After Hugh Watt had been acting Prime Minister for the first few days of September 1974, Kirk was succeeded by Bill Rowling on 6 September.
The Labour Party, led by former Prime Minister Bill Rowling, had made significant gains (actually winning the largest portion of the popular vote), but remained in opposition.
After completing his education, Rowling taught at several schools around the country, including at Motueka, Christchurch, Waverley and in Northland.
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He spent a short amount of time serving abroad in Malaysia and Singapore, a deployment connected with the "Malayan Emergency".
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It saw the governing National Party, led by Robert Muldoon, win a third term in office, although the opposition Labour Party, led by Bill Rowling, actually won the largest share of the votes cast.