Nuclear-free New Zealand protestors

Members of the Campaign Against Nuclear Warships (CANWAR) stand aboard the yacht Phoenix in Wellington Harbour while awaiting the arrival of the USS Long Beach in 1976.

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The 1970s
Nuclear-free New Zealand

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protest

wellington city

nuclear free

1970s

Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: EP/1976/2841/26a-F
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'Nuclear-free New Zealand protestors', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/anti-nuclear-protesters-wellington, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 2-Oct-2014

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