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- 1. Nuclear-free New Zealand Jacob, Ross, Shereen
- 2. Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) 1950’s- New Zealand military personnel observed British and American nuclear tests in Australia, the Pacific and in Nevada 1959- responding to rising public concern following these British hydrogen bomb tests in Australia and the Pacific, New Zealand voted in the UN to condemn nuclear testing
- 3. Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) 1959- The NZ Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament is formed in Christchurch early 1960’s- CND in New Zealand organized protests regarding French atmospheric nuclear tests at Mururoa atoll in French Polynesia 1963- CND organizes a petition “No Bombs South of the Line” advocating a nuclear-free southern hemisphere
- 4. Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) 1963- British, American and Soviet governments agreed to ban atmospheric tests with the Partial Test Ban Treaty (PTBT) 1964- France transfers its testing to Moruroa Atoll, French Polynesia
- 6. Early 1970s - 3rd Labour Government “Independent” foreign policy Self-reliance Protests against French nuclear testing
- 7. “I believe that to base our foreign policies on moral principles is the most enlightened form of self- interest. What is morally right is likely to be politically right” -Norman Kirk
- 8. 1972-3 - protests against the French The Vega sails into the test zone France goes to court Otago and Canterbury Other New Zealand yachts sail in protest
- 9. 1975-84 - 3rd National Government Defense force, alliances Close economic relations with Australia Asia and Middle East
- 10. Protests against ship visits 1976 - USS Truxtun and USS Long Beach 1978 - USS Pintado 1979 - USS Haddo 1978 - 32% opposition to nuclear-armed ships 1983 - 72%
- 11. 1984 - 4th Labour Government Nuclear free policy
- 12. “There’s only one thing worse than being incinerated by your enemies, and that’s being incinerated by your friends” -David Lange
- 13. 1984 USS Buchanan Americans requested a visit to NZ by the guided missile destroyer “Not nuclear armed” “Near-uncertainty was not now enough for us”
- 14. ANZUS
- 15. “New Zealand is a friend, not an ally.” -
- 16. “Ensure the ability of the Earth to nurture life in all its diversity”
- 17. Rainbow Warrior
- 19. Tant pis (too bad) 1985
- 20. Treaty of Rarotonga - 1985 South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty
- 21. New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act - 1987
- 22. International Court of Justice Rules in favour of NZ - 1996 France stops nuclear testing in the South Pacific