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Kōrero: Conscription, conscientious objection and pacifism

Peace caravan

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Peace caravan

Archibald Barrington, one of the foundation members of the Christian Pacifist Society in 1936, remained committed to his views despite hostile reactions from other people and imprisonment during the Second World War. In the 1950s he travelled around the South Island spreading the pacifist message with fellow activist Merle Hyland, in this vehicle which they called the 'peace caravan'.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Archibald Charles Barrington Collection (PAColl-3955)

Reference: 1/2-037729-F

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Mark Derby, Conscription, conscientious objection and pacifism – Pacifism, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/35698/peace-caravan (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Mark Derby, i tāngia i te 18 May 2012.