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Kōrero: Armed forces

Air force flying passengers and cars across Cook Strait, 1971

Air force flying passengers and cars across Cook Strait, 1971

The minister of defence can authorise the use of the armed forces to provide public services during industrial disputes. Between 1971 and 1983 the Royal New Zealand Air Force flew passengers and vehicles across Cook Strait during strikes by ferry workers. This flight took place in November 1971.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1971/5582

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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Jim Rolfe, Armed forces – Governance of the New Zealand armed forces, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/35727/air-force-flying-passengers-and-cars-across-cook-strait-1971 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Jim Rolfe, i tāngia i te 3 May 2012, updated 1 April 2020.