Political Polarisation/Anti-Nuclear Movement

when did france test their nuclear weapons, and where?

1966-1996, Mururoa Atoll

How many nuclear tests did NZ support?

21 British tests

PM Keith Holyoake

National Leader, PM from 1960-1972, Anti-Nuclear (but his government wasn’t)

How many New Zealanders signed an Anti-Nuclear pact in 1963?

80,000

What year did New Zealand make a speech about nuclear testing at the UN?

1965, and France walked out

PM Norman Kirk

Labour Party leader, PM from 1972-1974, Anti-Nuclear

when did Norman Kirk and australia take france to the ICJ?

1973

between 1960-1984 how many nuclear powered american ships visited NZ?

around 150

According to polls taken in what years, how much did opposition to nuclear ships rise by?

From 1982 to 1984, opposition rose from around 39% to around 70%

PM David Lange

Labour party leader, PM from 1984-1989, anti-nuclear

when did NZ become fully anti-nuclear in legislation

1987

How Many US ships were actually nuclear powered?

about 13

when does an opinion poll find that how many new zealanders are opposed to french testing in the pacific?

in 1971, 82% of new zealanders

how many people sign a petition about france’s lack of acknowledgement of the ICJ claims?

over 81,000 in 1973

when does devonport declare itself nuclear free, symbolically?

1981

How many protesters turn out in Auckland to protest the arrival of the USS Truxton?

over 35000 in 1983

Robert Muldoon

National Leader, PM from 1975-1984, did not care about nuclear power over defense and trade