Anti-Vietnam War protesters outside the Auckland Town Hall, 12 May 1971.
Although a conflict originally fought between an American-backed Republic of Vietnam in the South, and the communist Democratic Republic of Vietnam in the North, the Vietnam War swiftly became the focal point for a wide-range of protest actions across New Zealand from the mid-60s and beyond. The war in Vietnam divided the New Zealand public and drew people out onto the streets in protest for what seemed like the first time since the Depression Era riots in 1932.
This website outlines and analyses the causes of New Zealand's anti-Vietnam War Movement, the key people and groups involved in the movement, and the actions of which they undertook to protest the this war, as well as the lasting effect that the movement had on New Zealand and its significance in New Zealand society.
This website outlines and analyses the causes of New Zealand's anti-Vietnam War Movement, the key people and groups involved in the movement, and the actions of which they undertook to protest the this war, as well as the lasting effect that the movement had on New Zealand and its significance in New Zealand society.