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Short-answer activity - Nuclear-free New Zealand - NCEA Level 1 history

Using the feature Nuclear-free New Zealand and your own knowledge, answer the following questions.

  1. When did New Zealand sign the ANZUS agreement?
  2. What is meant by the term 'nuclear umbrella'?
  3. How did France react to the International Court of Justice's ruling on its nuclear testing in 1973?
  4. What action did the Kirk government take in support of the International Court of Justice's ruling on French testing?
  5. In your opinion, why were members of the public becoming concerned about the visit of nuclear-armed or nuclear-powered ships to New Zealand?
  6. Why did the Muldoon government support the visit of such ships to New Zealand?
  7. What did Robert Muldoon do that David Lange described as 'a calculated attempt to embarrass the new Labour government'?
  8. Why did the Lange government refuse permission for the USS Buchanan to visit New Zealand?
  9. How did the Broomfield Act change New Zealand's official relationship with the United States ?
  10. What proposition did David Lange argue at the Oxford Union debate in 1985?
  11. Who was responsible for sinking the Rainbow Warrior at Marsden Wharf in July 1985?
  12. Why was the Rainbow Warrior attacked?
  13. Why did the United Nations become involved in the Rainbow Warrior affair?
  14. What eventually happened to those convicted of the Rainbow Warrior bombing?
  15. How did New Zealand's traditional allies, Britain and the United States, react to the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior?

 

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