Nuclear. Watch and listen

 

The Peace Squadron

Listen from 7m 57s to 10m 50s to hear Rev George’s reasoning followed by Stevens account of that day.

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50 Years of NZ TV

Watch Rev George Armstrong explain how the Peace Squadron protest movement began.

This video is set to start at 13m 17s, watch until 15m 02s

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Hotu Painu

How did people in the Pacific feel about the testing?

This video is set to start at 7m 01s. Watch until the end.

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1984 Snap Election Announcement

Ex TVNZ political reporter Jim Greenhough recalls the June night he and his colleagues crowded into a Beehive hallway to witness a visibly inebriated Muldoon call a snap election date of 14 July 1984.

This is a short clip, watch all the way through.

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Hotu Painu

What perspective on nuclear testing does each Pacific nation bring to the table?

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Story 2: Watch and listen

 
 

Oxford Union Debate

1 March 1985 debate footage

Start at 30s

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Rainbow Warrior Story

Listen to hear reporters broadcasting live from the bombing.

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The Rainbow Warrior Affair

Watch the first hand accounts of the “tourists” escapades around NZ. See if you can spot the badge that you’ve been sent in your School Kit.

This video is set to start at 18m 30s

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The 9th Floor

Watch from 34:35 to listen to Geoffrey Palmer discuss the fight against Nuclear weapons.

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Nuclear Reaction

This 1995 documentary comprehensively plots New Zealand's progress from enthusiastic supporter of the atomic bomb in the 1940s to becoming proudly nuclear free by the late 1980s.

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Revolution - The Grand Illusion

Watch Clip 3 to understand the social and economic changes in New Zealand society in the 1980s and early 1990s.

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