
‘Can’t understand all this fuss they’re making over radiation!’ On 4 February 1985 the Labour government refused the USS Buchanan entry to New Zealand ports on the grounds that the United States would neither confirm nor deny that the ship had nuclear capability.
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Alexander Turnbull Library
Cartoonist: Eric
Heath
Reference: H-302-00x
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'USS Buchanan anti-nuclear cartoon ', URL: https://nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/uss-buchanan-cartoon, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 17-Jun-2014
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