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… into insignificance compared to those undertaken in nearby Vietnam. The French withdrawal in 1954 had left two regimes in Vietnam – the Viet Minh-dominated Democratic Republic of … from Vietnamese antagonism to foreign domination. Cold War influences dominated the US’s approach to the situation …
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Part of story: Asian conflicts
… introduction of outside forces prevented the fall of South Vietnam in 1965, but did not ensure its long-term future. US … continue the struggle. From 1968 the emphasis would be on ‘Vietnamisation’ – the withdrawal of foreign troops and their … co-ordinated protests, which became steadily larger as the war continued. Despite the opposition, a majority of the …
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Part of story: Asian conflicts
… The Korean War, 1950–53 By the end of the 1940s the world was divided … its soil, training them in areas of New Zealand expertise. Vietnam: protest and television Vietnam was the first war involving New Zealand that … The Cold War in Asia …
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Part of story: Asia and New Zealand
… of Asian conflicts Since the end of the Second World War, New Zealand has been involved in a series of Asian conflicts, in Korea, Malaya (and later Malaysia), Vietnam, East Timor, Kuwait and Afghanistan. In contrast to … have they demanded a large effort from those at home. The Vietnam War did, however, lead to division and controversy …
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Part of story: Asian conflicts
… split into a number of smaller states, and the end of Cold War restraints released a series of ethnic and civil wars, … governments in Asia – China, North Korea, Laos and Vietnam – survived because they were at least as nationalist … been reconciled to Russian-imposed communism. China and Vietnam maintained a formal Marxism but relied on their …
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Part of story: Cold War
… Continued South-East Asian presence The end of the Vietnam War coincided with fundamental changes in the international … to those that had induced New Zealand’s involvement in the Vietnam War – a desire to promote New Zealand’s relations … Later Asian wars …
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Part of story: Asian conflicts
… ‘Don’t let NZ’s hills turn black’ and ‘Atoms for peace not war’. Children – ‘New Zealand’s future’ – were prominent at … baby, burn.”’ 1 New techniques One focus of protest was the Vietnam War. New Zealand entered the war in 1965 to support the … Anti-nuclear, Vietnam, Māori, 1950s to 1970s …
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Part of story: Parades and protest marches
… settlement caused the human calamity of the First World War, which cost New Zealand dearly. League of Nations Like … League of Nations, formed in the ashes of the First World War to prevent a repetition of such collective failure. This … term on the council in 1966. This was the height of the Vietnam War, but superpower veto power left the Security …
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Part of story: Multilateral organisations
… The 2NZEF in Egypt During the Second World War, sport was promoted in 2NZEF (the 2nd New Zealand … Inter-unit contests featured in Japan, Korea, Malaya, Vietnam and East Timor – both within New Zealand forces and … included cricket and athletics (in Korea) and shooting (Vietnam). In these two US-dominated wars New Zealanders …
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Part of story: Military and sport
… began a third phase in New Zealand’s outlook on the Cold War. With boundaries in South-East Asia settled, the focus … less threatening in New Zealand eyes. This, and the anti-Vietnam War movement, encouraged a new scepticism about Cold … unease, in which anti-nuclearism was fusing with the post-Vietnam War distrust of alliance relationships. In 1987 the …
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Part of story: Cold War
… With the end of the Second World War, in a struggle for power and influence, the Soviet Union … of 1946. The need to be seen as a trustworthy Cold War ally was probably the main factor in New Zealand setting … role providing information to the military during the Vietnam War. In 1977 Prime Minister Robert Muldoon replaced …
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Part of story: Intelligence services
… After the Second World War, the emergence of the Cold War – along with decolonisation – led to a number of … international forces in Korea and – more controversially – Vietnam. …
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… and marked the second phase of its involvement in the Cold War. The immediate aim was to help stabilise the colonies of … Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia. In 1959 the North Vietnamese government had backed an insurgency to reunify the whole of Vietnam under its rule. By 1961 it was seriously threatening …
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Part of story: Cold War
… Security concerns in Asia Post-war New Zealand governments placed emphasis on collective … meetings of a ministerial council. Non-communist South Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia were not members of SEATO but … also had posts in India, Indonesia, Hong Kong and South Vietnam, performing a range of political, security, …
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Part of story: Foreign policy and diplomatic representation
… blow up the flagpole at Waitangi as a protest against the Vietnam War. Most of the acts described as terrorism in New Zealand …
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… (the force that served in Japan after the Second World War), with the 270-strong D Squadron of the Divisional … 23% were Māori. The New Zealand forces serving in the Vietnam War from 1965 to 1972 had an even higher percentage … to be appointed chief of general staff. Māori network in Vietnam In Vietnam Māori soldiers from various tribes and …
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Part of story: Ngā pakanga ki tāwāhi – Māori and overseas wars
… the WEA and in after-school child-care centres. During the war she drove trucks for the Women's Army Auxiliary Force, … India, Russia and China. In 1960 she was invited to North Vietnam as the first full-time English teacher at the … Freda would introduce him. Freda delivered a message from Vietnam at the conference to an enthusiastic reception. The …
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… New Zealand and South African wars In the 19th century no special government assistance … and all their medical care was funded by the government. Vietnam War veterans Some of the 3,400 New Zealanders who served in the Vietnam War were exposed to the chemical defoliant Agent …
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Part of story: Veterans’ assistance
… Second World War The Second World War (1939–45) brought New Zealand and … could reasonably expect the others to provide assistance. Vietnam War New Zealand and Australia assisted the US in the war in Vietnam from 1965. This was not because of ANZUS, and New …
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Part of story: United States and New Zealand
… the Middle East, 1970s–90s People fleeing persecution and wars, including the Iran–Iraq war, began arriving from the … war. South-East Asian (Indochinese) refugees, 1975–94 The Vietnam War and its aftermath led to thousands of Vietnamese risking voyages on overcrowded, scarcely …
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Part of story: Refugees