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Soviet ambassador expelled
The Soviet Union ambassador Vsevolod Sofinsky was ordered to leave the country within 72 hours for donating to the pro-Soviet Socialist Unity Party.
NZ combatants in Spain
Short biographies of New Zealanders who fought in the Spanish Civil War
Attitudes in New Zealand - Spanish Civil War
The deaths of at least six New Zealanders in Spain went largely unnoticed at home. But some groups within New Zealand saw Spain as more than a ‘far away side issue’.
Background - Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War was primarily a fight between the nationalist Fascists and the democratic Republicans. 
NZ Communist Party in 1939
Photograph of New Zealand Communist Party National Committee, 1939.
Tom Spiller
Tom Spiller, a New Zealand communist who served in the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War.
NZers march into a besieged Madrid
Griff Maclaurin and Steve Yates were part of the International Column of anti-fascist volunteers who marched into Madrid, bolstering the city's defences against the assault of General Franco's rebel armies. They were killed in battle within two days of arriving
Griff Maclaurin c1936
Griff Maclaurin, one of the first international volunteers to be killed in the Spanish Civil War.
New Zealand and the Spanish Civil War
While New Zealand had no official involvement in the Spanish Civil War of the late 1930s, a small number of New Zealanders fought in Spain (six were killed there), or served as doctors and nurses. Many others supported the Republican war effort through fundraising efforts back home.
Griff Maclaurin

Griff Maclaurin was one of the first international volunteers to be killed in the Spanish Civil War.

Communism and Working Men's Clubs
This editorial from the Greymouth Evening Star suggests that the impetus for establishing Working Men's Clubs was linked to a Communist agenda among the workers.
Communist Party poster, 1940s
Communist Party recruitment poster from the 1940s
The Asian 'theatre' - NZ and the Cold War
Asia was another 'theatre' of the conflict. The Communist victory in the Chinese civil war led New Zealand to accept commitments to assist in the defence of Hong Kong, and it continued to recognise the defeated Nationalist regime, based on Taiwan, even after Britain had recognised the new Communist government in Beijing.
New Zealand's position - NZ and the Cold War
New Zealand's alignment and participation in the Cold War was determined by the decision of the 1940s Labour government to back the United States and Great Britain (that concord was crucial) in their disagreements with the Soviet Union
New Zealand and the Cold War
Although the origins of the so-called Cold War can be traced back to the Bolshevik revolution of 1917, this intense ideological struggle between the Western powers and the Soviet Union really began after the Second World War.
Popularity - Royal visit, 1953-54
Why was the Royal Visit of 1953/4 greeted with such enthusiasm by New Zealanders?
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