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An anti-Vietnam War protest

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An anti-Vietnam War protest

Pressure from the United States for New Zealand to send troops to the Vietnam War gave rise to a vigorous local protest movement from the late 1960s. A speaker addresses a clearly anti-American crowd outside Parliament Buildings in Wellington in 1969.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

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Nancy Swarbrick, North Americans – 1940–present: closer contact, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/464/an-anti-vietnam-war-protest (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 August 2024.