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Haurongo: Athfield, Ian Charles

Anti-nuclear protest

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A photograph showing the look-out tower on the roof of Athfield’s house bearing the slogan ‘keep New Zealand nuclear free’, with an American warship in the harbour in the background

Ian Athfield painted an anti-nuclear protest on the look-out tower of his home, when the American warship USS Truxton visited in 1976. 

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Julia Gatley. 'Athfield, Ian Charles', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2021. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/47544/anti-nuclear-protest (accessed 5 June 2026).