Kōrero: North Americans

An anti-Vietnam War protest

An anti-Vietnam War protest

Pressure from the United States for New Zealand to send troops to the Vietnam War gave rise to a vigorous local protest movement from the late 1960s. A speaker addresses a clearly anti-American crowd outside Parliament Buildings in Wellington in 1969.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PAColl-7327)
Reference: 1/2-16710-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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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Nancy Swarbrick, 'North Americans - 1940–present: closer contact', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/464/an-anti-vietnam-war-protest (accessed 25 April 2024)

He kōrero nā Nancy Swarbrick, i tāngia i te 8 Feb 2005, updated 1 Mar 2015