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… of troops to fight for Britain in the South African War in 1899. A self-confident nationalism was also evident, … the Australian Federation formed in 1901. The First World War Liberal rule ended in 1912, when William Massey led the … the National government of Keith Holyoake to send troops to Vietnam , despite popular protests . Labour in decline …
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Part of story: History
… an organiser of protest movements, particularly against the Vietnam War, apartheid and racism. Her beliefs also found expression … which the Communist Party of New Zealand sided with China. Vietnam War and expulsion from the Communist Party The …
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… Zealand’s colonial responsibility. After the Second World War, when European colonies in Africa, Asia and the Pacific … aid. Government and non-government aid In Europe two post-war assistance efforts influenced the western world’s … from a primarily military one (in the Malayan Emergency, Vietnam War and South-East Asia Treaty Organisation) to one …
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Part of story: Development assistance and humanitarian aid
… Expeditionary Force (2NZEF), shortly after the outbreak of war in September 1939. He had a significant role in the … ambassador to Thailand. He was also accredited to Laos and Vietnam. He strongly supported the sending of New Zealand combat troops to South Vietnam in 1965. In addition, Weir was made the New Zealand …
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… published the report with his general endorsement. Hunn, aware of his own limited contact with Māori, emphasised that … Zealand came under American pressure to contribute to the Vietnam War. There was concern about the deteriorating situation in Vietnam and the possible extension of communist influence to …
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… considered enlisting as a volunteer for the South African War of 1899–1902, but during that war heard a plea for pacifism from a Dunedin lawyer that … sense of outrage in his poems of protest against the Vietnam War. We will not cease is a powerful account of …
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… century BC (Rome and the Etruscans) to the 20th century (Vietnam War). Clubs Across the developed world there has been a … groups are chapters of larger overseas groups (the English War Bow Society of New Zealand is a chapter of the British …
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Part of story: Archery, fencing, shooting and military re-enactment
… one morning and one evening daily paper. The Second World War caused most papers to lose skilled staff, and made … newsprint from wood pulp in 1955. Distribution In the post-war years the daily paper remained a vital feature of … Peter Arnett made his name as a war correspondent in Vietnam in the 1960s, and reported the 1990s Gulf War for …
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Part of story: Newspapers
… in the 1914 elections. Margaret shared his anti-war convictions, and when at the close of 1916 Jim Thorn was … her bookkeeping job. Defaulters were still hunted after the war ended, and Jim stayed in hiding. The Thorns were able to … her to stop. She also voiced her opposition to the war in Vietnam. Then she returned to Wellington and wrote her …
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… In June 1951, a year after the outbreak of the Korean War, Hippolite joined the army and trained as a signalman at … the first stirrings of political activism began. After the war he got a job as a farm labourer, and married June Noreen … delegate for Kirbys Carriers in Nelson. The 1960s and the Vietnam War marked John Hippolite’s emergence as an …
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… was dynamited to disrupt coal supplies. Train drivers were warned beforehand and no one was hurt. Prime Minister Sidney … resembling stupidity.’ Bombings as protests against the Vietnam War In 1969 four student activists attempted to blow up the flagpole at Waitangi as a protest against the Vietnam War. Over the next year there were 13 bombing …
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Part of story: Terrorism and counter-terrorism
… leadership, administrative skill, and diplomacy in both war and peace, becoming New Zealand’s youngest brigadier at … Thailand commitments, the Confrontation in Borneo and the Vietnam War. As committed as Weir to South-East Asia, … Thornton served as New Zealand’s ambassador to South Vietnam and the Khmer Republic from 1972 to 1974, where his …
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… Towards the end of the 20th century gains in education, a … to ideas about the US black civil rights movement and anti-Vietnam War movement. Widespread protests at the exclusion of Māori …
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Part of story: Ngā tuakiri hōu – new Māori identities
… to have two sons and a daughter. After the Second World War Youren began a lifelong involvement in farming affairs … against Western and New Zealand military involvement in the Vietnam War. Bill Youren sought to promote international …
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… the performance of New Zealanders internationally in war or in sport major political acts that attract … Contested identity Social struggles from the 1960s onwards showed that, as in every nation, New Zealanders had … world wars. Debate about New Zealand involvement in the Vietnam War, the anti-nuclear movement, and the 1981 …
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Part of story: New Zealand identity
… was the great-grandson of Wikiriwhi Matauru, a noted warrior of Ngati Porou, who had fought for the Crown against … invaluable to the New Zealand Army in Borneo and, later, Vietnam. In 1961 Poananga became a general staff officer at … while advancing his own. Poananga visited the Republic of Vietnam in 1966 to investigate the suitability of New …
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… of their withdrawal following defeat at Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam in May 1954. To strengthen the regional front New … South-East Asia rather than the Middle East in the event of war, and to contribute forces to the reserve in peacetime. … an emergency to regular, trained and ready-to-go forces. Forward defence in Asia became the basis of New Zealand’s …
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Part of story: Asian conflicts
… boots or for none at all.’ 1 Girls From the First World War gym frocks were worn as girls’ sports and school … most visible and prevalent uniforms worn by women. During wartime military uniforms were the most common and visible … World War and officially introduced in 1977. During the Vietnam War servicemen wore ‘denims’: shorts and socks over …
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Part of story: Clothes
… in 1943, North Africa in 1944 and Italy in 1945. The war, with its brutality and camaraderie, was a pivotal … a play of war , based on the letters of a US soldier in the Vietnam War. Directed by Phillip Mann, the production … from the New Zealand wars of the nineteenth century to the Vietnam War. Photographic legacy Cleveland’s photographic …
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… in Taiwan, but the study suggests that the pig came from Vietnam, and may have been collected by people migrating … hunters and farmers. Numbers rose again during both world wars, when there was a shortage of hunters, ammunition, and …
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Part of story: Pigs and the pork industry