PM hints at climbing rules
Robert Muldoon
Robert Muldoon
Taonga source:
Wellington Deaf Society
Reference number:
SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, A1984-014
Bibliographic source:
Unknown, January 3, 1984
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