Kōrero: Ideas in New Zealand

Protesting against an American ship visit

Protesting against an American ship visit

In August 1983 marchers paraded this model of the Statue of Liberty wielding an atomic bomb through the streets of Wellington. They were protesting against the visit of USS Texas to the city's port. The Americans had refused to confirm or deny whether the ship carried nuclear weapons. This sparked concern among a growing number of New Zealanders who had developed both strong anti-nuclear ideals and a hostility towards American foreign policy, sparked by the country's involvement in the Vietnam War.  

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PAColl-7327)
Reference: EP/1983/3124/21A
Photograph by Stuart Ramson

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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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Jock Phillips, 'Ideas in New Zealand - Identity politics', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/45510/protesting-against-an-american-ship-visit (accessed 30 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Jock Phillips, i tāngia i te 22 Oct 2014