When will Mr Nash retire?

This seems to be a forbidden question in the Labour Party and in the Press. However, it must be occupying the minds of politicians quite as much as those of the rest of us. As it is, most New Zealand Prime Ministers or party leaders have left office in rather unhappy circumstances. Not one New Zealand Prime Minister has managed a graceful or orderly retirement while in office. The possible exception is Sir Sidney Holland in 1957, but even in this case there is evidence that some pressure had to be used by the National Party. Most other Prime Ministers who retired did so in circumstances that were unhappy for themselves, the country, or both.

The Rt. Hon. W. F. Massey