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Greenpeace vessels sailed into the test site in 1972, and the following year the New Zealand and Australian governments took France to the International Court …
As the old saying goes ‘Don’t judge a book by its cover’. Additionally the embarking of civilian media representatives and a New Zealand cabinet minister in the RNZN ships to provide direct communication with the New Zealand media and Government was perhaps the first time this type of event had occurred.The 248 page, paperback book is reasonably well illustrated with black and white photographs (although some are of very poor quality) and despite its somewhat rambling style at times it is still a good read.
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In 1973 the New Zealand government protested against French nuclear testing at Mururoa. New Zealand was involved in ongoing protest over French nuclear testing from the mid-1960s, when France began testing nuclear weapons in French Polynesia.
Mururoa 1973: In 1969 testing began above Mururoa Atoll in the South Pacific.
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Mururoa Protests.
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Not until you have finished the last page do you realise that the author has provided one of the very few public views of a virtually unknown period in New Zealand, and Australian, naval history. 3 0 obj
In June 1973, the International Court of Justice (pursuant to a case launched by Australia and New Zealand) ordered that the French cease atmospheric nuclear testing at Mururoa atoll while the case was being heard by the Court.
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This history of the New Zealand Navy deployments to Mururoa Atoll to ‘protest’ against the French nuclear testing that took place in July/August 1973 looks, on face value, to be a somewhat ‘scruffy’ paperback written by a retired naval officer.
18 Oct, 1973 10:32am Quick Read Prime Minister Norman Kirk farewells the HMNZS Otago as she sails to the Mururoa test zone to protest against French nuclear testing.
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2 0 obj 1 0 obj He also provides some candid views on the command and control, planning, training and media aspects of the deployments as well as an insight into life at sea in a now bygone era.Gerry Wright, a former naval officer and Operations Officer in Interestingly the US, Russian, Chinese and British Governments also stationed ships in the area to observe the tests and in the case of the British to be also ready to evacuate British subjects from Pitcairn Island in case of fallout reaching the island.
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Anna observed the events through the lens of a camera and the pictures she took were … The report was expected to be for general rather than specialist readership, so technical detail and jargon have been limited, although some concepts and units concerning radioactivity and dose are explained. However, the French … Gerry is also the author of two other books on New Zealand naval history being A Naval Historical Society of Australia Inc. <>/ExtGState<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 595.32 841.92] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>>
The report does not provide general details of the … In 1973, at just 19 years of age, Anna Horne sailed with three others to Mururoa to oppose nuclear testing by France. of HMNZS OTAGO and HMNZS CANTERBURY during their “protest voyages” to Mururoa in 1973 under an operation codenamed “PILASTER”. Nations affected by the radioactive fallout objected. This history of the New Zealand Navy deployments to Mururoa Atoll to ‘protest’ against the French nuclear testing that took place in July/August 1973 looks, on face value, to be a somewhat ‘scruffy’ paperback written by a retired naval officer.
Not until you have finished the last page do you realise that the author has provided one of the very few public views of a virtually unknown period in … stream
But rather than witnessing a bomb being detonated, she watched the skipper being beaten and detained by French commandos. Mururoa (or Moruroa) Atoll became the focal point for both the tests and opposition to them.