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Peace people : a history of peace activities in New Zealand / Elsie Locke.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Christchurch, N.Z. : Hazard Press, 1992.Description: 335 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0908790201 (pbk.)
Subject(s):
Contents:
Maori peacemaking -- New Zealand Wars -- Parihaka -- Jingoes and counter-currents -- South African [Boer] War -- Conscription and anti-militarists -- Resisters -- First responses to the war -- Conscription for overseas -- Conscientious objectors -- Two ways for the Maori -- Aftermath of the war -- Militarism faced again -- Violence in Samoa -- Rise of Fascism -- Movement against war and fascism -- Labour in office -- Trying to stave off a war -- Into World War Two -- Coping with suppression -- Conscience and punishment -- Ideals, realities and the atom bomb -- Conscription referendum -- Youth and the dove of peace -- Korean War -- Crises of the fifties -- From A-bomb to H-bomb -- Campaign for nuclear disarmament -- For a nuclear free zone -- Into Vietnam -- Decision challenged -- Visitors not so welcome -- Against the Pentagon -- From conference to warships -- After My Lai -- Agnew demonstrations -- Mobilisations -- Healing the wounds of war -- ANZAC days -- CMT again -- Omega -- Against the bases -- Weedons and Harewood and CAFMANZ -- Non-violence: Greenpeace and the "Boy Roel" -- Government moves and the Peace Flotilla -- Facing up to nuclear ships -- Towards a Nuclear-free Pacific.
Summary: To know what has gone before is to gain a firmer grasp on the events and issues that concern us today. New Zealand's peace movement, now so diverse and widespread, has its origins in ancient Maori times and in the early days of colonial settlement. Its forerunners include mediators, pacifists, promoters of social justice and of peaceful relationships, and opponents of specific conflicts. These stories of amazing persistence reveal many forgotten heroines and heroes, men, women and children. "Peace people" ... explores their responses to the trends and crises of our history, and includes some of the author's personal experiences. It brings the record up to 1975, when the widley supported initiatives of the Kirk-Rowling Government towards a nuclear free Pacific were cut off by the election of the Muldoon Government." -- Back cover.
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Heritage & Archives Alexander Library | Te Rerenga Mai o Te Kauru Heritage Collections Reference - not for loan 327.172 LOC 1 Reference Only T00006789
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 320-325) and index.

Maori peacemaking -- New Zealand Wars -- Parihaka -- Jingoes and counter-currents -- South African [Boer] War -- Conscription and anti-militarists -- Resisters -- First responses to the war -- Conscription for overseas -- Conscientious objectors -- Two ways for the Maori -- Aftermath of the war -- Militarism faced again -- Violence in Samoa -- Rise of Fascism -- Movement against war and fascism -- Labour in office -- Trying to stave off a war -- Into World War Two -- Coping with suppression -- Conscience and punishment -- Ideals, realities and the atom bomb -- Conscription referendum -- Youth and the dove of peace -- Korean War -- Crises of the fifties -- From A-bomb to H-bomb -- Campaign for nuclear disarmament -- For a nuclear free zone -- Into Vietnam -- Decision challenged -- Visitors not so welcome -- Against the Pentagon -- From conference to warships -- After My Lai -- Agnew demonstrations -- Mobilisations -- Healing the wounds of war -- ANZAC days -- CMT again -- Omega -- Against the bases -- Weedons and Harewood and CAFMANZ -- Non-violence: Greenpeace and the "Boy Roel" -- Government moves and the Peace Flotilla -- Facing up to nuclear ships -- Towards a Nuclear-free Pacific.

To know what has gone before is to gain a firmer grasp on the events and issues that concern us today. New Zealand's peace movement, now so diverse and widespread, has its origins in ancient Maori times and in the early days of colonial settlement. Its forerunners include mediators, pacifists, promoters of social justice and of peaceful relationships, and opponents of specific conflicts. These stories of amazing persistence reveal many forgotten heroines and heroes, men, women and children. "Peace people" ... explores their responses to the trends and crises of our history, and includes some of the author's personal experiences. It brings the record up to 1975, when the widley supported initiatives of the Kirk-Rowling Government towards a nuclear free Pacific were cut off by the election of the Muldoon Government." -- Back cover.

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