[7] Malcolm made use of his ministerial discretion to stop dawn raid deportations when children or other exceptional circumstances were involved.
[10] Malcolm was highly interventionist, making individual case decisions and instituting policies some regarded as "quirky" at the time, such as permitting restaurants to employ ethnic chefs, Chinese market gardeners to employ family members to replace their own children who were moving into the professions, the entry of skilled musicians and artists, and the first "entrepreneur" policy.
[11] After widespread review and submissions his new Immigration Bill was to undertake its second reading the night Muldoon announced the snap election in 1984.
The official was accompanied by Donald Hoel, a lawyer in the US law firm Shook, Hardy & Bacon, who worked for the tobacco industry.
[2] He briefly considered re-entering politics, contemplating seeking the National Party nomination for the 1992 Tamaki by-election after Muldoon's resignation from parliament.
Tutukaka, New Zealand's largest dive charter company, operating at the Poor Knights Islands.
[17][18][19] Astrid Malcolm was elected to the Auckland City Council for the Mount Eden ward on the Citizens & Ratepayers ticket from 1989 to 1998.
[2] Days after Malcolm's death, Stuff revealed that police were investigating claims that he had sexually abused children.
[29] One of the alleged victims, now in his 50s, expressed a desire to see the investigation continue, comparing the situation to that of the Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal.
[31] On 31 August 1984, Malcolm was granted retention of the title "The Honourable", in recognition of his term as a member of the Executive Council.