Events In History
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8 June 1987New Zealand goes nuclear-freeThe New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act was passed into law, establishing this country as a nuclear and biological weapon-free zone Read more...
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29 April 1952ANZUS treaty comes into forceSigned by Australia, New Zealand and the US, the ANZUS treaty recognised that an armed attack in the Pacific area on one member would endanger the peace and safety of the others. Read more...
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Korean War
New Zealand was involved militarily in Korea from 1950 to 1957, first as part of the United Nations 'police action' to repel North Korea's invasion of its southern neighbour, and then in a garrison role after the armistice in July 1953.
- Page 1 - New Zealand in the Korean WarNew Zealand was involved militarily in Korea from 1950 to 1957, first as part of the United Nations 'police action' to repel North Korea's invasion of its southern neighbour, 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.
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Page 4 – Treaties and alliances
During the 1940s and 1950s New Zealand signed a series of collective treaties with Britain and the United States aimed at countering the threats of Japanese military resurgence
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Page 7 – Last decade
Soviet-American tensions revived in the late 1970s as ‘détente’ (co-operation) gave way to a renewed arms race.
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Main image: Keith Holyoake and Lyndon B. Johnson
New Zealand Prime Minister Keith Holyoake with United States President Lyndon B. Johnson at the White House, 1968.
