 A scene from the advertisement featuring dancing Cossacks | |
| Agency | Colenso |
|---|---|
| Client | New Zealand National Party |
| Running time | 2 minutes, 48 seconds |
| Release date(s) | 1975 |
| Starring | |
| Country | New Zealand |
The "Dancing Cossacks" was a 1975 electoral television advertisement for the New Zealand National Party, produced by advertising agency Colenso. The first half of the advertisement was animated by Hanna-Barbera, with the second half featuring National Party leader Robert Muldoon. The advert was produced to be highly critical of the governing New Zealand Labour Party's recently introduced compulsory superannuation scheme, implying the scheme would eventually turn New Zealand into a Soviet-style communist state, and urged people to vote for National in the upcoming general election.[1][2]
- ^ "Dancing Cossacks, 1975 – Journalists and politicians: an uneasy relationship – Media and politics". Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
- ^ "Dancing Cossacks political TV ad – New Zealand History Online". New Zealand Ministry of Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 20 July 2012.