New Zealand police are shown here (above) engaged in weapons training before joining a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Cyprus. There from 1964 to 1967, the police acted as liaison between Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot police, and assisted with inquiries. Conflict had developed between the much larger Greek Cypriot community and the Turkish Cypriot community after Cyprus gained independence from Britain in 1960. The United Nations' peacekeeping involvement continued in 2022.
In the lower photo, Prime Minister Keith Holyoake bids goodbye to police volunteers travelling to Cyprus in 1964. This was the first overseas deployment for New Zealand police officers.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PAColl-7327)
Reference:
EP-Legal-Police, Cyprus-01 (top); EP/1964/1609 (bottom)
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