Robert Muldoon David Lange The New Zealand constitutional crisis of 1984 arose following the 1984 general election, and was caused by a major currency crisis. The crisis led the incoming government to review New Zealand's constitutional structures, which resulted in the Constitution Act 1986.[1] Background[edit] Prior to 1985 the New Zealand dollar was controlled centrally by the Reserve Bank of N
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