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Nuclear Free New Zealand
1. List three actions taken by New Zealand against nuclear testing in the 1960s and 70s:
a. Monitored..
b. Signed treaties limiting…
c. Took legal and direct action…
2. Why was Prime Minister Kirk concerned about the French tests at Mororoa?
3. What did New Zealand argue at the World Court case against French nuclear testing in 1973?
4. How successful was the New Zealand and Australian case?
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Successful because…
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Success was limited because….
5. What action had Greenpeace and other organisations been organising against the French testing at
Mororoa?
6. Describe the action taken by New Zealand to support the protests?
7. Explain the success of New Zealand’s action.
8. What concerns remained about French underground testing at Mororoa?
9. How did these concerns affect the Labour Party in New Zealand?
10. What did the new Labour Party leader Bill Rowling suggest in 1974?
11. Who was in the ANZUS alliance?
12. When was it formed and what did the three members promise?
13. Explain what the ‘Neither confirm nor deny” policy of the United States meant.
14. Why would a nuclear-weapons free South Pacific threaten ANZUS?
15. Which party won the 1975 general election?
16. Why was Prime Minister Muldoon not supportive of a nuclear-free policy?
17. What % of the public supported a South Pacific nuclear-free zone?
18. List the American ships that Prime Minister Muldoon invited to New Zealand:
1976:
1978:
1979:
19. How did the St Johns Theological College (where Ministers received their education) protest the ship
visits?
20. What evidence is there that the support for a nuclear-free policy grew during the period National was in
government (despite government policy)?
March 1981: Devonport…
1982:
1976 and 1982: Labour opposition MP Richard Prebble…
During 1983:
21. What did the Labour Party campaign on in 1984?
22. Why did this issue force Robert Muldoon to call an early election?
23. What policy did Labour Prime Minister David Lange once he was in office?
24. What did this policy mean in practise?
25. What was Lange’s attitude to ANZUS?
26. Which Act (law) was passed in 1987 making it illegal for New Zealanders to participate in the nuclear
arms industry?
27. How popular was the Labour Party policy on nuclear ship visits in 1984?
28. Why did the United States refuse to name the vessels which were nuclear armed?
29. What position did Lange take in September 1984?
30. How did the United States test the New Zealand government in January 1985?
31. Why did they choose the Buchanan?
32. Why did the Lange government refuse to allow the Buchanan to enter a New Zealand port?
33. Why was the U.S. so concerned about the New Zealand policy?
34. What action did the American Secretary of State George Schultz take as a result of the Buchanan ban?
35. How did this affect New Zealand?
36. What evidence is there that New Zealanders were prepared to risk a tense relationship with the United
States as the price of being nuclear-free?
37. How did the nuclear-free issue place Prime Minister Lange on the world stage?
38. How did the level of public support for the policy affect the National party?
39. How did the policy demonstrate ‘national independence’?