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In this documentary, George Andrews plots NZ's progress from enthusiastic supporter of the atomic bomb in the 1940s to proudly nuclear free by the late 1980s. New Zealand — the birthplace of "father of the atom" Ernest Rutherford — willingly participated in British tests at Christmas Island in the 1950s (and looked eagerly for uranium in the Buller Gorge) but as testing increased in the Pacific, Prime Ministers Holyoake, Kirk and Lange voiced opposition — and Moruroa, nuclear ship visit protests and the Rainbow Warrior bombing fuelled the anti-nuclear cause.
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Television, 1976 (Full Length)
A famous TV stoush with nucelar ships as the subject
Television, 1976 (Excerpts)
The beginnings of New Zealand anti-nuclear sentiment featuring Spike Milligan.
Television, 1973 (Full Length Episode)
New Zealand sets its own foreign policy
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