Events In History
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4 February 1985USS Buchanan refused entry to NZNew Zealand's Labour government refused the USS Buchanan entry because the United States would neither confirm nor deny that the warship had nuclear capability. Read more...
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2 August 1983Protest as USS Texas visits AucklandThe visit sparked anti-nuclear rallies on land and sea. Nuclear ship visits became an election issue in 1984 and they were later banned by David Lange's Labour government. Read more...
Articles
Nuclear-free New Zealand
The sinking of the Greenpeace protest ship Rainbow Warrior in Auckland in July 1985 shocked the nation. The incident galvanised an anti-nuclear movement that had emerged in opposition to both French nuclear tests at Mururoa and American warship visits to New Zealand.
- Page 3 - Ship visitsThe visit of the nuclear-powered frigate USS Texas in 1983 sparked protest in New
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.
- Page 7 - Last decadeSoviet-American tensions revived in the late 1970s as ‘détente’ (co-operation) gave way to a renewed arms race.
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Main image: Protest march against visit of USS Texas
The issue of nuclear ship visits became a significant issue for New Zealanders in the 1980s.
