In Popular Culture
- Muldoon was frequently lampooned in the TVNZ-produced satire show McPhail & Gadsby during the 1980s.
- In 1995, actor Ian Mune played Sir Robert Muldoon in the made-for-television mini-series Fallout, depicting the end of the Muldoon National Government.
- Two further documentaries about Muldoon were Magic Kiwis: Muldoon and The Grim Face of Power, both produced by Neil Roberts.
- A corner on the Rimutaka Hill Road section of State Highway 2 has been named after the former prime minister. As of October 2009, works are underway to ease the corner.
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