader and prime minister.

Tait then ran foul of his former colleagues in the ' Gang of Twenty ' affair in 1989 when the contributory mortgage company he chaired, AdvisorCorp, found itself the target of attacks from National Party leader Jim Bolger.

He had begun working at a dealers yard when he was 15, and then apprenticed with Jim Bolger for 4 years.

Joslyn and Lynn left the series in the 1954-1955 series, when it was renamed The Ray Bolger Show.