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… The plight of the boat people After decades of war in Vietnam, in 1975 the South Vietnamese capital Saigon fell to the Viet Cong and the …
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Part of story: Vietnamese
… Alliances and partnerships During the Cold War struggle between capitalist and communist countries … New Zealand’s armed forces fought in Korea, Malaya, and Vietnam. The ANZUS alliance effectively came to an end after … patrol in 2000 – New Zealand’s first combat death since the Vietnam War. Afghanistan New Zealand armed forces were …
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Part of story: Armed forces
… Cowan to write his two-volume history, The New Zealand Wars , in the early 1920s. Lindsay Buick, an expert on the … publications From the late 1930s major anniversaries and war commemorations inspired greater government interest in … continued, examining other conflicts including the Korean, Vietnam, South African and First World wars. …
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Part of story: Public history
… The 1960s had been a decade of protests against the Vietnam War, French nuclear tests in the Pacific and apartheid. … of the times. It ended New Zealand’s involvement in the Vietnam War, set a date to withdraw troops from Singapore, …
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Part of story: Labour Party
… Peacekeeping after the Cold War The end of the Cold War enabled the United Nations (UN) to make better use of … New Zealand’s largest overseas mission since the end of the Vietnam War. Most of the troops returned to New Zealand by …
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Part of story: Peacekeeping
… the depression years made this transition easier. Aid not war In 1966 the Labour opposition, under its new leader, … from the union movement to oppose sending troops to the Vietnam War. A public confrontation between unions and the … joint statement by the unions and Labour, favouring aid for Vietnam rather than military intervention. One unionist …
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Part of story: Labour Party
… he enlisted in the Tenth Contingent for the South African War, arriving as the war ended. On his return he was first a sawmiller in … events. A volunteer for three wars, he opposed the Vietnam War. He died at Auckland on 27 June 1981, aged 97. …
Type: Biography
… of European politics and economies suggested a third world war was inevitable. New Zealand reshaped its defence plans … and supporting air and naval units if a third world war broke out. After its peacetime demobilisation New … the communist ousting of French colonial authority in North Vietnam. It became clear that any threat New Zealand faced …
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Part of story: Cold War
… Second cold war The last decade of the Cold War saw a preoccupation less with ideology or territory than … New Zealand in nuclear war. ANZUS and nuclear weapons The Vietnam War brought ANZUS into the public eye and, as …
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Part of story: Cold War
… in the Hutt Valley and in Wellington. Training for the war in the Pacific, the 20,000 Americans were an invasion … women married Americans. European émigrés Nazism and war also brought European refugees to Wellington, where many … movements overseas, the city’s youth rallied against the Vietnam War, and attended gatherings such as the 1968 …
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Part of story: Wellington region
… for most – but also, from 1965, by protests from the post-war baby-boom generation then reaching their 20s. They … pill and freer sexual morals, growing protest against the Vietnam War and playing rugby with apartheid South Africa, … 1 Holyoake resisted United States pressure to join the Vietnam War, although following lobbying from pro-American …
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Part of story: National Party
… especially by concern over New Zealand’s involvement in the Vietnam War, the country’s apparent support for the apartheid regime … (2000). Posts were opened in Spain (1991), Turkey (1993), Vietnam (1995), South Africa (1996), Argentina (1998), …
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Part of story: Foreign policy and diplomatic representation
… New Zealand wars The New Zealand Medal was instituted in 1869 to … in the 1860s. Though the New Zealand Medal was a British award, it is seen as the first New Zealand campaign medal. … Service Medal. The first New Zealand campaign medal was the Vietnam Medal, which was instituted in 1968. No more New …
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Part of story: Military medals
… Pacific bonds The Second World War forced Canada, the United States and New Zealand … full diplomatic relations with New Zealand. After the war, the loosening of ties with Britain made New Zealand … in the post-war years. New Zealand’s involvement in the Vietnam War sparked a local protest movement against what …
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Part of story: North Americans
… War and peace Anglicans supported the country’s involvement in the major 20th century wars, and some clergy actively participated as military … but cautious support. New Zealand’s involvement in the Vietnam War provoked both endorsement and opposition from …
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Part of story: Anglican Church
… the country’s largest military deployment since the Korean War. Killed in action After initially being deployed to the … and killed – New Zealand’s first combat fatality since the Vietnam War. In total, five New Zealand peacekeepers died in East …
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Part of story: Peacekeeping
… This move was driven by the demographic forces of the post-war ‘baby boom’, the massive expansion of secondary and … and the emerging student protest movement against the Vietnam War. Fighting for the right Some New Zealanders aged under …
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Part of story: Voting rights
… related to Māori independence or during periods of war. Māori independence The earliest-known instance of flag … at Manukau Heads was cut down during the New Zealand wars in 1863. During protest action at the Waitangi treaty … German flags. The United States flag was burned during anti-Vietnam War protests in the late 1960s. Four protesters were …
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Part of story: Flags
… Cold War abates For much of the Cold War (the latent conflict between the Soviet Union and the … was coming to an end. In the Asia–Pacific region the Vietnam War was over and the anti-communist South-East Asia …
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Part of story: United States and New Zealand
… 1930s when Japan was invading China and preparing for world war. New Zealand watersiders refused to load scrap iron for … first political strike had been during the First World War, when miners struck to oppose military conscription. … with apartheid-era South Africa, involvement in the Vietnam War, Indonesia’s occupation of East Timor, trade …
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Part of story: Strikes and labour disputes