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Lord and Lady Cobham

Lord and Lady Cobham are carried ashore at Pukapuka Island in the Northern Cooks in 1959. Lord Cobham, the governor-general, turned down an invitation to become patron of the Wolfenden Association (later the New Zealand Homosexual Law Reform Society).

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  • Norman Jones speaking against homosexual law reform
    Homosexual law reform

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Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: F-76200-1/2
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