I te wā o te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao, i whakaekea a Robert Menzies ki te kāwanatanga o Ben Chifley i te tau 1949, i runga anō i tētahi tono a te kāwanatanga ki te whakamanatanga i ngā pēke, ā, i muri i te patu waro i arahina e te Rōpū Kaunihera o Ahitereiria. Ko Menzies te Pirimia roa rawa o te whenua, ā, i wikitoria te rōpū Liberal, i roto i te whakakotahitanga me te Rōpū Whenua, i ia pōtitanga ā-iwi tae noa ki te tau 1972.
Ko te tau 1949