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… shifts, while the younger generation protested against the Vietnam war and the Springbok rugby tour, and supported women’s … and environmental activism. Since the Second World War there had been pressure to develop New Zealand’s …
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Part of story: Conservation – a history
… Watkins was the fifth child and third son of Augustus Edward Watkins, a self-employed accountant, and his wife, … in swimming. From 1932 to 1939 he had a series of farming, warehouse and sales jobs, before enlisting at the outbreak … in the manufacture of defoliants used by American forces in Vietnam. It also devoted considerable resources to defending …
Type: Biography
… were divided on the issue and their unwillingness to move towards church union contributed to the movement’s collapse in … the same time, others identified with liberal attitudes towards theology, morality and social reform. This gave rise … and division within the church as protest against the Vietnam War, feminism, anti-racism, Treaty of Waitangi …
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Part of story: Anglican Church
… frigate to support the mother country in the Falklands War in 1982, many greeted the move with derision. Peacekeepers, not war heroes When, at the request of the United States, the New Zealand government sent troops to fight in the Vietnam War, widespread protest erupted on the streets. Some …
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Part of story: The New Zealanders
… as Māori women or people’s experiences of the First World War. There was also a new use of statistics and theoretical … coverage of colonial women, immigrant women, and women in war. The centennial of women’s suffrage in 1993 saw many … and official histories of the diplomacy of the Korean and Vietnam wars by Ian McGibbon and Roberto Rabel. Chris …
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Part of story: History and historians
… heightened public protest, with street marches opposing the Vietnam War, the suppression of Māori and women’s rights, … wage-rise order by the Arbitration Court, opponents of the Vietnam War, seamen wanting better safety at sea, Māori …
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Part of story: Public protest
… the 1980s was a prime example, as were involvement in the Vietnam War in the 1960s and relations with apartheid South Africa …
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Part of story: Foreign policy and diplomatic representation
… personal responsibility; competitive enterprise and rewards for achievement; limited government; strong families … death penalty and backed New Zealand intervention in the Vietnam War. Power principle National’s strongest principle is …
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Part of story: National Party
… governments and an important diplomat during the Cold War. After his retirement from the public service he had a … military role in the ill-fated campaign to prevent South Vietnam falling under communist domination. In advising a … 4 He was convinced, especially by controversy over Vietnam and Omega (the 1968 plan to establish a US Navy …
Type: Biography
… Hodgkins and others in Paris. During the First World War Wilding threw herself into patriotic work, studying home … College. She opposed rugby tours to South Africa and the Vietnam War, and sold flowers and paintings to raise money for Vietnamese children, Hong Kong refugees, Maori educational …
Type: Biography
… he had been introduced in 1913. Throughout the First World War Nash adopted a pacifist position, questioning whether … movement against sending New Zealand troops to fight in Vietnam; he was at his most persuasive when denouncing the American bombing of North Vietnam. He died in Lower Hutt on 4 June 1968, survived by …
Type: Biography
… (1973), won first prize in the Wattie Book of the Year award the following year, building on the third-place award he received for Pounamu , pounamu , and cementing his … Ihimaera went on to write about gay sexuality and the Vietnam War, and extensively revised his early work. His …
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Part of story: Māori fiction – ngā tuhinga paki
… medical supplies for the army. Although she was opposed to war, Hall decided that the saving of lives was God’s will. … Yat-sen (Soong Ch’ing-ling), she re-entered China through Vietnam with the Chinese Red Cross. Hall joined a medical … for the China Aid Council and for CORSO. After the war she moved with her mother to a cottage on her …
Type: Biography
… in response to New Zealand’s token involvement in the Vietnam War. Following overseas (especially American) examples, … discussions), which spread ideas questioning Cold War assumptions. New Zealanders gave this a strong …
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Part of story: Ideas in New Zealand
… the eldest of seven children of Albert Ernest Pyatt, a warehouseman, and his wife, Violet May Feldon. At Gisborne … theological studies at St John’s College, Auckland, when war broke out and sailed with the 1st Echelon. Commissioned … and was strongly critical of New Zealand’s involvement in Vietnam. In 1977, when the government introduced a measure …
Type: Biography
… country’s passion for rugby. Until after the Second World War, young members of the Army were discouraged from … sight in most New Zealand cities. The Salvation Army in wartime In both world wars the Salvation Army provided … Army corps (churches), including several for migrants from Vietnam, China and Korea. More than 30 Salvation Army …
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Part of story: Salvation Army
… to assemble cars from the US. Before the First World War the US usually supplied around 10% of New Zealand’s … by the US fell back to around 10%. After the Second World War currency restrictions made it difficult to import from … Zealand was a cautious supporter of US involvement in South Vietnam, with soldiers serving alongside US forces in that …
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Part of story: International economic relations
… for equal pay for women and in protests against the Vietnam War and apartheid. Chip Bailey’s untimely death robbed the …
Type: Biography
… to question authority. New Zealand became involved in the Vietnam War, sparking a decade of protest. Overseas influences in …
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Part of story: Drugs
… Ormond Edward Burton was born in Auckland on 16 January 1893, the son … and was popular with the teachers. In standard five he was awarded a Rawlings Scholarship, which enabled him to attend … to Wellington to preach and to lead marches against the Vietnam War, and he guided visitors around the historic …
Type: Biography